More Help from the Russians

but for how long? :)

Enjoyed tid bits from Roger in his "007 Diaries" - compiled from his notes jotted down during the filming of his first Bond movie.

And, of course, I couldn't resist.

I bet the link don't work by the time you get here..

The adorable screams of Gloria Hendry : https://youtu.be/Oet9V7E4-TQ. In the end - "It used to be a convincing act Rosie, but it's starting to wear a little thin now."

"Eeeeh! There's a ... "

"Oh yes, a snake. I forgot. I should've told you you should never go in there without a mongoose"

"Why? It's just a hat darling, belonging to a small-headed man of limited means who lost a fight with a chicken."

Barrymore to Anthony Quinn : "Why should I take pride in that in which every chimpanzee is my equal and every jackass my superior."

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Louisa, knowing that tomorrow is my love-scene with Gloria, has been plying me with questions all evening. 

"You do love me Roger, don't you?" she asked. "Of course I do," I replied. "I shall just be doing a job. It's just my work."

"Yes, I know," sighed Louisa and, lapsing into Italian, said "Non voglio che hai placere nel lovorare." (Don't enjoy your work too much)

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Mongooses in plenty in Jamaica in 1973 - brought in to deal with rats, then, went after snakes - thanks to them, Jamaica snake free (but, you do know them critters can swim from island to island!). More recently, they have acquired a taste for chickens and are creating a problem by depleting the local poultry population. 

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Controlling the crowd when filming in a public place is never easy. Once, when shooting a Saint episode at the Tower of London, a gent with a couple of days’ growth and a copy of Sporting Life under his arm, who was right in the way of our shot, refused to join the rest of the sightseers herded out of camera range. Nobody knew quite what to do, when Ian Hendry, who was playing a police inspector, had a flash of inspiration.

He approached the man quietly from behind and said:

‘Haven’t seen you in this manor before, have I, Charlie?’

‘No, Inspector; said the man, nervously edging away. ‘I am terribly sorry. I am clean and I won’t do it again. I am sorry.’

He touched his forelock and fled into the crowd.

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Moore's stand-in was John Woods - totally flat-footed.

Yaphet Kotto : "Listen man, I have two friends who died because things weren't worked out and I'm worried about acting man."

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The children arrive tomorrow, and I wonder if Geoffrey will realise I am Bond when he sees me in action. Just before we left England he asked:

‘Can you beat anybody, including a robber?’

‘Oh, yes,’ I replied confidentially. (Really? not confidently? Wonder if the diary was handwritten)

‘Supposing James Bond came in,’ he persisted.

‘Daddy is going to play James Bond,’ I explained.

‘I know that,’ he sighed impatiently. ‘1 mean the real James Bond, Sean Connery.’

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Original screenplay by Tom Mankiewicz (BTW, did you know the Bond staccato theme was composed by Monty Norman, whose real name is Noserovich?)

BTW, Ross Kananga, owner of the croc farm did the stunt - racing across the water on the backs of the crocs - and needed five takes : https://youtu.be/KcutG17prBc?t=1568