Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica (53 page)

273
:  Patrick McGoohan and James Fox refused the role …, Duncan,
The James Bond Archives,
32.

273
:  ‘stage Englishness … no monocles, moustaches, bowler hats …’, Broccoli,
Snow Melts,
159.

273
:  ‘I never got introduced to Fleming …’, BBC Scene by Scene, quoted in
Cinema Retro,
‘Movie Classics Special Edition’, 132.

274
:  ‘the cheap self-assertiveness of young labour since the war.’,
TB,
12.

274
:  ‘not quite the idea I had of Bond …’, Michael Denning, ‘Licensed to Look’, in Lindner, ed.
The James Bond Phenomenon,
58

275
:  ‘Dear Ian, The answer to your suggestion is No… No…’, Duncan,
The James Bond Archives,
34.

275
:  ‘If the first day’s shooting was any indication …’,
Gleaner,
17 January 1962.

276
:  ‘kissing a strange man’, Marguerite Gordon interview, 21 January 2014.

276
:  ‘got the job because she owned the house …’,
Cinema Retro.

277
:  ‘Sean’s got this terrible Scottish accent…’, Moxon unpublished memoir.

277
:  ‘didn’t do a tremendous amount during the Second World War …’, interview by Lee Pfeiffer,
Cinema Retro,
31.

278
:  ‘very untidy and crude’,
Cinema Retro,
50.

279
:  ‘a riot’, Chris Blackwell interview, 22 January 2012.

279
:  ‘The biggest problem is the “manana” attitude …’, Draxin,
A Bond for Bond,
58–9.

280
:  ‘They were shooting a beach scene …’, AF to EW, 17 February 1962, Amory, 297–8.

280
:  ‘that beautiful girl with the long fair hair …’,
MSS,
155.

280
:  ‘Together they were a joy to be with …’,
Cinema Retro,
124.

281
:  ‘Filming has brought employment and publicity …’,
Gleaner,
20 February 1962.

284
:  ‘a mother who shuts the door is no mother.’, Miller,
Survey of Commonwealth Affairs,
341.

284
:  ‘More than anywhere else in the old colonial empire …’, Wallace,
The British Caribbean,
217.

284
:  ‘All over the island there is now tip-toe expectancy …’,
Gleaner,
4 August 1962.

285
:  ‘had twelve attendants and he was not allowed a valet’, AF to EW, 2 August 1962, Amory, 315.

285
:  ‘a Kingston gaily bedecked with flags ...’,
Gleaner,
3 August 1962.

285
:  ‘the most amazing, tremendous reception.’, Fiona Aird interview, 20 February 2014.

286
:  ‘Boat Races, Swimming Races, Dress Parade …’,
Gleaner,
2 August 1962.

287
:  ‘I felt good, elated …’, Pearl Flynn interview, 21 June 2013.

287
:  ‘at the time of Jamaican independence ...’, Judi Moxon Zakka interview, 18 January 2014.

287
:  ‘A people who have managed so successfully … ‘,
Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica,
32.

288
:  ‘Jamaica stands between Castro and the Panama Canal.’,
Gleaner,
30 June 1962.

288
:  ‘In asking for economic aid …’,
Gleaner,
2 July 1962.

288
:  ‘The right road will have us all walk to …’,
Gleaner, 2
February 1962.

288
–
9
: ‘I thought in 1962, in view of my complexion …’, Chris Blackwell interview, 22 January 2014.

289
:  ‘It was an abominable occasion …’, AF to EW, 2 August 1962, Amory, 315.

289
:  
Dr No
sold 1.5 million copies …, Black,
The Politics of James Bond,
96.

289
:  in 1963 the figure was 4,468,000., Lindner ed.,
The James Bond Phenomenon,
17.

1963–4:
You Only Live Twice; The Man With The Golden Gun

290
:  Quote from IF, 64 radio interview by Rene MacColl.

290
:  ‘Watching his character deteriorate …’, IF to AF, undated 1962, Amory, 296.

291
:  ‘In the present twilight we are hurting each other …’, IF to AF, undated 1962, Amory, 296.

291
:  ‘regain some spirit, which, though you haven’t noticed it…’, IF to AF, no date, Amory, 303—4.

291
:  ‘I looked after him. Jamaica and me: we could have kept him alive.’, Blanche Blackwell interview, 17 April 2013.

292
:  ‘far more dangerous than barracuda or shark’, SS, 188.

293
:  ‘it was a mystery to his friends …’,
SS,
185.

293
:  ‘When you see “Doctor No” …’,
Gleaner,
10 February 1963.

294
:  ‘she had no contact with the present…’, AF to EW, 1 January 63, Amory, 320.

295
:  ‘You must touch to get the precise texture …’, Lycett, 412.

295
:  ‘Late at the office …’,
YĽΓ,
19.

295
:  ‘It was three thirty …’,
YLT,
27.

295
:  ‘patriotic sort of chap’,
YLT,
23.

295
:  ‘He probably doesn’t think much of us …’,
YLT,
36.

295
:  a now more or less valueless ally …’,
YLT, 66.

295
:  “You have not only lost a great Empire ...’,
YLT,
108–9

296
:  ‘Bond’s mission is aimed at ...’,
New York Times,
22 August 1964.

296
:  ‘he had to admit to himself that his lungs were in a terrible state.’, YLT, 195–6.

297
:  ‘some of the old snap seems to be gone.’,
The Times,
19 March 1964.

297
:  ‘Ian always was a death-wish Charlie.’, Lycett, 422.

297
:  ‘a man who lives as if he were going to die tomorrow ...’,
YLT,
63.

297
:  he could not smoke in court… , AF to EW, 6 December 1963, Amory, 331.

297
:  Your vastly welcome decision was vastly welcome.’, Bryce, 134.

298
:  ‘The weather and the island were at their best…’, Bryce, 136.

299
:  ‘The last time the Commander came …’,
Gleaner,
20 September 1964.

299
:  ‘But that’s suicide, sir!’,
MGG,
27.

299
:  ‘letting the scented air …’,
MGG,
82.

299
:  ‘dull and lacklustre’,
MGG,
94.

299
:  ‘Beau Desert and Honeychile Rider …’,
MGG,
45.

300
:  ‘not as beautiful as the north …’,
MGG,
57.

300
:  ‘like sort of old Jamaica …’,
MGG,
62–3.

300
:  ‘with those warm, wide smiles …’,
Sunday Times,
8 April 1956.

300
:  ‘perhaps as the private house of a merchant…’,
MGG,
59.

300
:  ‘The Thunderbird Hotel’,
MGG,
51.

301
:  ‘Maroon Country’,
MGG,
137.

301
:  ‘overplayed the slush fund approach.’,
MGG,
138–40.

301
:  ‘It’ll almost certainly lead to trouble ...’,
MGG,
140.

303
:  ‘no oxygen, dreadful humidity …’, EW from AF, 4 February 1964, Amory, 333.

303
:  ‘I
loathe
the tropics …’, AF to CE, 16 February 1964, Amory, 335–6.

303
:  ‘this gilded prison’, AF to Frances Donaldson, 16 February 1964, Amory, 334–5.

303
:  ‘It is painful to see Ian struggle …’, AF to HC, 17 February 1964, Amory, 336–7.

304
:  ‘obscene American publication called Playboy.’, AF to EW, 22 February 1964, Amory, 338.

304
:  ‘piles of over-decorated native ware.’,
MGG,
42.

304
:  ‘big tax concessions that Jamaica gave’,
MGG,
86.

304
:  If the hotel got off the ground … ‘,
MGG,
87.

305
:  ‘Ian was as bored as me …’, AF to Peter Quennell, 5 March 1964, Amory, 339.

306
:  ‘I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.’,
YLT,
273.

306
:  ‘He gave the impression of not being able to get out of bed …’, Winston Stona interview, 23 June 2013.

306
:  ‘I’ve always had one foot…’, Chancellor,
James Bond: the Man and his World,
231.

306
:  ‘gloomy, fragile figure’, Lycett, 437.

306
:  ‘nothing nice or funny is happening.’, AF to EW, 19 June 1964, Amory, 342.

306
:  ‘When his health was no longer good …’, Plomer,
Encounter.

307
:  ‘very shaky, his normally brick-red complexion …’, Ross,
Coastwise Lights,
197.

307
:  ‘Ian’s life from now on hangs on a thread …’, AF to John and Fionn Morgan, 8 August 1964, Amory, 349.

307
:  ‘a great friend of Jamaica …’,
Gleaner,
15 August 64.

308
:  Independence has not improved the island …’, AF to EW, 4 February 1964, Amory, 333.

308
:  ‘The Brownlows are very unpopular …’, AF to EW, 22 February 1964, Amory 338.

308
:  ‘Although by nature gentle, indolent…’, Coward,
Complete Short Stories,
32.

309
:  ‘graduate from Edinburgh.’,
MGG,
172.

309
:  ‘regularly as clockwork’,
Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica,
11.

309
:  ‘that a good man was after a bad man in the swamp.’,
MGG,
172–3.

310
:  ‘For all her new-found “Independence” …’,
MGG,
45.

310
:  ‘She had gained her Independence …’,
Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica,
11.

Epilogue: Goldeneye Since Fleming

312
:  ‘I loved him and am angry with him …’, Pearson notes, NC interview, 22 May 1965. Manuscripts Department, Lilly Library Pearson J. Mss.

313
:  ‘It is hard to exaggerate the importance of the death of Ian Fleming to Ann …’, Amory, 353.

313
:  ‘quite intimidating. Very funny …’, Mark Amory interview, 27 September 2013.

313
:  ‘potentially brilliant’, Raymond O’Neill interview, 13 May 2013.

314
:  ‘he was not so oversexed as James Bond.’, AF to EW, 12 March 1963, Amory, 323.

314
:  ‘an extraordinary figure …’, Mark Amory interview, 27 September 2013.

314
:  ‘talking all the trendy nonsense …’, AF to Clarissa Avon, 27 February 1969, Amory, 393.

314
:  ‘According to his girlfriend since Oxford, Rachel Fletcher …’, Rachel Fletcher interview, 31 March 2014.

314
:  ‘A magical place …’, Frances Charteris interview, 12 April 2014.

315
:  ‘Permanent nervous gastritis …’, AF to Leigh Fermor, 24 October 1976, Amory, 416.

315
:  ‘This was a blow so stunning…’, Amory, 353.

316
:  ‘In naval terms she was something of a privateer …’, Huth,
Well-Remembered Friends,
78.

316
:  ‘searing heat and a calypso steel band.’, Moore,
Roger Moore as James Bond,
62.

316
:  ‘I just remember the music and the warmth …’, Duncan,
The James Bond Archives,
226.

317
:  ‘Ross Kananga, the alligator specialist and handler ...’, Moore,
Roger Moore as James Bond,
43.

317
:  ‘a great sense of awe ...’, Roger Moore email interview, 17 February 2014.

317
:  ‘I’d just paid him seventy thousand pounds …’, Chris Blackwell interview, 23 June 2013.

320
:  ‘We were looking forward to a better Jamaica …’, Pearl Flynn interview, 21 June 2013.

320
:  ‘If you speak to most older Jamaicans …’, Chris Blackwell interview, 8 July 2013.

320
:  ‘the worst thing that could have happened to Jamaicans …’, Thomson,
Dead Yard,
233.

320
:  ‘That wasn’t altogether a completely happy time …’,
Cinema Retro.

321
:  ‘full of submerged self-parody.’,
Observer,
8 October 1962.

Select Bibliography

Ian Fleming (all Jonathan Cape, London)

Fiction

Casino Royale,
1953

Live and Let Die,
1954

Moonraker,
1955

Diamonds are Forever,
1956

From Russia, with Love,
1957

Dr No,
1958

Goldfinger,
1959

For Your Eyes Only, 1960

Thunderball
(based on a film treatment by K. McClory, J. Whittingham and Ian Fleming), 1961

The Spy Who Loved Me,
1962

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,
1963

You Only Live Twice,
1964

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang,
1964

The Man with the Golden Gun,
1965

Octopussy,
1966

Non-Fiction

The Diamond Smugglers,
1957

Thrilling Cities,
1963

Secondary Works

Abrahams,
Isaac. Jamaica: an Island Mosaic.
London: HMSO, 1957

Amis, Kingsley.
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965

Amory, Mark, ed.
The Letters of Ann Fleming.
London: Collins Harvill, 1985

Amory, Mark, ed.
The Letters of Evelyn Waugh.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980

Andrew, Christopher and Mitrokhin, Vasili,
The KGB and the World: The Mitrokhin Archive II.
London: Allen Lane, 2005

Arnold, James A.,
ed. A History of Literature in the Caribbean.
Vol. 2 Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2001

Atkins, John.
The British Spy Novel.
London: John Calder, 1984

Barringer, T. J., Quilley, Geoff and Fordham, Douglas, ed.
Art and the British Empire.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007