Casino Royale (Columbia Pictures) (1967)

(Mat IA; Still No. 80) Peter Sellers, with champagne glass and shoulder holster, practices to be one of the James Bond 007's in Charles K. Feldman's "Casino Royale." The exuberant spy spoof is a Columbia Pictures release in Panavision and Technicolor with |7 international stars, 200 international beauties. John Huston John Huston directed his first motion picture, “The Maltese Falcon,” some 25 years ago. Before that, he wrote films, and before that he was an actor. Now, at the Theatre, Charles K. Feldman’s “Casino Royale,” the James Bond 007 extravaganza with 17 international stars, some 200 international beauties and several James Bonds, represents Huston’s 25th film—he wrote some of it, he directed some of it, and he acts in some of it. Huston plays “M”, James Bond’s boss who, when a massive new villainy is let loose in the world, appeals to David Niven as Sir James Bond, retired superspy, to return to the secret agent wars. Also appealing to Niven are William Holden, as head of the CIA; Charles Boyer, as head of the French Surete, and Kurt Kasznar, as head of the Russian Intelligence. Also appealing to Niven, in an entirely different way, are Deborah Kerr, as “M”s wife; Ursula Andress, as the world’s richest spy; Daliah Lavi as “The Detainer” and Joanna Pettet as Mata Bond. eoeceeee Peter Sellers Peter Sellers’ masterly comedy characterizations almost inevitably have led him to what may very well be the crowning portrayal of his screen career, that of James Bond in Charles K. Feldman’s “Casino Royale.” The 007 spy extravaganza at the.... Theatre in Panavision and Technicolor, with 17 international stars and some 200 Bond-chasing girls, is a Columbia Pictures release. In “Casino Royale,” Sellers appears as the world’s greatest gambler who, because of his skill at cards, passes as Sir James Bond when such expertise is called for. To qualify for the James Bond impersonation Sellers assumes a number of other guises and character changes. Ursula Andress is the girl he must convince he also can be one of the great lovers of the world. There is no secret behind Sellers’ success, outside of hard work at his job. His fame comes from his ability to project himself into the personality of a character. In the same way he once set out to make a career of “voice cartoons” on his zany “Goon Show” on British radio, Sellers now brings to perfection the difficult task of making his characters visually convincing. He involves himself in the minutest details of wardrobe, of grooming, appearance, manner of speech and, even, of his dialogue. Also starred with Sellers and Miss Andress in “Casino Royale” are David Niven, Joanna Pettet, Orson Welles, Daliah Lavi, Woody Allen, Terence Cooper and Barbara Bouchet. Guest stars include Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Charles Boyer, John Huston, George Raft and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Featured in the Famous Artists Production are Gabriella Licudi, Tracy Reed, Tracey Crisp, Kurt Kasznar, Elaine Taylor and Angela Scoular plus a_ bondwagon full of beautiful and talented girls. “Casino Royale” was directed by John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Robert Parrish and Joe McGrath, and produced by Charles K. Feldman and Jerry Bresler. The screenplay for the James Bond spoof was penned by Wolf Mankowitz, John Law and Michael Sayers as suggested by the Ian Fleming novel. Burt Bacharach composed and conducted the music. Joanna Pettet Joanna Pettet has moved from dramatic roles like Kay, wife of a sadistic writer in “The Group,” and the rebellious daughter of a German general in “The Night of the Generals.” Now she is completely zany as Mata Bond, the unpredictable illegitimate daughter of Mata Hari and Sir James Bond, played in the film by David Niven, in Charles K. Feldman’s exuberant James Bond 007 super-spoof for Columbia Pictures’ release at the...... Theatre in Panavision and Technicolor. Admittedly quite a drastic transformation for Miss Pettet but, she says, “I loved every minute of it. It was the best fun ever. I’m in my Siamese temple, studying, surrounded by Buddhist monks; suddenly Sir James appears. I don’t know who he is but he wants me to go to Berlin to help him—and there I must join the Mata Hari School of Dancing, which is, of course, a spy school. The whole thing is a take-off on a take-off.” Joanna came to motion pictures from the theatre. Englishborn, she grew up in Canada and studied drama in New York where she obtained a role in the comedy, “Take Her, She’s Mine” which had a long Broadway run. Joanna played the lead on tour. Starred with Niven and Miss Pettet in “Casino Royale” are Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Daliah Lavi, Woody Allen, Terence Cooper and Barbara Bouchet. Guest Page 16 stars include Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Charles’ Boyer, John Huston, George Raft and Jean-Paul Belmondo. (Mat 1B; Still No. 55) Ursula Andress, as the world's richest spy, is one of the 17 international stars in Charles K. Feldman's ''Casino Royale,"’ Columbia Pictures release in Panavision and Technicolor. The entertainment has several James Bonds, 17 international stars and 200 international beauties. Ursula Andress When it came to casting the plum role of Vesper Lynd, author Ian Fleming’s original femme fatale and the world’s richest spy, for Charles K. Feldman’s “Casino Royale,” the most fabulous of all James Bond 007 films, the choice fell naturally, almost inevitably, to the beautiful Ursula Andress. “Casino Royale,” a Columbia Pictures release in Panavision and Technicolor, is now at the....... Theatre with 17 international stars and some 200 international beauties. . Miss Andress, who epitomizes sexual allure on the international screen, is a honey blonde once described as “the most awesome piece of natural Swiss architecture since the Alps.” Co-starred with Miss Andress in “Casino Royale” are Peter Sellers, David Niven, Joanna Pettet, Orson Welles, Daliah Lavi, Woody Allen, Terence Cooper and Barbara Bouchet. Guest stars include Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Charles Boyer, John Huston, George Raft and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Featured in the Famous Artists Production are Gabriella Licudi, Tracy Reed, Tracey Crisp, Kurt Kaszner, Elaine Taylor and Angela Scoular plus a bondwagon full of beautiful and talented girls. “Casino Royale” was directed by John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Robert Parrish and Joe McGrath and produced by Feldman and Jerry Bresler. David Niven There’s more to James Bond, the original 007 super-spy creation of author Ian Fleming, than ever before. In fact, there are more James Bonds, too. One of them is Sir James Bond, played by David Niven in Charles K. Feldman’s “Casino Royale,” in a bold departure from the suave, tough image of the other Fleming films. “Casino Royale,” with 17 international stars and some 200 beautiful Bond-chasing girls, now is at the Theatre in Panavision and Technicolor as a Columbia Pictures’ release. In putting their heads together or, more accurately, their tongues firmly in their cheeks, Feldman and Jerry Bresler, the producers of “Casino Royale,” entered the realm of total fantasy to create Niven’s character of Sir James. Sir James Bond is a cultivated man of the world who exercises on a Chippendale mechanical muscle builder. Where he once was eager to be wherever the action was, he now has grown nonchalant about spy activities. Counter espionage is out; he prefers to grow black roses in comfortable retirement. And as for Sir James’ dress, it is resplendent if somewhat eccentric. At times he looks like a latter-day Regency dandy, as well groomed as Beau Brummel and as exquisite; at other times, he looks like Sherlock Holmes gone mad. He may sport a marvelous cravat, tucked shirt and beautiful turn of the century suit or else he’ll turn out in a sinister cape and deer stalker hat. And he sleeps in a nightgown and nightcap, after sipping a healthy glass of milk. Niven, of course, thoroughly relished this dream part as the original James Bond 007. “T’m afraid to say it really,” he proceeded to say with a twinkle in his blue eyes, “but I had such fun that I would have done it for nothing. The only time I remember having so much fun was when I did ‘Around the World in 80 Days,’ and this film is even grander. If I had been asked to play James’ Bond straight, I would never have touched it at all.” Niven has taken the old Bond image and buried it by substituting another—a marvelously dotty, exquisitely vague, absolutely stunning eccentric dandy. And the new Bond personified by Niven in “Casino Royale” could change the face of the male sartorial world. o€ 0s 0 6 (Mat IC; Still No. 25) David Niven is Sir James Bond, first of the 007's, who comes out of retirement to show a slew of other James Bonds how to operate, in Charles K. Feldman's spy spoof, "Casino Royale," Columbia release in Panavision and Technicolor. Also present, some 200 international beautis. Advance Notice Charles K. Feldman’s “Casino Royale,” a gargantuan James Bond 007 entertainment with 17 international stars and 200 international beauties, will open .... atthe..... Theatre. The Columbia Pictures release was filmed in Panavision and Technicolor. Starred as James Bonds, as girls who help or oppose the several Bonds, and as just villains are Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Joanna Pettet, Orson Welles and Daliah Lavi. Terence Cooper and Barbara Bouchet are co-starred and guest stars include Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Charles Boyer, JeanPaul Belmondo, George Raft and John Huston. Featured in the Famous Artists production are Gabriella Licudi, Tracy Reed, Tracey Crisp, Kurt Kasznar, Elaine Taylor and Angela Scoular. Feldman and Jerry Bresler produced “Casino Royale” and it was directed by Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Robert Parrish and Joe McGrath. A trio of writers, Wolf Mankowitz, John Law and Michael Sayers wrote the screenplay. Daliah Lavi Seductive Daliah Lavi is “The Detainer,”’ a girl with special counter spy techniques in Charles K. Feldman’s “Casino (Mat IE; Still No. 48) Joanna Pettet as Mata Bond, daughter of Mata Hari and Sir James Bond, is one of the I|7 international stars in Charles K. Feldman's spy spoof, ''Casino Royale,’ suggested by the lan Fleming novel. The Columbia Pictures release, in Panavision and Technicolor, has several James Bond 007's. (Mat IF; Still No. 122) Woody Allen is Jimmy Bond, jealous nephew and would-be imitator of suave, super-spy Sir James Bond, in Charles K. Feldman's spectacular "Casino Royale," Columbia Pictures! release in Panavision and Technicolor with 17 international stars and some 200 international beauties. (Mat 1H; Still No. 119) Daliah Lavi plays ''The Detainer,"’ one of the girls James Bond tangles with in Charles K. Feldman's "Casino Royale," new Columbia Pictures release in Panavision and Technicolor. Since there are several 007's, Daliah, and some 200 other international beauties, are kept pretty busy! Royale,” the James Bond 007 super-spoof in Panavision and Technicolor at the ..... Theatre. The Columbia Pictures release at the Theatre boasts 17 international stars and some 200 Bond-chasing beauties. Miss Lavi, who has had some earlier screen acquaintance with Mata Hari-type roles, slipped easily into her role as a devastating secret agent who tangles hilariously with both five foot, three-inch Woody Allen, and sixfoot, three-inch Terence Cooper, two of the film’s several James Bonds. After she made an exciting impact on the motion picture industry as “The Girl’ in Richard Brooks’ “Lord Jim,” which brought her international stardom, Daliah essayed the first of her spy roles with Dean Martin in “The Silencers.” Subsequently, she appeared in “The Spy with a Cold Nose.” Also starred with Miss Lavi, Allen and Cooper in “Casino Royale” are Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Joanna Pettet, Orson Welles and Barbara Bouchet. Guest stars in the screen romp include Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Charles Boyer, John Huston, George Raft and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Featured in the Famous Artists Production are Gabriella Licudi, Tracy Reed, Tracey Crisp, Kurt Kaszner, Elaine Taylor and Angela Scoular plus a_ bondwagon full of beautiful and talented girls. eseeee