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121 votes, 26 comments. In this interview to Starlog magazine in 1983, Richard Maibaum, screenwriter for several films in the franchise, makes some…
Jan 4, 1991 · Screenwriter. Born in New York City, he was best known for his adaptations of Ian Fleming's James Bond spy novels into films. He was a playwright on Broadway before he made his film debut as screenwriter with We Went to College (1936), followed by They Gave Him a Gun (1937). From 1962 to 1989, he was the screenwriter...
Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 – January 4, 1991) was an American film producer, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his screenplay
Jan 7, 1991 · Richard Maibaum; Wrote Many of the James Bond Movie Scripts. By BURT A. FOLKART. Jan. 7, 1991 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Richard Maibaum, a former stage actor who began writing scripts for ...
Maibaum was born to a Jewish family [5] in New York City. He attended New York University. In 1930, he came to The University of Iowa's Speech and Dramatic Arts Department, where he studied under E.C. Mabie. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1931, and in 1932 he received a master's degree, all the while writing plays and acting. [citation needed ...
The name is "Maibaum, Richard Maibaum".....the brilliant screenwriter who adapted the Ian Fleming 007 novels into the highly entertaining screenplays of nearly every James Bond film from Dr. No (1962) through to Licence to Kill (1989). Maibaum attended New York University, then studied acting at the University of Iowa. By the time he was in his late twenties, Maibaum was a well established ...
Richard Maibaum quickly found himself working on the scripting of several successful Broadway productions. The fast-working screenwriter soon earned film work; his debut script was with Maurice Rapf. The ultimately forgettable "We Went to College" hit cinemas in 1936, however, after serving in the War, Maibaum signed a contract with Paramount Pictures, and notably adapted "The Great Gatsby ...
