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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...
Just for the sake of the line, I was heartbroken when they rejected it." Broccoli called in Tom Mankiewicz to rewrite Maibaum's screenplay and, in the process, Goldfinger's brother was scratched, and Ernst Stavros Blofeld, the mastermind behind SPECTRE, returned. And, Maibaum says, his "smash ending" became "an interminable thing on an oil rig."
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.
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 ...
The Richard Maibaum Papers: The personal papers series contains an actors file, biographical material on Maibaum, clippings and correspondence; the film projects series includes materials such as screenplays and treatments, many of which Maibaum co-authored with Cyril Hume, clippings, reviews and correspondence; the Stage project series has playscripts, clippings and correspondence; the ...
Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 – January 4, 1991) was an American film producer, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his screenplay
Reproduction of any kind of the Richard Maibaum Papers is restricted. Any reproduction requests of drafts, treatments, scripts, or screenplays relating to James Bond films should be directed to Eon Productions and all other reproduction requests should be directed to Paul Maibaum paulmaibaum@mac.com
