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| Born | Albert Romolo Broccoli April 5, 1909 New York City, New York |
| Died | June 27, 1996 (aged 87) Beverly Hills, California |
| Spouse(s) | Gloria Blondell (1940-1945) Nedra Clark (1951-1956) Dana Natol(1959-1996) |
Albert Romolo Broccoli, CBE (Hon) (April 5, 1909 – June 27, 1996[1]) nicknamed "Cubby"[1] was an American Academy Award-winning film producer who produced more than 40 movies[1], most of them produced in the United Kingdom, and often filmed at Pinewood Studios. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The City of New York Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Pinewood Studios is a major British Film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. Co-founder of Danjac, LLC and Eon Productions, Broccoli is most notable as the producer of the iconic James Bond series of films. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story He and Harry Saltzman saw the films from relatively low-budget origins to large-budget, high-grossing extravaganzas, and Broccoli's heirs continue to produce new Bond films. Harry Saltzman ( October 27 1915 - September 28 1994) was a theatre and Film producer best known for his mega-gamble which resulted
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Early life
Broccoli was born into an Italian-American family on Long Island. An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches His grandfather had brought to America the vegetable that bore the family name, according to Roger Moore in his opening remarks when he presented the Irving G. Thalberg award to Cubby in 1981 at the Oscars. The family moved to Florida, and on the death of his father Giovanni, Broccoli moved to live with his grandmother in Astoria, Queens in New York City. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Astoria is a Neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. The City of New York Having worked many jobs, including casket maker, Broccoli then became involved in the film industry. A casket, or a jewellery box is a receptacle for Trinkets and jewels. He started at the bottom, despite his new found fortune, working as a gofer on Howard Hughes' The Outlaw (1941), which starred Jane Russell. A gofer or go-fer ('goʊfər gopher) is an Employee who is often sent on errands Howard Robard Hughes Jr (December 24 1905 – April 5 1976 was an American Aviator, Industrialist, Film producer / director, Philanthropist The Outlaw is a 1943 American Western film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jane Russell. Jane Russell (born June 21) is an American film actress and Sex symbol. Here he met his life-long friend Howard Hughes for the first time, while Hughes was overseeing the movie's production after director Howard Hawks was fired. Howard Robard Hughes Jr (December 24 1905 – April 5 1976 was an American Aviator, Industrialist, Film producer / director, Philanthropist Howard Winchester Hawks ( May 30, 1896 &ndash December 26, 1977) was an American Film director, producer and Broccoli rose quickly to the level of Assistant Director by the time the U. S. entered World War II.
During his early period in Hollywood, Broccoli may have taken part in a barroom brawl which took the life of comedian Ted Healy. Ted Healy ( October 1, 1896 &ndash December 21, 1937) was an American Vaudeville performer Comedian, and Actor According to E. J. Fleming's book The Fixers, Broccoli, his cousin, gangster Pasquale 'Pat' DiCicco, and film star Wallace Beery fought with Healy and beat him to death. Wallace Beery ( April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American Academy Award -winning actor arguably best known Fleming asserts that MGM executives Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling, in an attempt to save the reputation of their star Beery, fabricated a story about college students attacking Healy, immediately followed by a four-month trip to Europe for Beery. Edgar Joseph "Eddie" Mannix ( 25 February 1891, Fort Lee New Jersey – 30 August 1963, Beverly Hills California [2]
Broccoli joined the United States Navy following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and afterward worked several years as an agent at the Famous Artists Agency. The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, as it was called by the Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise Military strike conducted by He returned to production crew work again as an Assistant Director, a Second unit Director, then Director and Producer doing several films a year and continually working his way up the ladder while establishing many key personal contacts with Hollywood luminaries and movie moguls.
London subsidy and the origins of Bond
At the beginning of the 1950s Broccoli moved once more, this time to London, where the British government provided subsidies to film productions made in the UK with British casts and crews. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at
When Broccoli became interested in bringing Ian Fleming's James Bond character into features, he discovered that the rights were already tied up by another American, Harry Saltzman, who had long wanted to break into the inside in film, and who had produced several stage plays and films with only modest success. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Harry Saltzman ( October 27 1915 - September 28 1994) was a theatre and Film producer best known for his mega-gamble which resulted When the two were introduced by a mutual friend, screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz, Saltzman refused to sell the rights but agreed to partner with Broccoli and co-produce the films, which led to the creation of the production company EON Productions and its parent (holding) company Danjaq, LLC, named after the two wives' first names—Dana and Jacquiline. EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. Danjaq LLC (formerly Danjaq SA) is the holding company responsible for the copyright and trademarks to the characters elements and other material related to James Bond
Saltzman and Broccoli produced the first Bond movie, Dr. No, in 1962. Dr No (1962 is the first Film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent Their second, From Russia With Love, was a breakout success and from then on, the films grew in cost, action, and ambition. From Russia with Love, released in 1963 is the second Film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Sean Connery as With larger casts, more difficult stunts and special effects, and a continued dependence on exotic locations, the franchise became essentially a full-time job. Broccoli made one notable attempt at a non-Bond film, an adaptation of Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1968, and due to legal wrangling over the rights to story elements, ceded producer credit on Thunderball to Kevin McClory. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 feature Film with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes, and songs by the Sherman Brothers Thunderball (1965 is the fourth Spy film of the British James Bond series, and the fourth to star Sean Connery as the Kevin O'Donovan McClory ( 8 June 1926 - 20 November 2006) was an Irish Screenwriter, producer, and Nonetheless, by the mid-1960s Broccoli had put nearly all of his energies into the Bond series. Saltzman's interests continued to range apart from the series, including production of a loose trilogy of spy films based on Len Deighton's Harry Palmer, a character who operates in a parallel universe to Bond, with all the danger but none of the glamour and gadgets. Leonard Cyril Deighton (born February 18, 1929, Marylebone, London) is a British Historian, Cookery expert Saltzman and Broccoli had differences over Saltzman's outside commitments, but in the end it was Saltzman who withdrew from Danjaq and EON after a series of financial mishaps. While Saltzman's departure brought the franchise a step closer to corporate control, Broccoli lost relatively little independence or prestige in the bargain. From then until his death, the racy credits sequence to every EON Bond film would begin with the words "Albert R. Broccoli Presents". Although from the 1970s onward the films became lighter in tone and looser in plot, at times less successful with critics, the series distinguished itself in production values and continued to appeal to audiences.
In 1966, Albert was in Japan with other producers scouting locations to film the next James Bond Film. Albert had a ticket booked on BOAC Flight 911. He canceled his ticket on that day so he could see a ninja demonstration. Flight 911 had crashed after clear air turbulence.
Family life
Broccoli married three times. In 1940, at the age of 31, he married actress Gloria Blondell (the younger sister of Joan Blondell); they later divorced amicably in 1945 without having had children. Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, ( August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an Oscar -nominated American In 1951, he married Nedra Clark, and the couple were told they had fertility problems and would never have children. They adopted a son Tony Broccoli, after which Nedra became pregnant. She died in 1958, soon after giving birth to their daughter, Tina Broccoli-Brewster, who today produces films under the name Tina Banta. At the time of Nedra's illness, while nursing her in America, Albert Broccoli became convinced that Bond would make a good movie series, and set up a meeting between Ian Fleming and his partner in London. Ian Lancaster Fleming ( May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, Journalist and Second World War
In the very late 1950s, Broccoli married actress and novelist Dana Wilson (née Dana Natol). They had a daughter together, Barbara Broccoli, and Albert Broccoli became a mentor to teenage son, Michael G. Wilson. Barbara Dana Broccoli OBE (born June 18, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is the daughter of the famous James Bond producer Michael Gregg Wilson OBE (born 1942) is producer and screenwriter of James Bond movies. Broccoli insisted on keeping his family close to him when possible. Consequently the children grew up around the Bond film sets, and his wife's influence on various production decisions is alluded to in many informal accounts.
Michael Wilson made uncredited cameo appearances in Bond films from his teens onward, and in adulthood worked his way up through the production company to co-write and co-produce. Barbara Broccoli, in her turn, served in several capacities under her father's tutelage from the 1980s on. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have co-produced the films since the elder Broccoli's death.
Dana Broccoli died of cancer in 2004, aged 82.
Later life and honors
In 1981 he was honored with The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for his work in film and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the award was presented by the current James Bond at that time, Roger Moore
A thoroughbred horse racing enthusiast, Albert Broccoli owned Brocco, who won the 1993 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita Park at Arcadia, California. The Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award is awarded periodically at the Academy Awards ceremonies to "Creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Sir Roger George Moore KBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English Actor. Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide Sport and Industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred Horses It is governed by different national Brocco (foaled March 2 1991 in Florida) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and Geldings raced on dirt History Santa Anita Park was opened on December 25 1934 and is the oldest racetrack in Southern California Arcadia is a US city in Los Angeles County California that is located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley
An autobiographical book on this artist was released, called When The Snow Melts.
At the end of Tomorrow Never Dies, it says "In loving memory of Albert R. Tomorrow Never Dies, released in 1997, is the eighteenth Spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan Broccoli".
Death
Albert R "Cubby" Broccoli died at his home in Beverly Hills in 1996 at the age of 87 of heart failure. Heart failure is a Cardiac condition that occurs when a problem with the structure or function of the Heart impairs its ability to supply He had undergone a triple heart bypass in 1996. Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure He was interred in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles following a Roman Catholic Mass of Christian Burial, attended by some of the James Bond movies' cast members, including Desmond Llewelyn, Maryam D'Abo and Timothy Dalton. Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery is part of the Forest Lawn chain of Southern California cemeteries Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn ( 12 September 1914 &mdash 19 December 1999 who was a Coal mining engineer Maryam d'Abo (born December 27, 1960 in London, United Kingdom) is an English film and television actress. Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946) is an English
References
- ^ a b c Albert R. Broccoli at IMDb.com
- ^ Fleming, E. J. , The Fixers: Eddie Mannix, Howard Strickling and the MGM Publicity Machine, MacFarland & Co. , 2004, ISBN 0786420278
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