Albert Romolo Broccoli (April 5, 1909 – June 27, 1996), nicknamed “Cubby”, was an American film producer who made more than 40 motion pictures throughout his career. Most of the films were made in the United Kingdom and often filmed at Pinewood Studios. Co-founder of Danjaq, LLC and Eon Productions, Broccoli is most notable as the producer of many of the James Bond films. He and Harry Saltzman saw the films develop from relatively low-budget origins to large-budget, high-grossing extravaganzas. Broccoli’s heirs Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson continued to produce new Bond films until 2025 when the franchise rights were sold to Amazon. In 1951, he and Irving Allen created Warwick Films in order to take advantage of tax incentives available to them by producing films in the United Kingdom with British crews, while often using American stars. Among the films they produced are The Red Beret (1953), Hell Below Zero (1954), The Black Knight (1954), The Gamma People (1956), Safari (1956), Fire Down Below (1957), and The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), among others. The Allen–Broccoli partnership ended in part due to a disagreement over acquiring film rights to the James Bond novels as Allen felt they were of poor quality. Broccoli partnered instead with Harry Saltzman in 1961 to form Eon Productions, which would produce the Bond series. We celebrate his birthday with a scale model of the infamous Aston Martin DB5 …
Selective coloration – the new way to view photos …
If you like this photo, it is available for purchase at PictRS or ViewBug. Simply click or copy one of the links below:
https://www.pictrs.com/selldonsselectivecoloration/1178548
I am a member of tree nation and have my own forest. For every photo purchased, I will donate a new tree to tree nation, so in that way we can help to reforest our own beautiful planet (https://tree-nation.com/de/profil/jason-hann ).
April 5
If you are interested what else happened on this day, please click on the calendar or press the button below:
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#AlbertBroccoli #CubbyBroccoli #JamesBond #EonProductions #PinewoodStudios #FilmProducer #BondFilms #CinemaHistory #ClassicFilms #FilmLegacy #BritishCinema #MovieProduction #AstonMartinDB5 #WarwickFilms #FilmIndustry #Hollywood #FilmHistory #IconicFilms #FilmCelebration #BondLegacy #MovieMagic
#selldonphotography #selldon #selectivecoloration #fyp #foryou #foryoupage