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42-534: Danjaq S.A. was founded by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman after the release of the first James Bond film Dr. No , in 1962, to ensure control of all future films in the series. The new company was named Danjaq from combining the names of Broccoli and Saltzman's respective wives' ( Dan a Broccoli and Ja c q ueline Saltzman). The company was originally domiciled in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland, hence

84-553: A change of name of James Bond Ltd, which had been registered since 12 June 2009. James Bond Ltd was ordered by the adjudicator at the Company Names Tribunal to change its name and to not register another company with an offending name. The respondent was also ordered to contribute toward Danjaq's costs. Albert R. Broccoli Albert Romolo Broccoli ( / ˈ b r ɒ k . ə . l i / BROK -ə-lee ; April 5, 1909 – June 27, 1996), nicknamed " Cubby ",

126-481: A coma and died. There is no documentation in contemporaneous news reports that either Beery or DiCicco was present, allegedly because the investigation and any subsequent newspaper coverage would be routinely sidelined by the MGM studio fixers , Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling (Mannix would later become a producer and executive for MGM), since Wallace Beery was one of MGM's most highly-paid and important actors. Beery

168-537: A daughter, Barbara Broccoli , and Natol adopted his other two children. Albert Broccoli became a mentor to Dana's teenage son, Michael G. Wilson . 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. In 1966, Broccoli was in Japan with other producers scouting locations to film the next James Bond film You Only Live Twice . He had

210-864: A day per hobby horse.(equivalent to $ 413.30 in 2023) He became production supervisor on Robert Montgomery Presents and produced Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion . He moved, what was by then his family of four, to the UK in the mid-1950s, where he again produced theatre. He entered the film business by producing The Iron Petticoat (1956), a play adaptation. Saltzman started Woodfall Film Productions with Tony Richardson and John Osborne , and produced other acclaimed social realism dramas such as 1959's Look Back in Anger and 1960's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning . Film director Anthony Mann noted

252-754: A farm in Smithtown , New York , on Long Island , near their relatives the DiCiccos. 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 . Having worked many jobs, including casket maker, Broccoli then became involved in the film industry. He started at the bottom, working as a gofer on Howard Hughes ' The Outlaw (1941), which starred Jane Russell . Here he met his lifelong friend Howard Hughes for

294-488: A settlement of a lawsuit between MGM and Sony , Sony acquired MGM's interest in the Spider-Man film rights, while Danjaq bought out the rights to the novel Casino Royale . Following the death of Albert Broccoli in 1996 and Dana Broccoli in 2004, control of Danjaq was passed to Dana's son (and Albert's step-son), Michael G. Wilson . Although the trademarks for material related to the Bond films are held by Danjaq,

336-839: A talent scout for European productions on stage, television and in film, but gradually became more successful producing stage plays. He moved to the United States in the 1950s. In the late 1950s, Saltzman and Rhea Fink formed the Mountie Enterprises Corporation, to operate coin-operated hobby horses . The first hobby horses appeared in department stores, on floors where children's goods are sold. By February 1951 Mountie Enterprises Corporation and Saltzman's new company Rider Amusement Corporation reported brisk business, as both companies got contracts to install coin-operated hobby horses in major department stores in numerous American cities. Saltzman claimed to earn US$ 35

378-437: A ticket booked on BOAC Flight 911 and cancelled his ticket on that day so he could see a ninja demonstration. Flight 911 crashed due to clear-air turbulence , killing everyone on board. Michael Wilson 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

420-626: Is disagreement over whether Healy died as a result of the brawl or due to his well-known alcoholism. Because of the authorities' lack of interest in investigating Healy's death, an autopsy was not performed until after Healy's body had been embalmed, rendering the examiner's note that Healy's organs were "soaked in alcohol" useless in determining a cause of death. Following the autopsy, the Los Angeles county coroner reported that Healy died of acute toxic nephritis secondary to acute and chronic alcoholism . Police closed their investigation, as there

462-772: 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. (See Production of the James Bond films ) Broccoli is alleged to have been involved in an altercation with comedian and Three Stooges creator Ted Healy outside the Trocadero nightclub, just before the latter's death in 1937. A source alleged that actor Wallace Beery , Broccoli, and film producer Pat DiCicco beat Healy so badly that he fell into

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504-624: The Union Bank of Switzerland . In 1970, Saltzman won control of the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation from chairman Patrick Frawley in a proxy fight. However, by 1972 Saltzman sold off 370,500 shares of Technicolor stock for $ 7.6M to repay his loan from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Film Bulletin also claimed that some of Saltzman's former allies in the 1970 proxy had forced Saltzman to sell

546-484: 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

588-416: The 1970s also proved problematic. A science fiction musical, Toomorrow starring Olivia Newton-John , was withdrawn from release and resulted in several lawsuits. Also in 1970, Saltzman cancelled a planned film, several weeks before shooting was to begin, about the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky , starring Rudolf Nureyev . Director Tony Richardson believed that Saltzman had overextended himself, and did not have

630-672: The Gypsies . In 1992, Saltzman dissolved H.M. Tennant. Saltzman was married three times. He had four children; one with his first wife and three with his second. He was briefly married in California. His first wife Tanya "helped in an amazing way to enlighten his work and contribution to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force and in the U.S. secret service OSS," Hollywood Reporter noted. Saltzman's first child, Merry,

672-632: The United States in 1940 to make the film The Flame of New Orleans . In 1942, Saltzman signed a booking contract with Fanchon & Marco Enterprises. Saltzman went to the West Coast to sign big picture names. Saltzman sought the Ritz Brothers , but due to film commitments, they could not sign. In 1943, Saltzman was managing The Gilbert Brothers' Combined Circus. According to an advert, the 1943 season began 26 May in Clifton, New Jersey , and

714-473: The appearance of " S.A. " letters in the first legal name of the company. In 1962, Danjaq began its association with United Artists . Due to a series of failed business interests, Harry Saltzman's personal financial difficulties forced him to sell his 50% share of Danjaq to United Artists in 1975. In 1986, Albert and Dana Broccoli acquired United Artists' 50% stake in the company and so assumed complete control of Danjaq. John Cork claims that in exchange for

756-742: The copyright and trademarks of James Bond on screen, and the parent company of Eon Productions , which they also set up as a film production company for the Bond films. The moniker Danjaq is a combination of the names of Broccoli's third wife and Saltzman's second (Dana and Jacqueline, respectively). In 1958, he had set up the production company Lowndes Productions, but he did not use it for film production until 1965, and used it for eight productions thereafter, among them his three Harry Palmer films with Michael Caine : The Ipcress File (1965), Funeral in Berlin (1966) and Billion Dollar Brain (1967). The company's last production came out in 1988, and it

798-462: The copyrights to the first twenty film properties are co-owned by Danjaq LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (the technical successor to subsidiary United Artists ). The copyrights to Casino Royale , Quantum of Solace , Skyfall and Spectre , are shared between Danjaq LLC, MGM, and Columbia Pictures . Two Bond films have been made outside the control of Danjaq: The first was the 1967 film Casino Royale , with David Niven as Bond, and

840-515: The dichotomy in Saltzman's career: "Harry used to make great pictures; now he makes very successful ones. After all, you can't be an artist all your life." In early 1961, excited by reading the James Bond novel Goldfinger , he made a bid to land the film rights to the character. Saltzman co-founded Danjaq, S.A. with Albert R. Broccoli in 1962. It was a holding company responsible for

882-781: The films since Albert Broccoli's death. Broccoli died at his home in Beverly Hills in 1996 at the age of 87 of heart failure . He had undergone a triple heart bypass earlier that year. He was interred in an ornate sarcophagus in the outdoor Courts of Remembrance section, at Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles following a funeral mass at The Church of the Good Shepherd, Beverly Hills. Harry Saltzman Herschel " Harry " Saltzman ( / ˈ s ɔː l t s m ə n / ; ( 1915-10-27 ) October 27, 1915 – ( 1994-09-28 ) September 28, 1994)

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924-516: The first seven years of his life. Harry ran away from home at the age of 15. Saltzman was 30 when he learned where he had actually been born. At about age 17, Saltzman joined a circus and travelled with them for some years. In 1932, Saltzman moved to Paris to study political science and economics. However within a year, he was "hand-picking talent for 40 two-a-day vaudeville houses all over Europe." Saltzman claimed that he had worked as an assistant for French film director René Clair , who came to

966-495: The first time, while Hughes was overseeing the movie's production after director Howard Hawks was fired. Broccoli rose quickly to the level of assistant director by the time the U.S. entered World War II. He served in the US Navy during World War II from 1942-1947 where he met Ray Stark . In 1951, he and Irving Allen created Warwick Films in order to take advantage of tax incentives available to them by producing films in

1008-566: The funds to make the film. Throughout the 1970s, Saltzman struggled to make a film of The Micronauts — a "shrunken man", which was a science fiction story to have starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick — investing much money into the doomed project, that was finally shelved in the late 1970s. Due to numerous financial difficulties, Saltzman sold his 50% stake in Danjaq to United Artists Corporation in 1975. Subsequently, his health also declined and he became depressed. In 1980, Saltzman purchased

1050-611: The late 1970s and early 1980s. In the early 1970s, Saltzman's wife Jacqueline was diagnosed with terminal cancer. In 1972, the Saltzmans relocated to St. Petersburg, Florida , where Jacqueline's sister lived. In March 1977, Saltzman sold his English country mansion and moved full-time to St. Petersburg. Jacqueline Saltzman died of cancer on January 31, 1980. In 1982, Saltzman sold his 15-room Venetian Isles, St. Petersburg, Florida home, and moved back to London. His two oldest children with Jacqueline were out of school, and his youngest

1092-509: The sale, MGM / UA received an exclusive distribution deal with Danjaq that is far more lucrative than when the shares were originally owned by Broccoli and Saltzman. Danjaq's legal domicile was changed from Switzerland to Delaware in October 1992. The Delaware company's legal name was Danjaq, Inc. The company was converted to a limited liability company in January 1997. In 1999, as part of

1134-535: The second was the 1983 film Never Say Never Again , a remake of Thunderball . Never Say Never Again was the result of a legal dispute involving Kevin McClory , one of the credited co-writers of the story used for the novel Thunderball , who was awarded the film rights to the novel in a 1963 settlement with Ian Fleming . On 13 July 2009, Danjaq applied under s.69(1)(b) of the Companies Act 2006 for

1176-468: The stocks — which they purchased — and were seeking to oust him from the Technicolor board. Saltzman filed several lawsuits against Technicolor executive board members, claiming conspiracy "seeking to retain his positions in the firm." Screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz claims Technicolor was selling at $ 30 per share, when Saltzman took control of the company in 1970; it was selling at $ 8 a share by 1972, at

1218-420: The theatrical production company H.M. Tennent Ltd. , becoming its chairman. Saltzman all but retired from the movie business thereafter. He had long desired to produce a film on the life of Vaslav Nijinsky , based on biographies, the rights to which he had acquired in the 1960s. He has an executive producer credit on the film Nijinsky in 1980, and the 1988 British-Italian-Yugoslavian co-production Time of

1260-532: The time Saltzman was ousted. At some point, Saltzman defaulted on the interest payments to the Swiss Bank. According to a 1978 court decision, Saltzman and Broccoli had allegedly agreed to dissolve Danjaq, S.A. in 1972, but Broccoli later allegedly refused to honour the agreement. Saltzman unsuccessfully attempted to have the Swiss courts dissolve the company. By autumn that year, Saltzman's financial situation

1302-583: Was a Canadian theatre and film producer. He is best remembered for co-producing the first nine of the James Bond film series with Albert R. Broccoli . Apart from a ten-year stint living in St. Petersburg, Florida , he lived most of his life in Denham, Buckinghamshire , England. Saltzman was born in a hospital in Sherbrooke , Quebec , the son of Jewish immigrants Abraham Saltzman and Dora Horstein. His father

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1344-597: Was a horticulturalist and immigrated to the US in 1905 from Kozienice , Poland (then Congress Poland within the Russian Empire). His parents married in 1909. The couple moved to Canada in 1910 where their four oldest children (Minnie, Florence, Herschel and Isadore) were born. The family then moved to Cleveland , Ohio where their youngest son, David, was born. Saltzman was raised in Saint John, New Brunswick for

1386-569: 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, and Broccoli's heirs continue to produce new Bond films. Broccoli

1428-888: Was booked solid through the Eastern American states until mid-October. Shortly after World War II began, he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Vancouver . He received a medical discharge in Trenton, Ontario in 1943, and joined the U.S. Psychological Warfare Bureau , because he wanted to get back to Europe. Saltzman was initially stationed at the North African theatre in 1943 before being reassigned to London. In 1945, Saltzman helped Lin Yutang establish UNESCO 's film division, which

1470-534: Was born in 1946. As a child, she played with the likes of Ian Fleming , Sean Connery , Ursula Andress , Michael Caine and Cary Grant . On October 30, 2024 at the age of 77, she died at her home in San Jose, California following a brief battle with cancer. Judith Krantz claims that she and Saltzman briefly dated. Krantz's father liked Saltzman and found him an entertaining conversationalist. Krantz claims that Saltzman proposed to her. She declined, saying that he

1512-496: Was born in the borough of Queens , New York City , the younger of two children of immigrants from the Calabria region of Italy, Giovanni Broccoli and Kristina Vence. He had an older brother. He acquired his nickname after his cousin, mobster Pat DiCicco , began calling him "Kabibble", after a similarly named cartoon character . This was eventually shortened to "Kubbie" and adopted by Broccoli as "Cubby". The family later bought

1554-606: Was desperate. In March 1974, the Los Angeles Times reported that Saltzman was attempting to sell Paramount Pictures his 50% share of the Bond film franchise. On April 24, 1978, Sir Patrick O'Connor of the British High Court ordered Saltzman to pay an American law firm £13,000 ( US$ 28,000 ) plus £5,000 ( US$ 10,500 ) in post-judgment interest and court costs. Saltzman had retained the firm to resolve his financial difficulties. Saltzman's productions in

1596-471: Was dissolved in 1992. Saltzman produced other films between the James Bond and Harry Palmer productions. These include his World War II pet project Battle of Britain (1969), and Call Me Bwana (1963), one of only three films to be produced by Eon Productions outside of the James Bond franchise . Saltzman also attempted to make a film about Canadian Métis leader Cuthbert Grant . In 1969, Saltzman borrowed 70 million Swiss francs ( US$ 40,000,000 ) from

1638-534: Was immediately dispatched to a long vacation in Europe until the story died down. Broccoli admitted that he was indeed involved in a fist fight with Healy at the Trocadero. He later modified his story, stating that a heavily intoxicated Healy had picked a fight with him, the two had briefly scuffled, then shook hands and parted ways. In other reports, Broccoli admitted to pushing Healy, but not striking him. There

1680-738: Was initially focused on trying to mediate the Chinese Civil War between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang . He eventually quit due to "east-west differences" which to him seemed "so hopeless". Saltzman spent a year with the French government's Ministry of Reconstruction . At that point, he decided he wanted back in show business. After the war, in Paris, Saltzman became part of the writer Colette 's entourage. He worked as

1722-557: Was no indication in the report that his death was caused by physical assault. 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. In 1951, he married Nedra Clark, widow of the singer Buddy Clark . They adopted a son, Tony Broccoli, after which Nedra became pregnant. She died in 1958, soon after giving birth to their daughter, Tina. In 1959, Broccoli married actress and novelist Dana Natol . They had

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1764-497: Was not her physical type, which she regretted because she thought he was "a wonderful companion, with a fantastic imagination." After World War II, Saltzman was in Paris, where he met Jacqueline Colin, a refugee from Romania, whom he subsequently married. Harry and Jacqueline Saltzman had three children: Hilary, Steven and Christopher. Hilary and Christopher attended the private Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, Florida during

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