Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 – January 4, 1991) was an American film producer, playwright and screenwriter best known for his screenplay adaptations of

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novels. Among his works are the first anti-lynching play on Broadway, ''The Tree'' (1932); the first anti-Nazi play on Broadway, ''Birthright'' (1933); the first film that dealt with the problem of medication abuse, ''

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'', written in 1955, released in 1956; the first film that dealt with the ethical and moral decisions in kidnapping cases, '' Ransom!''; the first film that introduced the American public to the importance of training airmen for the defense of the United States in a war many recognized as coming, '' I Wanted Wings'' (Spring, 1941); and '' Diamonds Are Forever'', begun 1970, the first film that discussed the use of laser-like satellite mounted weapons for global warfare. His papers now reside at his alma mater, the

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Biography

Early career

Maibaum was born to a

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family in New York City, and attended

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. In 1930, he came to The

's Speech and Dramatic Arts Department, where he studied under E.C. Mabie. He was graduated

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in 1931, and in 1932 he received a master's degree, all the while writing plays and acting.

Broadway

He was twenty-two and still at the University of Iowa when his anti-

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play, ''The Tree'', became a 1932 Broadway production under the direction of the young Robert Rossen, later known for '' Body and Soul'' (1947) and a life destroyed by the Hollywood blacklist. Back in New York after graduation, Maibaum spent 1933 as an actor in the Shakespearean Repertory Theater on Broadway. He appeared in fifteen different roles in many productions. As a young playwright in the early 1930s in New York City, Maibaum was involved with the challenging politics of the Depression. In 1933, the year in which Hitler ascended to his dictatorial powers in Germany, Maibaum attacked Nazism in his play, ''Birthright'', also directed by Rossen. This was the first of several anti-Nazi plays to appear that year. Maibaum then wrote ''Sweet Mystery of Life'' (1935) a stage comedy which eventually became the film ''

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'' (1936). His rapid rise as a playwright soon earned him a contract as a writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, then the most powerful and prestigious studio in Hollywood. While moving to LA and under contract to MGM, he wrote another play, ''See My Lawyer'' which was produced in New York by George Abbott and which starred

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. This was Maibaum's most successful play, running for 224 episodes from 1939 to 1940.

MGM

Maibaum's first credit was '' The Old School Tie'' (1936) at MGM. He did ''

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'' (1937) which he worked on with Cyril Hume. They worked on '' Live, Love and Learn'' (1937) and '' The Bad Man of Brimstone'' (1937) and ''

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'' (1938) for

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Columbia

At Columbia he wrote '' The Lady and the Mob'' (1938), ''

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'' (1939), '' The Amazing Mr. Williams'' (1939). Back at MGM he did '' The Ghost Comes Home'' (1940) and '' 20 Mule Team'' (1940) for Beery. He was one of many writers on

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's ''

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'' (1940). Maibaum went to Paramount where he worked on '' I Wanted Wings'' (1941), a huge hit. He did some uncredited work on '' Hold Back the Dawn'' (1941). At 20th Century Fox he wrote ''

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'' (1942).

World War Two

Maibaum joined the U.S. Army in 1942 and, like many other Hollywood writers and directors, was commissioned as a captain in the Signal Corps, During his four and one-half years in the army, he produced war morale films, assembled and disseminated combat film footage (presumably while stationed overseas) and supervised a documentary history of World War II, whose title, length, whereabouts, and, indeed, purpose, are currently unknown. He eventually achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. He contributed to the story for the Olsen-Johnson film ''

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'' (1945).

Paramount

With this experience under his belt, Maibaum returned to Hollywood for a contract at Paramount as a producer and screenwriter. He wrote and produced his first picture, '' O.S.S.'' (1946), which starred

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in a fictional story of the newly formed

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, the precursor to the CIA. This was the beginning of his fruitful association with Alan Ladd. Maibaum was producer on the

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-directed '' The Big Clock'' (1948). He produced ''

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'' (1948) with

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, and ''

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'' (1949) for director

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. He wrote and produced ''

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'' (1949) also with Alan Ladd and co-written with Yale-educated Cyril Hume.

, original director of the project, quit after a casting dispute with Maibaum and was replaced by

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. Maibaum wrote and produced ''

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'' (1949) for Leisen. He produced ''

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'' (1949), then did two more with Leisen: '' No Man of Her Own'' (1950) and ''

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'' (1950) with Ladd.

Warwick Films

In the 1950s, American producers Irving Allen and

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were making action films in the UK under their Warwick Films banner. When Broccoli signed Ladd on for a three-picture deal for Warwick, Ladd insisted on Maibaum co-writing the screenplays. Maibaum moved his family to England in order to do this. The first Warwick Film, '' The Red Beret'' (1953) was a bit hit. It was followed by '' Hell Below Zero'' (1954). He also began writing for the new medium of television, including short teleplays for ''

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'', and the critically acclaimed Emmy nominated " Fearful Decision" starring

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and

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which he also co-wrote with Cyril Hume for ''

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''. Maibaum returned to The University of Iowa in 1954 for one semester to teach and supervise the "Footsteps of Freedom" project, a teleplay writing course. For Warwick, he worked on the war story, ''

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'' (1955) which starred

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. Maibaum returned to Hollywood in 1955. He and Hume adapted "Fearful Decision" for the big screen in '' Ransom!'' (1956) with

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. He co-wrote "

," (1956) with Hume along with its star and producer, the British actor

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. Maibaum did another for Warwick, ''

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'' (1956), directed by Terence Young and starring

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. He and Young collaborated on the script for Warwick's ''

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'' (1958) with Mature and he did some uncredited work on Warwick's '' The Man Inside'' (1959). He wrote some episodes of ''

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'' (1958) and provided the story for Warwick's ''

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'' (1959) and '' Killers of Kilimanjaro'' (1959).

MGM TV

Maibaum became executive producer at M.G.M.-TV in 1958, for whom he wrote and produced the TV series ''

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'' (1957–59). He also produced a pilot for a TV series ''

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'' (1960), based on the film series, and worked on the script for '' The Day They Robbed the Bank of England'' (1960). His strong ties to the Writer's Guild and the writing profession led him to resign in 1960 during a writer's strike. Maibaum wrote and produced a war film for 20th Century Fox starring

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, '' Battle at Bloody Beach'' (1961). He then was invited by Albert Broccoli to write the first James Bond movie. And thus his future career was sealed.

James Bond

Maibaum was brought on to write the first Bond movie, '' Dr. No'' (1962), sharing credit with

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and Berkely Mather. He wrote the episode "The Medal" for '' Combat!'' (1963), then wrote '' From Russia with Love'' (1963), sharing credit with Harwood. Maibaum worked on '' Goldfinger'' (1964), on which

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also did work. He was one of several writers on '' Thunderball'' (1965). '' You Only Live Twice'' (1967) was the first Bond film on which Maibaum was not credited as a writer, the producers using

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. Albert Broccoli wanted to produce a non-Bond movie, ''

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'' (1968), and Maibaum did some work on the script. Maibaum received sole script credit for ''

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'' (1969), starring George Lazenby. He did an early draft of '' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971), then the producers wanted an American writer and hired Tom Mankiewicz to rework it. Mankiewicz was the sole screenwriter on '' Live and Let Die'' (1973),

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's first Bond movie. Instead, Maibaum wrote and produced a TV movie, '' Jarrett'' (1973), starring

. Maibaum was brought back to the Bond movies to work on Mankiewicz's draft of '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974). He was one of the many writers who worked on '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977), sharing credit with Christopher Wood. Maibaum was not used on '' Moonraker'' (1979), the producers preferring Wood. Instead, Maibaum worked on a Bond spoof, '' S.H.E: Security Hazards Expert'' (1980).

Michael Wilson

Maibaum was brought back to work on the Bonds in association with Michael G. Wilson, Broccoli's step-son. Their first movie together was '' For Your Eyes Only'' (1981). It was followed by ''

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'' (1983), on which

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also did a draft; ''

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'' (1985), Moore's last Bond; ''

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'' (1987), the first Bond from

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, whom Maibaum considered the best actor of the four Bonds; and ''

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'' (1989). Maibaum once told an interviewer that writing for Bond is "a case of Walter Mitty. I'm law-abiding and non-violent. My great kick comes from feeling that I'm a pro, that I know my job, and that I have enough experience that I can write a solid screenplay." On writing the Bonds Maibaum said "The real trick of it is to find the villain's caper. Once you've got that, you're off to the races and the rest is fun." Maibaum is credited with adding the essential ingredient of humor to the James Bond films, an element lacking in the original Fleming novels.

Death

Maibaum continued working on Bond films until the end of his life. He died on January 4, 1991 at the age of 81, survived by his wife, Sylvia (who died in 2006), two sons, Matthew and Paul, and a granddaughter, Shanna Claire.

Partial filmography as screenwriter

*''Birthright'' (1933) *''

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'' (1936) *''

'' (1937) -- story *'' The Bad Man of Brimstone'' (1937) *'' Live, Love and Learn'' (1937) *''

'' (1937) *''

'' (1938) *'' The Lady and the Mob'' (1939) *''

'' (1939) *'' The Amazing Mr. Williams'' (1939) *'' 20 Mule Team'' (1940) *'' The Ghost Comes Home'' (1940) *'' I Wanted Wings'' (1941) *''

'' (1942) *''

'' (1945) *'' O.S.S.'' (1946) *''

'' (1949) *'' The Red Beret'' (1953) *'' Hell Below Zero'' (1954) *''

'' (1955) *''

'' (1956) *''

'' (1956) *'' Ransom!'' (1956) *''

'' (1957) *''

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'' (1958) *'' The Day They Robbed the Bank of England'' (1960) -- additional dialogue *'' Killers of Kilimanjaro'' (1960) *''

'' (1968) — additional dialogue *''

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'' (1980) *''

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'' (1996) — story

''James Bond'' films

*'' Dr. No'' (1962) *'' From Russia with Love'' (1963) *'' Goldfinger'' (1964) *'' Thunderball'' (1965) *''

'' (1969) *'' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971) *'' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974) *'' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) *'' For Your Eyes Only'' (1981) *''

'' (1983) *''

'' (1985) *''

'' (1987) *''

'' (1989)

Selected films as producer

*'' O.S.S.'' (1946) *'' The Big Clock'' (1948) *''

'' (1948) *''

'' (1949) *''

'' (1949) *'' No Man of Her Own'' (1950) *''

'' (1950) *'' Battle at Bloody Beach'' (1961)

Plays

*''The Tree'' (1932) *''Birthright'' (1933) *''Sweet Mystery of Life'' (1935) *''See My Lawyer'' (1939) *''Middletown Mural'' *''A Moral Entertainment'' *''Tirade'' *''The Paradise Question''

References

Notes

External links

*
Papers of Richard Maibaum
*
Richard Maibaum at the007dossier.com
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