“Casablanca”: Winning Hearts and Minds in WWII
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in a romantic scene. Casablanca, released in 1942, is often hailed as one of the greatest films in American cinema. Beyond its romantic plot and…
Hitchcock’s Masterpiece: How “North by Northwest” Shaped the Spy Genre
Photo of Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint from the film “North by Northwest” (1959). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. North by Northwest, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and released in 1959, is widely regarded…
Cinematic Action vs. Real-World Defense: Gun Fu and Integrated Combatives
Combatives-based retention shooting with Rubber Dummies target from Mr Target. Gun Fu, a term coined to describe the blend of gunplay and martial arts, emerged in Hong Kong cinema during…
The Evolution of James Bond: From Fleming’s Novels to Modern Adaptations
Bronze bust of the author Ian Fleming by the British sculptor Anthony Smith. Commissioned by the Fleming family to commemorate the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth in 2008. Photo: Fortheloveofknowledge…
The Stoic Underpinnings of Ian Fleming’s James Bond
Bronze bust of the author Ian Fleming by the British sculptor Anthony Smith. Commissioned by the Fleming family to commemorate the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth in 2008. Photo: Fortheloveofknowledge…
JFK Special Warfare Museum: A Tribute to Army Special Operations Forces
Soldiers from each of the Army’s seven Special Forces Groups at the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy in November 2011. U.S. Army photo by SFC Jeremy D. Crisp /…
Setting the Gold Standard: How Goldfinger Shaped the Bond Franchise
Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation deploying smoke screen. Photo © Copyright Aston Martin. Used by permission. 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the classic James Bond film…
Celebrating 40 Years: The Legacy of Miami Vice and the Miami Classic
Don Johnson as Sonny Crockett in “Miami Vice”. Photo courtesy Galco Holsters. The Galco® Miami Classic℠, originally has a storied history that dates back to the early 1970s. This iconic…
Lights, Camera, Espionage: Hollywood and the OSS
Alan Ladd on cover of “Modern Screen”, April 1946. Cropped. Throughout the course of the Second World War, a significant number of Hollywood’s finest chose to serve their nation by…
The Unexpected Spy: Harpo Marx
Lobby card for Monkey Business (1931) with Chico (left) and Harpo (right). Arthur “Harpo” Marx, born Adolph Marx, was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, and harpist, and the second…