Month: February 2024

“The Living Daylights”: Short story artwork by Povl Norholt (1970)

In 1970, Lademann published the hardcover anthology "Kisten og andre historier om gys og giftmord" [The Coffin and other stories about horror and murder by poison]", edited by Tage la Cour. Among the 23 thriller stories included in the book was Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 short story "The Living Daylights" [Danish title: "Snigskytten"/The Sniper], reprinted in Rita Damm's translation from "100,000 er budt - James Bond" (Skrifola 1967).

For this edition of "The Living Daylights", the artist Povl Norholt (1908-1993) provided three exclusive illustrations. In addition to being the father of the actress Kirsten Norholt, Povl Norholt was in 1943 one of the founders of the still-running soft-core humor magazine Hudibras. The other illustrators who contributed to the anthology were Mads Stage, Thormod Kidde, Alex Secher, Palle Pio, Henry Thelander, Paul Høyrup, Eiler Krag, Des Asmussen and David Jarvis.

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The back cover blurb reads:
"These 23 exciting stories all revolve around the themes of horror and murder by poison. It's a powerful cocktail, mixed by the masterful Tage la Cour with ingredients not for the faint-hearted. Some of the stories are macabre and grotesque, others are humorous or have a surprising conclusion. But none of the stories are tame or boring. A number of well-known Danish cartoonists have dripped their brushes in arsenic and their illustrations enhance the effect of the exquisite crime cocktail."

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“Octopussy”: First Danish retail VHS (1989)

In 1989 Warner Home Video issued all of the James Bond 007 films (except the Columbia-produced "Casino Royale" from 1967) on retail VHS through local distributor Metronome Video. The Bond films had not previously been available on sell-through video in Denmark.

This initial retail series had specially designed cover art with raster graphics on a metallic grey background which was obviously meant to resemble Maurice Binder's famous gunbarrel design.

Below is the Danish cover art for the first Danish retail VHS of "Octopussy" (EON 1983):

“From Russia with Love” sung by The Danish National Vocal Ensemble (2019)

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The Danish National Vocal Ensemble performs the title theme from EON's second James Bond film, "From Russia With Love" (1963), composed by Lionel Bart and featuring Hans-Henrik Selchau Raaholt on lead vocal. The choir's performance is accompanied by Søren Rastogi (piano), Anders Banke (woodwinds) and Janne Fredens (cello).

This recording from DR Byen's Studie 2 in 2017 was first transmitted on Danish national television (DRK) as part of the series "Dagens sang" [Song of the Day] on January 26, 2019.

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