Three Sean Connerys and one Roger Moore — that's the 007 lineup for a four-night extravaganza of James Bond movies running Jan. 19-22 as part of the Webster Film Series.
They all begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Winifred Moore Auditorium on the Webster University campus. "Dr. No" (1962) opens on Thursday, with "Goldfinger" (1964), "Thunderball" (1965) and "Live and Let Die" following Friday-Sunday, respectively.
Connery was only 32 when he won the starring role for "Dr. No," the first of the series, with Terence Young directing and Ursula Andress as Honeychile (Honey) Ryder. Guy Hamilton directed "Goldfinger," with Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, Bond's love/sex interest.
Young was again the director for "Thunderball," with Claudine Auger as Domino, and Hamilton introduced Moore in 1973, with many stylistic differences in "Live and Let Die," with a 22-year-old Jane Seymour as Solitaire.
All fine examples of a particular style, the early Bond films are highly entertaining.
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