Entertainment For Lively Minds
Mildly Interesting Facts part 93
Posted by Billybob Dylan on 5 January 2012 - 6:47pm.
I find this one fascinating for some odd reason. Remember the scene in 'Dr. No' when Ursula Andress first emerges from the water singing a calypso tune called 'Under The Mango Tree'? You'll never guess who provided Andress' singing voice... Diana Coupland. Yes, TV's very own Jean Abbott from 'Bless This House,' wife of Sid, mother of sexpot Sally & workshy Mike.
It's like finding out Colin Crompton played the solo on 'Layla.'
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Let me think
Who played the sax on 'Bakers Street"?
Colin Crompton
was the drummer on the "Best Of (New) Order, Remix" album.
Fact, Pop Pickers!
You probably already know this ...
... but the cake on the cover of The Stones' Let It Bleed was made by Delia Smith.
On the 007 tip
Sean Connery wore a hairpiece from From Russia With Love onwards. He also had to cover up his navy tattoos in all his films.
German actor, Gert Froebe who plays Goldfinger is dubbed by another actor in all his English speaking roles.
The role of Dr No was originally going to be played by Noel Coward.
Gay hitmen, Mr Wynt and Mr Kydd from Diamonds Are Forever are played by Crispin Glover's father, Bruce Glover and top jazz bassist, Putter Smith, in one of his few film roles.
David Jason got offered the role of Corporal Jones
in Dads Army first by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, but they had to withdraw it as the BBC had promised Clive Dunn the role.
Clive Dunn doing it was a bit of a stretch, but David Jason would only have been about 30.
Talking of Sid James...
The costume he wore for Carry on Cleo was the very same one used by Richard Burton in Cleopatra.
Also the sets
They reused a lot of stuff left lying around by the bigger film