Pulp International - Goldfinger posters and rare door panels

Jan 9 2009

It wasn’t the first Bond movie, but it was probably the best.

Today in 1964, Goldfinger opened in the United States. It was the third outing for 007, and the one that truly established Sean Connery as a global cinematic icon. The characters’ names are still the most delightful in all Bondage—Pussy Galore, Oddjob, and of course Auric Goldfinger, the man with the Midas touch, as Shirley Bassey so memorably sang in the theme song. One could easily argue that there have only been five good Bond movies. Goldfinger was certainly among that group.

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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

2003—Hope Dies

Film legend Bob Hope dies of pneumonia two months after celebrating his 100th birthday.

1945—Churchill Given the Sack

In spite of admiring Winston Churchill as a great wartime leader, Britons elect Clement Attlee the nation's new prime minister in a sweeping victory for the Labour Party over the Conservatives.

1952—Evita Peron Dies

Eva Duarte de Peron, aka Evita, wife of the president of the Argentine Republic, dies from cancer at age 33. Evita had brought the working classes into a position of political power never witnessed before, but was hated by the nation's powerful military class. She is lain to rest in Milan, Italy in a secret grave under a nun's name, but is eventually returned to Argentina for reburial beside her husband in 1974.

1943—Mussolini Calls It Quits

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini steps down as head of the armed forces and the government. It soon becomes clear that Il Duce did not relinquish power voluntarily, but was forced to resign after former Fascist colleagues turned against him. He is later installed by Germany as leader of the Italian Social Republic in the north of the country, but is killed by partisans in 1945.

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