Happy 50th Anniversary The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Pilot Filmed in color from late November to early December 1963 with locations at a Lever Brothers soap factory in California, the show was originally titled Ian Flemings Solo and later just Solo. However, in February 1964 a law firm representing James Bond movie producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding an immediate end to the use of Fleming’s name in connection with the planned Solo series, and an end to all use of the name and character Solo, Napoleon Solo and Mr. Solo. At that time filming was underway for the Bond movie Goldfinger, where Martin Benson was playing a supporting character named Mr. Solo. The claim was the name Solo had already been sold to them by Fleming, and Fleming could not again use it. Within five days Fleming had signed an affidavit that nothing in the Solo pilot infringed on any of his Bond characters, but the threat of continued legal action resulted in a settlement where the character name of Napoleon Solo could be kept, but the title of the show had to change. youtube/watch?v=Nrr_rSykn8w
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:56:16 +0000
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