Charles K. Feldman (April 26, 1905 – May 25, 1968) was a Hollywood attorney, film producer and talent agent who founded the Famous Artists talent agency. According to one obituary, Feldman disdained publicity. "Feldman was an enigma to Hollywood. No one knew what he was up to – from producing a film to packaging one for someone else."[1]
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Producer and director Gregory Ratoff bought the rights to the Ian Fleming novel Casino Royale in May 1954. It was a six month option and Ratoff took this to CBS whom produced and broadcast this one hour episode for Climax!. Ratoff passed away on 14 December 1960. His widow in 1961 sold the rights to Feldman for $75,000.
Feldman would go on to make the James Bond spoof, Casino Royale (1967), with huge divergences from the source material. Casino Royale would not be made as an EON Productions film until over fifty years late with 2006's version — with the setting transferred to the Balkans and the 21st century.
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- ↑ "C. K. FELDMAN, MOVIE MOGUL, DIES; AGED 63", Chicago, May 26, 1968.