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Bellmans Auctions are putting James Bond-related lots from The Lewis & Hylda Gilbert Collection up for auction on Tuesday, 16th November 2021 at 1pm

Lewis Gilbert’s  first Bond film was You Only Live Twice (1967), followed a decade later by The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), and by Moonraker (1979) two years after that.

The first of Gilbert’s 007 hat trick is represented by three lots in the archive. An original typescript of the screenplay written by Roald Dahl inscribed inside with the director’s name and including minor annotations is estimated at £3,000 – £5,000. Also vintage photographs taken on the set and during location scouts range in estimate from £200 – £500. A unique scrapbook including press clippings and ephemera such as premiere tickets, photographs and telegrams is expected to fetch £600 – £800.

Gilbert’s second Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), described as “probably the best of the Roger Moore-era Bonds”, has the largest number of scripts associated with a single film title in this archive. One script, labelled ‘Mr Lewis Gilbert’ with an alternative ending to the screenplay and minor annotations, carries an estimate of £2,000 – £3,000; and a fourth draft inscribed with producer Michael Wilson’s name is estimated at £1,500 – £2,000. The final shooting script from 12 July 1976, with a call sheet, and a handwritten list of times and characters, as well as a copy of a memo addressed to Albert Broccoli, and a note about ski equipment needed for filming, is estimated to sell for £2,500 – £3,500. A large folder containing xeroxed storyboard drawings on thick card carries an estimate of £800 – £1,200.

Gilbert’s third Bond film Moonraker (1979), his second with Roger Moore as 007, is represented by one lot in the Archive. It comprises an original film script, and a press still of Roger Moore with Lois Chiles, Lewis Gilbert and Cubby Broccoli and is estimated at £2,500 – £3,500.