The Book Was Less Ethical: Matt Helm from Page to Screen

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The Film Optimist looks at the path Matt Helm took from a pulp, men's adventure novel series to a series of light-hearted musical romps starring Dean Martin -- and how it set a standard for reworking violent and twisted characters into charming and endearing figures more suitable for a visual medium.

Relevant Links:
The Unofficial Matt Helm Homepage - https://www.matthelmbooks.com/

Finding Aid for the Donald Hamilton Papers, Online Archive of California - http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:... (Note: No online scans of papers available, this system is used to request access to the archives)

Death of a Citizen in paperback (Affiliate Link) - https://bookshop.org/a/8662/978085768...

Booze, Bullets & Broads: Behind the Scenes with Dean Martin's Matt Helm Films of the 1960s by Bruce Scivally (Amazon Affiliate) - https://amzn.to/3RXZ8uK

The Silencers on DVD (Amazon Affiliate) - https://amzn.to/3f0ei3Y

The Matt Helm Lounge (All Four Movies on Region B Blu-Ray - Amazon Affiliate) - https://amzn.to/3qNLcaD


Picture Attributions

Assorted Bottle Inside Bar - Photo by Chan Walrus: https://www.pexels.com/photo/assorted...

Confronting A Man Spying - Video by cottonbro: https://www.pexels.com/video/confront...

Donald Hamilton -   / 114241.donald_hamilton  , Used under Fair Use

Irving Allen - https://cscottrollins.blogspot.com/20... Used under Fair Use

Photo of Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, who was the producer of the James Bond films. - By Photographer — Colin Dangaard, Malibu, California; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:23, 18 November 2015 (UTC) - eBay itemfrontback, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Paul Newman in uno scatto publicitario - By privo di autore - http://www.nowhavefun.com/celebritypi..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Photo of Richard Boone from a 1959 role on the television program The United States Steel Hour. - By United States Steel Corporation, the show's sponsor. - eBay itemphoto frontphoto back, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Maurice Richlin, 1960 Academy Awards - By Lance richlin - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

American actress Sharon Tate in a press photo for the May 1969 issue of Eye Magazine. This picture was also used as a publicity photograph for her film The Wrecking Crew, released in the same year. - By Unknown author - https://simply-sharon-tate.tumblr.com... / Source for the better quality picture, from Getty; https://www.gettyimages.ch/detail/nac..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Beverly Adams - https://www.listal.com/viewimage/1666...

Two Men Drinking In A Bar - Video by cottonbro: https://www.pexels.com/video/two-men-...

Sassoon cutting Mia Farrow's hair for Rosemary's Baby in 1968 - By Fashion World, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...

Screenshot from The Prisoner of Patrick McGoohan as Number 6. - Screenshot taken from an optical disc, television broadcast, web page, computer software or streaming media broadcast., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...