They were filming the Bond classic Dr. No which opened in the US the following summer. Honey Ryder is one of the best Bond girls ever, methinks. The shot of her emerging from the ocean was so choice. It wasn't bested in the franchise until Daniel Craig donned the blue speedo.
Time capsuleThey weren't the only ones getting sandy. Lawrence of Arabia opened that year. They weren't the only ones getting wet. Mutiny on the Bounty was up for Best Picture. The Bond franchise wasn't the only classic thing debuting: 1962 also saw the premiere of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf on Broadway, the birth of A listers Jodie Foster and Tom Cruise, the release of The Beatles first single and Spider-Man in comic books. Spidey would get his own powerhouse movie franchise 40 years later.
Oh, and the ground underneath the Bond playthings feet? It had a big year too. Jamaica became independent in 1962.
