Harry Clork began his career as an actor and in March 1913 he had a short marriage to his co-star, Broadway actress Nora Bayes, whose life story is portrayed in the 1944, Warner Brothers-produced "Shine On, Harvest Moon," starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan. Later in life he dedicated his talents to screenwriting with the following writing credits: “Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki” (1955), "The Life of Riley" (1953), “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine” (1951), “Tea for Two” (1950), “The Sainted Sisters” (1948), “The Mighty McGurk” (1947), “The Thrill of Brazil” (1946), “The Kid from Brooklyn” (1946), “See My Lawyer” (1945), “Broadway Rhythm” (1944), “Ship Ahoy” (1942), “Born to Sing” (1942), “Down in San Diego” (1941), “Whistling in the Dark” (1941), “The Reluctant Dragon” (1941), “Las Vegas Nights” (1941), “Moon Over Burma” (1940), “La Conga Nights” (1940), “And One Was Beautiful” (1940), “Laugh It Off” (1939), “Oh Doctor” (1937), “When's Your Birthday?” (1937), “Flying Hostess” (1936), and “The Man I Marry (1936).”
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Richard Maibaum was an American film producer, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his adaptations of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. Maibaum was born in New York City, and attended New York University and the University of Iowa before working as an actor and playwright on Broadway. His first film as screenwriter was in 1937, and after military service in World War II he joined Paramount Pictures as a writer and producer on films such as “The Big Clock” and “The Great Gatsby.” Maibaum established a friendship with Alan Ladd, and in addition to writing several screenplays for Ladd, Maibaum acted as a script supervisor for Ladd. In the 1950s he became the favored screenwriter for Irwin Allen and Albert R. Broccoli, who were making action films in the U.K. under their Warwick Films banner. When Broccoli signed Ladd on for a three-picture deal for Warwick, Ladd insisted on Maibaum co-writing the screenplays. His working relationship with Broccoli would extend into the phenomenally successful James Bond series, with Maibaum contributing to the screenplays of all but three of the films from “Dr. No” in 1962 until “Licence to Kill” in 1989.
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