You Only Live Twice (novel) was released in 1962, and Bond's personality was somewhat skewed towards the screen persona rather than simply to Fleming himself; Sean Connery's filmic depiction of Bond affected the book version, with "You Only Live Twice" giving Bond a sense of humour and Scottish antecedents that were not present in the previous stories, although Fleming himself was part Scottish. Correspondence dating back to 1960 shows that Fleming contacted a Scottish nobleman to help develop Bond's family history, in particular seeking a Scottish "Bond" family line. Fleming's first trip to Japan was as part of the "Thrilling Cities" trip undertaken for "The
You Only Live Once (1937 film) blamed for every crime in the area. The baby is born and is left with Stephen, the public defender, the wife's former employer. Eddie and Joan then get ambushed by the police. The film recorded a loss of $48,045. "You Only Live Once" was presented on "Philip Morris Playhouse" November 28, 1941. The adaptation starred Burgess Meredith. You Only Live Once (1937 film) You Only Live Once is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Considered an early film noir, the film was the second directed by Lang in the