Our last UBCF question recognized the fact that the Summer Olympic Games were held in London, which is the home of James Bond, and noted that the 23rd Bond film, Skyfall, will be released this fall – the year marking the 50th Anniversary of the release of the first Bond film, Dr. No. Our trivia question, which no one answered correctly, asked who created the distinctive opening sequence of every Bond film – the camera sighting down the barrel of a gun, usually followed by shots and blood dripping down the screen as the title credits roll. For an added degree of difficulty, we asked you to name the only two films prior to GoldenEye for which this person did NOT create the opening title credits, and which two well-known films had “uncredited” title designs created by this same person.
Maurice Binder (1925–1991) created the now-famous gun barrel sequence for the opening titles of the first Bond film, Dr. No. Prior to GoldenEye, only From Russia with Love (1963) and Goldfinger (1964) had title credits that were not designed by Mr. Binder. In answer to the second part of the bonus question, Mr. Binder was the title designer for the motion pictures Damn Yankees! and Indiscreet, and in both cases he was not credited in the film.