Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who writes:
As a tribute to Sean Connery, who passed away today, let’s see if your readers may identify this radio set found in Goldfinger from 1964:
Please comment if you can ID this radio in Goldfinger!
Thank you for sharing this, Carlos. Sean Connery was a great man and, no doubt, *the* James Bond for many of us. Rest in Peace Mr. Connery.
That girl was Jill Masterson. She was killed and covered in gold paint. Pussy Galore came later in the movie as the pilot on Goldfinger’s plane.
It’s a G E C (General Electric Company Ltd.)
We used to have one exactly the same in the ’60’s. I remember saying, when I saw the film, “There’s our radio!”
I have a photo of me camping and the radio is in the background.
Cannot ID the radio, but the blonde is the beautiful Shirley Eaton (as Jill Masterson). I have been looking for this radio for some time and at one point thought it might be Philips, or possibly Sony, but I can offer no proof. The search continues…
C’mon guys, this can’t be the one example where a radio wasn’t fully identified on the SWLing Post! 🙂
I scoured radiomuseum.org for a matching radio of the period and if it is listed, it’s listed without pictures. However the radio has a pretty distinct feature, twin 3.5mm jacks on the front, a feature I’ve seen on a Sanyo radio of the period (-1964, when Goldfinger was released) with some striking similarity:
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/sanyo_10s_p10.html
That doesn’t necessarily mean the radio in the movie was a Sanyo though – everything was possible in the MITI governed radio production of the 60s, with gazillions of OEM jobs for western businesses.
Pye Cambridge AM10
As a teenager I went with friends back in ’64 to the local movie theater to see Goldfinger. I agree with Gary hihi.
I can’t seem to post the photo, however can anyone also identify the radio in the background of Bond’s first hotel suite in Dr No.?
What radio? Who’s the blonde? 😉
That of course is Pussy Galore.