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===Warwick Films=== In the early 1950s, he led [[Warwick Films]] as the 'name producer', making films in both the US and England, with [[Albert R. Broccoli]] something of a junior partner. In 1957β1958, his partnership with Broccoli was strained both by Broccoli's family health crises (his second wife became terminally ill, soon after adopting one child and with a newborn) and to a lesser extent their disagreement over the film potential of the [[James Bond]] novel series. Broccoli was very interested, believing the novels could lead to a high quality series of films, and Allen was not, eschewing the potential of Broccoli's vision of Bond in favor of older established forms. The partners met with Bond author [[Ian Fleming]] separately in 1957, Cubby from New York where he'd retreated to care for his wife, but in the London meeting with Fleming arranged by Broccoli, Allen all but insulted <!---(according to various accounts, including documentaries on Bond movie [[DVD]]s)--->Fleming, declaring that Fleming's novels weren't even "good enough for television". Broccoli mired in his troubles in New York, only knew that no deal had occurred until pre-production meetings with Fleming which resulted in the decision to make the ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'', as the first film project by [[Eon Productions]]. In 1959, captivated by the historical importance and a good script Warwick undertook the risky project of producing, funding, and distributing ''[[The Trials of Oscar Wilde]]'', which was released in 1960. Ahead of the times, its frank unprejudiced depiction of homosexual issues ran into a ratings stone wall in the United States all but preventing any sort of advertising, and the company lost its large investment, Broccoli and Allen fell out, and the partnership became moribund, being dissolved officially in a 1961 bankruptcy liquidation. Thus the two partners each turned into solo producers in late 1960. Broccoli went on to found [[Danjaq, S.A.]] and Eon Productions with [[Harry Saltzman]] beginning the Bond films on a shoestring budget, and Allen occupied himself with other projects.
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