David Niven was authentic 007, wearing a Sicura Bond watch

Some assessments require separation of subject from background noise in order to get at proper understanding — if not admiration. In the case of the 1967 Casino Royale , that might well go almost to the point of extracting actor David Niven from the legitimately produced motion picture in which he played Bond, Sir James Bond . Hardly a random choice, he is consistently cited as having been a top…