The Beatles and WW II
The soundtrack album, 1976. All This and World War II is a strange 1976 musical documentary which juxtaposed Beatles songs, performed by a number of contemporary seventies artists, with World War II newsreel footage and...
Category: Beatles film
Let It Be from HMC
Front and back cover of booklet Word from the HMC bootleg company is that their release of the 1992 Furmanek restoration of The Beatles’ Let It Be movie is going to be out in...
Let It Be for 2016
Upcoming release from HMC According to early word from dealers in Japan, notorious bootleg company HMC will be releasing the 1992 Ron Furmanek restoration of The Beatles’ “Let It Be” movie as part of...
Work Print
Black and white work print from one of the cameras during the “Let It Be” sessions.
Animated Beatles feature planned
Paul King, who recently directed the animated feature Paddington, is now in talks to tackle Warner Bros.’ animated musical “Meet The Beatles”. This will be an animated family film, which will feature songs from...
Beatlemania all over again?
November 25, 1965: The Beatles recorded ten music videos, 8 of which are due on Beatles 1+. Photo:Apple Corps Ltd. In October, I am going to be part of a panel discussion at the...
A Hard Day’s Night – speed corrections
© Bettmann/CORBIS You might recall that one thing the new edition of A Hard Day’s Night DVD/Blu-ray didn’t address, was the speed issue. The film was shot at 25 fps and played back at 24...
Help! photo from Beatlefan
The upcoming issue (#215) of “Beatlefan” celebrates fifty years of Help! In the upcoming issue of Beatlefan, there is going to be a trivia competition where the winner will get a 16″ x 16″...
Help! turns fifty
29. July, 1965: Help! premieres at the London Pavilion. 50 years ago, the Beatles’ second motion picture “Help!” premiered at the London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus, London, with The Beatles in attendance. Princess Margaret was there, too,...
Beatles newsreels let loose
British Movietone/Associated Press have launched their own YouTube channel and are uploading new footage daily. For Beatles buffs, here’s a query link to the channel’s Beatles related films. Beatles film collectors are already reporting a...
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