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Post by andyhotspur on Jun 30, 2009 14:58:53 GMT
Hi Everyone: I'm a Beatles fan first and a TV producer second. I'm putting together some short films for the BBC about ordinary people who came into contact with the Beatles. The stories I'm looking at so far are:
Lizze Bravo and Gayleen Pease who sang BVs on Across the Universe Ken Wharfe the policeman charged with pulling the plug on the live perfromance on top of the Apple building Melanie Coe the subject of She's Leaving Home Various people in Bangor when the Beatles visited the town to see the Marharishi
I'm looking for one other great story along these lines. Preferably UK based. Any ideas? via forum or andy@reallife.co.uk
Thanks.
Andy
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alexis
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Post by alexis on Jun 30, 2009 16:32:22 GMT
Gee, these are great topics!!
I wish you luck, and can't wait to read about them.
Especially the BVs on "Across the Universe". A big part of me still doesn't believe that two random girls off the street could sing these complicated parts so perfectly. Maybe they happened to be two random girls who sang in a professional choir?
It just sounds like George and Paul so much to me!
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Post by andyhotspur on Jun 30, 2009 20:36:15 GMT
Hi Alexis - I know what you mean, it's scarcely believable but we're in contact with Lizzie who now lives in Brazil and she's planning to publish a book on her experience as a diehard fan complete with snapshots taken outside Abbey Road, Paul's house in St. John's Wood etc. According to her they were in the studio for quite some time and sang other phrases in addition to the 'nothing's gonna change me world' line. She said the boys were great fun to be around, making them laugh and supplying tea and biscuits. Amazing.
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Post by Bobber on Jul 1, 2009 8:08:33 GMT
There was the story of the man on the cover photo of Abbey Road, who is standing on the pavement and looking at the Beatles. Unfortunately he died a year or two ago. The people in these pictures: Not really ordinary perhaps, but the focus on the schoolgirls in A Hard Day's Night is always on Patti Boyd. It would be nice to know what happened with the other girls.
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Post by andyhotspur on Jul 1, 2009 8:42:33 GMT
that's a good idea. i wonder if they were young actresses or just ordinary schoolgirls? we'll look into it. Abbey Road man would've been great.
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Post by Bobber on Jul 1, 2009 10:23:27 GMT
I think I have their names somewhere in a book. I'll have a look later. I know the dark haired girl is Pru Bury.
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Post by Bobber on Jul 1, 2009 10:33:46 GMT
February 2008
R.I.P. Paul Cole (Abbey Road Bystander) BAREFOOT BAY - Paul Cole was in one of the most famous photographs of the 20th century, and yet he wasn't famous.
Cole, a longtime Barefoot Bay resident, died Wednesday in Pensacola at age 96. He is clearly seen in the famous shot of the Beatles walking across London's Abbey Road, used as the front cover of the group's classic 1969 album, "Abbey Road." Over the years, the picture has been reproduced in books, on posters, coffee mugs, T-shirts and hundreds of other places.
The retired salesman is standing on the sidewalk, just behind the Beatles. Gawking at them.
In a 2004 interview with Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, Cole explained how he came to be there at that precise moment.
On a London vacation with his wife, Cole - then a resident of Deerfield Beach - declined to enter a museum on the north London thoroughfare.
"I told her, 'I've seen enough museums. You go on in, take your time and look around and so on, and I'll just stay out here and see what's going on outside,'" he recalled.
Parked just outside was a black police van. "I like to just start talking with people," Cole said. "I walked out, and that cop was sitting there in that police car. I just started carrying on a conversation with him. I was asking him about all kinds of things, about the city of London and the traffic control, things like that. Passing the time of day."
In the picture, Cole is standing next to the police van.
It was 10 a.m., Aug. 8, 1969. Photographer Iain McMillan was on a stepladder in the middle of the street, photographing the four Beatles as they walked, single-file, across Abbey Road, John Lennon in his famous white suit, Paul McCartney without shoes. The entire shoot lasted 10 minutes.
"I just happened to look up, and I saw those guys walking across the street like a line of ducks," Cole remembered. "A bunch of kooks, I called them, because they were rather radical-looking at that time. You didn't walk around in London barefoot."
About a year later, Cole first noticed the "Abbey Road" album on top of the family record player (his wife was learning to play George Harrison's love song "Something" on the organ). He did a double-take when he eyeballed McMillan's photo.
"I had a new sportcoat on, and I had just gotten new shell-rimmed glasses before I left," he says. "I had to convince the kids that that was me for a while. I told them, 'Get the magnifying glass out, kids, and you'll see it's me.'"
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Post by Bobber on Jul 1, 2009 10:38:44 GMT
I have never read anything about Paul's Auntie Gin. Still she's mentioned in Let 'Em In, plus I've Just Seen A Face working title was Auntie Gin's Theme. She seemed to be around.
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Post by Bobber on Jul 1, 2009 13:38:05 GMT
I think I have their names somewhere in a book. I'll have a look later. I know the dark haired girl is Pru Bury. The ladies are Patti Boyd, Tina Williams, Pru Bury, Susan Whitman.
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Post by The End on Jul 1, 2009 13:50:37 GMT
I think they were all models, weren't they?
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Post by Bobber on Jul 1, 2009 13:53:27 GMT
I think they were all models, weren't they? Patti and Pru were for certain.
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Post by The End on Jul 1, 2009 14:04:48 GMT
Tina Williams worked in production on TV shows such as Paws and Spellbinder and played Dorothea in the 1966 movie The Idol.
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Post by The End on Jul 1, 2009 14:08:17 GMT
Susan Whitman became an actress - and according to IMDB, she appeared in the following:
A Nice Girl Like Me (1969) .... Labor Ward Nurse "The Jazz Age" .... Edna (1 episode, 1968) - Lonely Road (1968) TV episode .... Edna "Z Cars" .... Julie Peters / ... (4 episodes, 1967-1968) - Tomorrow's Another Day: Part 2 (1968) TV episode .... Sheila Pringle - Tomorrow's Another Day: Part 1 (1968) TV episode .... Sheila Pringle - Saturday Night Was Murder: Part 2 (1967) TV episode .... Julie Peters - Saturday Night Was Murder: Part 1 (1967) TV episode .... Julie Peters "Softly Softly" .... Janice (1 episode, 1967) ... aka "Softly, Softly: Task Force" (UK: new title) - The Bombay Doctor (1967) TV episode .... Janice Smashing Time (1967) Sebastian (1967) .... Tilly ... aka Mr. Sebastian "Mrs Thursday" .... Edna (1 episode, 1966) - Call Me Madam (1966) TV episode .... Edna "Crossroads" (1964) TV series .... Betty Watts (unknown episodes) A Hard Day's Night (1964) (uncredited) .... Susan
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Post by Bobber on Jul 2, 2009 11:05:27 GMT
Susan Whitman became an actress - and according to IMDB, she appeared in the following: A Nice Girl Like Me (1969) .... Labor Ward Nurse "The Jazz Age" .... Edna (1 episode, 1968) - Lonely Road (1968) TV episode .... Edna "Z Cars" .... Julie Peters / ... (4 episodes, 1967-1968) - Tomorrow's Another Day: Part 2 (1968) TV episode .... Sheila Pringle - Tomorrow's Another Day: Part 1 (1968) TV episode .... Sheila Pringle - Saturday Night Was Murder: Part 2 (1967) TV episode .... Julie Peters - Saturday Night Was Murder: Part 1 (1967) TV episode .... Julie Peters "Softly Softly" .... Janice (1 episode, 1967) ... aka "Softly, Softly: Task Force" (UK: new title) - The Bombay Doctor (1967) TV episode .... Janice Smashing Time (1967) Sebastian (1967) .... Tilly ... aka Mr. Sebastian "Mrs Thursday" .... Edna (1 episode, 1966) - Call Me Madam (1966) TV episode .... Edna "Crossroads" (1964) TV series .... Betty Watts (unknown episodes) A Hard Day's Night (1964) (uncredited) .... Susan That is something to be proud of!
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