Phone booths are gone, and faxing has fallen to e-mail, but Tom Sellick got everything else right, except for a couple of things that exist but aren’t common yet.
When these commercials were being made, my son was like the baby in the video phone. Now he’s an inch taller than me!
Once again it is my pleasure to present Prue Bury, with Pattie Boyd and Paul McCartney, on the set of “A Hard Day’s Night.” This picture is found in the big “Anthology” book, and I haven’t seen it anywhere else.
Would the Beatles have succeeded without Brian Epstein? Yes, I think so, because talent will out, but without Epstein their story would not have turned out the way it did. I really don’t think Brian exploited the Beatles financially, but it does seem that he could have been tougher in some of his business negotiations with others.
Last year, Epstein’s copy of his contract with the Beatles was put up for auction, and it sold for $211,000. It’s dated October 1, 1962, a few days before the release of “Love Me Do.” It’s been said that the contract was actually drawn up on January 23, but as far as I can determine, that was a different document, in whole or at least in part. Ringo’s name can be seen, and he didn’t join the band until August. Either way, Epstein didn’t actually sign a contract with the Beatles until October 1.
I would be interested in seeing the entire text of the document. It reportedly gives Brian’s percentage as 25% of the gross, and Paul McCartney confirms that amount in “Anthology.” Yet because of the fantastic success of the Beatles, there were some in the business who assumed Brian was taking advantage of them above and beyond what was agreed upon. Brian denied that, as seen in this brief video clip.
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In 1964, Brian made an appearance on the American TV game show, “What’s My Line.” The host, John Daly, refers to Epstein as “Barry,” and Brian makes a rather quiet correction.
I wonder how many different takes there are from this publicity photo shoot for “A Hard Day’s Night”? It seems there must be a dozen.
Pattie Boyd, Tina Williams, Prue Bury, Sue Whitman
From the July, 1964 issue of Modern Screen magazine, a preview of “A Hard Day’s Night.”
My all-time favorite Beatles lady is the lovely and delightful Prudence Bury. Actually, I don’t think of Prue as being a Beatles girl, per se, because she’s so interesting in her own right.
Here is Prue with George and Pattie, but the article incorrectly identifies her as Tina Williams.
Prue and Pattie are mentioned again, but the pictures show neither of them, and Sue Whitman is incorrectly identified as Pattie.
And I don’t recall John Lennon ever saying he loved to dress like an English gentleman.
