Yellow Submarine (United Artists, 1968) Japanese B2 Movie Poster Of all the posters created for this movie, the best ones always came from Japan (see examples below). Possibly the weirdest movie in The BEATLES’ short filmography but one which captures the entirety of their musical oeuvre as the animated psychedelic movie directed by George Dunning includes so many of the band’s songs, old ones as well as new compositions which perfectly complement the animation. The Beatles at Shea Stadium Movie Poster (Fuji Eiga Company, R-1977) Ultra rare Japanese only poster (also available, see the accompanying program) with unique Art gathering the 2 Beatles’ concert / musical documentaries. The BEATLES toured the US relentlessly between 19 with their concert at New York City (actually Queens) Shea Stadium became legendary not because of the performance – average and marred by the screams of 50,000 screaming fans but mainly because it was captured on film, co-produced by the Beatles’manager, Brian Epstein and US TV supremo, Ed Sullivan. Original and very rare 23 page Japanese movie program for the Beatles’ second movie, featuring many great photos. HELP! (United Artists, 1965) Japanese Movie Program HELP! (United Artists, 1965) Japanese B2 Movie Poster Help! is filled with more elaborate choreographed sequences mixed with great British humor and fantastic musical compositions.īelow is a selection of various visuals for the Film’s release around the world including vintage posters, lobby cards, programs and limited edition prints. One Sheet Movie PosterĪfter the success of A Hard Day’s Night, the band decided to push themselves on their second film Help! (also directed by Richard Lester). The movie captures some great goofy performances from the Beatles.īetter are the various visuals for the movie releases around the world as shown here with posters and programs from Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Argentina and JapanĪ Hard Day’s Night (United Artists, 1964) German A1 Movie Poster by Kurt DegenĪ Hard Day’s Night (United Artists, 1964) Vintage U.S. Directed by veteran Richard Lester, the movie is considered the best Rock N’ Roll film ever produced and is the standard that many directors used when producing any music film. The BEATLES‘ first movie was put together rapidly as the Beatlemania was sweeping the UK, Europe and the US and the producers needed a vehicle to cash in. Pepper taped in 1987 where he deconstructs each song at his mixing board….Genius at work!Ī HARD DAY’S NIGHT (United Artists, 1964) R-1982 Japanese B2 Check out this fitting tribute to the production and arranging wizardry of George Martin with an excerpt from The Making of Sgt. This blog is also a tribute to George Martin, the man behind the curtain, who orchestrated, produced and arranged nearly all of the Beatles recorded music, all of which are masterpieces we know so well. While planning this blog we learned of the passing of George Martin. Here we present a number of glorious colorful posters from all over the world of many of these Beatles movies. In addition to these official film were many live filmed performances or documentaries which included studio and live footage. The BEATLES in the space of 6 years (1964 through 1970), released 5 movies: A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine and Let It Be. It is our pleasure to share with you the filmed works – or actually the printed works designed to accompany the movies made by the greatest music quartet that ever lived: The BEATLES (aka John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr).
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