A Hard Day's Night (Part 4: And a room)

Part 4 takes in three of the film's key solo spots: John Lennon's scene with Anna Quayle, George Harrison in the teen TV show office, and Paul McCartney fronting the Beatles' performance of And I Love Her.

• A Hard Day's Night is often on BBC iPlayer, although not at the moment, and available to rent on a few streaming services. https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/a-hard-days-night There's also a good quality copy on YouTube at the moment, which might of course be taken down soon. Do yourself a favour and buy the Blu-ray anyway.
• Get Samira Ahmed's excellent book about the film, from the BFI Modern Classics series: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hard-days-night-9781839029394/
• The picture of George Harrison scowling, and the context: https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/1lh31ss/i_heard_george_loved_this_photo_so_much_he_had_a/
• Joe Lycett talking about he and James Acaster being mistaken for one another: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wa91yrX2d8M
• How to Be Cool by Philip Pullman: https://share.google/HyHlY8dpVwsurWT6o
• Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront came out a full decade earlier than we thought it might have: 1954. Still, our point stands, probably.
• Dexy's Midnight Runners performing Jackie Wilson said on Top of the Pops in 1982 with an image of darts player Jocky Wilson behind them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwcBkRUifmY

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