Tag: A Hard Day’s Night
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The Beatles Wanted This Rock Star as the Lead in ‘A Clockwork Orange’
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, also known as The Beatles, are no strangers to big or small screens. Having starred as character versions of themselves in the 1964 feature film A Hard Day’s Night and its more colorful and bizarre sequel Help!, The Beatles were keen to branch into the film…
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Margaret Nolan, ‘Goldfinger’ Model and Actress in ‘A Hard Day’s Night,’ Dies at 76
Margaret Nolan, an actress and artist known as the gold-painted model in the title sequence for the 1964 James Bond film “Goldfinger,” died Oct. 5, her son, Oscar Deeks, confirmed to Variety. She was 76.Director Edgar Wright first announced the news of Nolan’s death on Twitter. In a touching tribute, Wright wrote: “She was the…
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‘The Trip to Greece’ Is the Last ‘Trip’ Film. But It Shouldn’t Be (Column)
I’m an unabashed fan of “The Trip” and its three sequels. They’re the British talk-verité road comedies in which Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, playing heightened versions of their quicksilver acid-tongued middle-aged selves, drive around some lovely European country, stopping for lavish lunches at Michelin-star restaurants as they slice and dice each other’s egos with…