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The Beatles Faces Recreated in Typewritten Lyrics

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The Beatles By David Hollier Photo By Gail Worley
All Photos By Gail

The likenesses of all four members of The Beatles — from left to right: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — were created by artist David Hollier on these vintage Royal typewriters.

Paul McCartney Typewriter Photo By Gail

Paul’s face is made up of the lyrics from the songs “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and “I Saw Her Standing There.”

John Lennon Typewriter Photo By Gail

John’s facial features were formed from the lyrics of the songs “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Please, Please Me.”

George Harrison Typewriter Photo By Gail

On the face of George (my favorite Beatle) you can read the lyrics from two songs he penned, “I Need You” and “You Like Me Too Much.”

Ringo Starr Typewriter Photo By Gail

Ringo sang lead on the songs “Boys” and “I Wanna Be Your Man,” so it makes sense that Hollier would have used these songs to recreate his unique visage.

I wish I had been able to get a close up shot of some of the lyrics, but the plexiglass vitrine protecting this artwork from curious hands at the Scope Art Fare also created a pretty gnarly glare. This piece is priced at $10,500 for all four typewriters and the pages wrapped around their rollers! David Hollier is represented by New Apostle Gallery located in Brooklyn, New York.

 

Film and Television, Pop Culture

The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night Gets 50th Anniversary Restoration and Re-Release!

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A Hard Days Night One Sheet
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Do you love The Beatles? I sure do. I remember watching the band’s first film, A Hard Day’s Night, for the first time on a black & white TV set tucked way in a family room that we called The Den, and being totally enraptured by The Beatles charming shenanigans and totally amazing songs. I was probably five years old at the time, and by then the film was two years past its 1964 release date. Since that day, I’ve seen A Hard Day’s Night countless times on TV — either broadcast or via recorded media– but I’d never had the chance to see it on a Big Screen until Criterion hosted a press screening last month to promote the upcoming release of the newly restored 50th Anniversary edition of the film. Let me tell you, it is really something special, and sitting there in the dark theater with images of John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr all larger than life, took me right back to being that little five year old girl who was (and still is) just completely nuts about The Beatles. Continue reading The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night Gets 50th Anniversary Restoration and Re-Release! →

Film and Television, Pop Culture

RIP Actor Victor Spinetti

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Victor Spinetti with John Lennon and Paul McCartney on the set of The Beatles’ Film, A Hard Days Night

Victor Spinetti, who was an established British film star in 1963 when he agreed to make a movie with a pop group called The Beatle,, died on Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 in London, of cancer. He was 82 years old. Spinetti was the only actor besides the four Beatles to appear in the films A Hard Day’s Night, Help! and Magical Mystery Tour. Read more about the life and career of Victor Spinetti at the NYTimes official obit, found at This Link.