I think that wsa a thing somebody was doing then.  The old UA theater triplex at
the Parkade in Manchester, CT did that in the summer of either 1976 or 1977.
Same deal.  Midnight start.  Make it OK for those of us geeks doing it alone.

I saw "Help !" before "A Hard Day's Night" when NBC showed it on one of its
movie nights in 1970, so I'm a bit sentimental on it.  The first film's better
and I know how half-assed "Help !" was.  I can't help but dig it nonetheless.

----- Original Message -----
From: "floatingunder" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: A Hard Day's Night

> You jogged an old memory of mine. Way back when I was in High School,
> one of the theatres showed "Hard Day's Night", "Help", "Yellow
> Submarine" and "Let it Be" in succession!   Loved the Beatles sure,
> but THAT was a marathon. Even weirder was the first film "Hard Day's
> Night", didn't start until late in the evening (I think it started at
> midnight, but I'm doubting myself per that seems insane).  Either
> way, you stayed up all night watching the four movies.
>    I made it through the first two just fine.  I still recall the
> sensation of going in and out of sleep, suddenly waking up in a
> theatre, very confused per the loud sounds of screeching Blue
> Meanies.
>
> Did any one else ever see all four of these films back to back at the
> theatre?
>
> At the risk of being roasted...everytime I watch the somewhat messy
> and flawed(IMO)"HELP", I can hardly believe it's the same director
> (Richard Lester) who made the "very clean" "A Hard Day's Night".
>
> Steve D
> NP: Adam Marsland "You Don't Know Me"
>
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