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...commercial person," said Brian Epstein. "I'm a frustrated actor...
...later recalled, "and their act was ragged, undisciplined, and their clothes were a mess. Yet I recognized the appeal of their beat, and I rather liked their humor. I sensed something big-if it could be at once harnessed and at the same time left untamed." That was Brian Epstein's life work: organizing the unruly Merseyside boys, adding some professional polish, and making them wash (but not cut) their hair regularly. When they finally clicked after months of relentless salesmanship at London record companies, Epstein felt fulfilled. "My own sense of inferiority," he said, "evaporated with the Beatles...
When Epstein died last week, the Beatles were some 225 miles away in Wales, getting initiated into an Indian mystic cult led by one Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -a recent enthusiasm of theirs. All four Beatles rushed back to London, making statements like John's, "We loved Brian...
...months, teaching them how to dress, carry themselves, perk up their acts with a little choreography, and handle finances or even forks. Motown performers have many of their numbers custom-tooled by Gordy's own staff of songwriters and producers, led by the gifted team of Brian and Eddie Holland and Lament Dozier (Stop in the Name of Love, Baby Love). Where many recording companies market disks put together by outside producers, Motown carefully directs every session, with Gordy listening to each song before it is released and sometimes demanding a dozen or more retakes...
...lone stranger and his faithful Indian companion settled in than the villain appears. He is a pop-eyed homesteader (Nigel Green) who fears that the wild herd will spread disease among his prize cows. Accordingly, he releases Mills's new-found herds from their corrals. O'Brian fights back, and gets moral support from Adrienne Corri, a willowy nurse devoted, as all nurses in this kind of film, to everything cute and cuddly-baby animals, native children and the hero...