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citizenscreen · 30 days

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David Lean directing John Howard Davies in OLIVER TWIST (1948)

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byneddiedingo · 9 months

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John Howard Davies and Robert Newton in Oliver Twist (David Lean, 1948)

Cast: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, John Howard Davies, Francis L. Sullivan, Henry Stephenson, Mary Clare, Anthony Newley. Screenplay: David Lean, Stanley Haynes, based on a novel by Charles Dickens. Cinematography: Guy Greene. Art direction: John Bryan. Film editing: Jack Harris. Music: Arnold Bax.

After George Cukor's 1935 David Copperfield, this is my favorite adaptation of Dickens for film or TV. What Lean does right is to treat the Dickens book as a fable, not a novel. A novel takes its characters seriously as human beings; a fable sees them as embodiments of good and evil. And there's plenty of evil on display in Oliver Twist, from the brute evil of Bill Sikes (Robert Newton) to the venal evil of Fagin (Alec Guinness) to the stupid evil of Mr. Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan) and Mrs. Corney (Mary Clare). Oliver (John Howard Davies) is innocently good, whereas Mr. Brownlow (Henry Stephenson) is a man of good will. Nancy (Kay Walsh) and, to a lesser extent, the Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley) are potentially good people who have been corrupted by evil. The performers are all beautifully cast, especially Davies as Oliver: He's just real-looking enough in the role that he doesn't become saccharine, the way some prettier Olivers do. This is Lean in what I think of as his great period, when he was making beautifully filmed movies with just the right measure of sentiment: Brief Encounter (1945) and Great Expectations (1946) in addition to this one. But he would be bit by the epic bug while working on The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and its success would betray him into bigger but not necessarily better movies: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and the rest of his later oeuvre would have the same attention to visual detail that make his early movies so rich, but they seem to me chilly in comparison. Here he benefits not only from a perfect cast, but also from Guy Green's photography of John Bryan's set designs. There are probably few more terrifying scenes in movies than Sikes's murder of Nancy, which sends Sikes's dog (one of the most impressive performances by an animal in movies) into a frenzy. Running it a close second is Sikes's death, seen from a vertiginous rooftop angle. We don't actually see the death, but only the swift tautening of the rope as he plunges, punctuated by a sudden snap. The film is not as well known in America as in Great Britain: Guinness's portrayal of Fagin elicited charges of anti-Semitism, especially since the film appeared so soon after the world learned about the Holocaust. Guinness doesn't play to Jewish stereotypes, but Fagin's absurdly exaggerated nose (which makeup artist Stuart Freeborn copied from George Cruikshank's illustrations for the novel) does evoke some of the caricatures in the Nazi newspaper Der Stürmer. The film was edited to remove some of the shots of Fagin in profile, and was held from release in the United States until 1951.

#Oliver Twist #David Lean #John Howard Davies #Robert Newton

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therogerclarkfanclub · 2 months

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Black Hills Redemption

June 21st - 23rd, 2024 In Deadwood, South Dakota

Updates:

02 MAR '24: Rob and Steve are the first guests formally announced on the BHR website.

06 MAR '24: Alex McKenna is on board!

07 MAR '24: Benjamin is ready to party!

10 MAR '24: Red Harlow himself, actor Robert Bogue, will once again join the gang!

11 MAR '24: Peter and Mick are joining the fun once again!

12 MAR '24: Another big update! Jim Santangeli, and for the very first time, Howard Pinhasik will join the rest of the gang at Deadwood.

13 MAR '24: Ms Grimshaw and Ms. Jackson will be meeting up with the rest of the gang!

15 MAR '24: Arthur's favorite father figure and the Spaghetti villain have joined the fun.

16 MAR '24: THE BOAH is coming to Deadwood!

18 MAR '24: The final two camp ladies will be at Deadwood!

23 MAR '24: Everyone's favorite Bandito is coming to Deadwood!

25 MAR '24: For the first time. Ms Molly herself, Penny O'Brien will be at the 2nd annual RDR Event! Also, photos have been rearranged to place the newest announcements on top.

30 MAR '24: The talent behind Agent Milton will be joining the rest of the gang at Deadwood!

21 APR '24: Sophia Marzocchi, the og Abigail Marston, will maker her first appearance at the 2nd annual Red Dead event!

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atomic-chronoscaph · 11 months

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Willow - art by John Alvin (1988)

#john alvin #willow #movie poster art #80s fantasy movies #willow ufgood #madmartigan #sorsha #warwick davis #val kilmer #joanne whalley #ron howard #george lucas #1980s #1988

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davisbette · 2 years

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MILDRED ROGERS: girlboss, gaslight, wipe-my-mouth.

— OF HUMAN BONDAGE (1934)

#bette davis #leslie howard #john cromwell #1930s #1934 #classicfilmsource #uservintage #filmgifs #usertimeless #moviegifs #classicfilmblr #classicfilmcentral #cinemapast #silverscreendames #dailyflicks #usermulder #userdeforest #*gifs

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politicaldilfs · 1 month

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Vermont Governor DILFs

Peter Shumlin, Jim Douglas, Phil Scott, Howard Dean, Deane C. Davis, George Aiken, F. Ray Keyser Jr., Franklin S. Billings, Charles Manley Smith, Richard A. Snelling, Harold J. Arthur, Horace F. Graham, John A. Mead, Joseph B. Johnson, Lee E. Emerson, Thomas P. Salmon, William Henry Wills, Mortimer R. Proctor, Ernest W. Gibson Jr., Robert Stafford, Philip H. Hoff, Allen M. Fletcher

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maraschinocheri · 3 months

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It was 20 years ago today :: The lights of my life hit the carpet, stage and press room at the Golden Globe Awards on 25 January, 2004. The Return of the King took home all four of its nominated awards, including Best Motion Picture (Drama); Best Director for Peter Jackson; Best Original Score for Howard Shore; and Best Original Song, for Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, and Annie Lennox. Cate Blanchett and Elijah Wood served as presenters during the awards ceremony, and the film's party also included Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys Davies, screenwriter Philippa Boyens, producer Barrie Osborne, and representing New Line Cinema, Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne.

#lotr: rotk #elijah wood #dominic monaghan #cate blanchett #peter jackson #john rhys davies #howard shore #fran walsh #philippa boyens #barrie osborne #robert shaye #michael lynne

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thranduilofsmirkwood · 2 years

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#LOTR Memes

#legolas #orlando bloom #aragorn #viggo mortensen #gimli #john rhys davies #LOTR: SVU #treebeard #merry and pippin #dominic monaghan #billy boyd #howard shore #saruman #christopher lee #the lord of the rings

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art-4-sale · 3 months

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100+ Famous Modern Art Artists of All Time

2/8/2024 ♦ Framed Poster Print ♦ Canvas Print ♦ Metal Print ♦ Acrylic Print ♦ Wood Prints 🌐 Worldwide shipping

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sidonius5 · 10 months

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ℋ𝑒𝓇𝑒'𝓈 𝓂𝓎 #2 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒾𝒸/𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝒹𝓎 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧) 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼�� (𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲) 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓇𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓈𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓃𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓈. 𝗠𝗿. 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓃𝒸𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹𝓈 𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉'𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝓊𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶 𝒻𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓉 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝐕 𝐈 𝐏. 𝒲𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓎 𝒶𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝗠𝗿. 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝘀. 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐕 𝐈 𝐏 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓉 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑜𝓇/𝒹𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓇. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓇𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒/𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝒹𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 ℐ 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓁𝓁 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎. ℐ 𝓊𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝐕 𝐈 𝐏 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 ℐ 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓀𝒾𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓉𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓇𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 ℐ 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓈, 𝒾𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝒹𝑒𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉.

#Lover Come Back (1961)#Romance/Comedy #Doris Day ✝︎#Rock Hudson ✝︎#Tony Randall ✝︎#Jack Oakie ✝︎#Edie Adams ✝︎#Ann B. Davis ✝︎#Jack Kruschen ✝︎#Jack Albertson ✝︎#Donna Douglas ✝︎#Joe Flynn ✝︎#Howard St. John ✝︎#Karen Norris ✝︎

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badmovieihave · 1 year

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Bad movie I have Naked Lunch 1991

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ruinedholograms · 2 years

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ljones41 · 2 years

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What exactly divided the Avengers in “CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR”? Was it the creation of the Sokovia Accords? Or was it Helmut Zemo’s plot to expose the truth behind Howard and Maria Stark’s murders? What was the real cause behind the organization’s division? Because after six years, I would truly like to know.

#avengers #the avengers #captain america: civil war #mcu #marvel cinematic universe #sokovia acoords #helmut zemo #daniel bruhl #howard stark #john slattery #maria stark #hope davis #anthony russo #joseph russo #russo brothers

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Congrats to the ultimate winner of the Hot & Vintage Movie Men Tournament, Mr. Toshiro Mifune! May he live happily and well where the sun always shines, enjoying the glories of a battle hard fought.

A loving farewell to all of our previous contestants, who are now banished to the shadow realm and all its dark joys and whispered horrors—I hear there's a picnic on the village green today. If you want to remember the fallen heroes, you can find them all beneath the cut.

What happens next? I'll be taking a break of two weeks to rest from this and prep for the Hot & Vintage Ladies Tournament. I'll still be around but only minimally, posting a few last odes to the hot men before transitioning into a little early ladies content, just like I did with this last tournament. The submission form for the Hot & Vintage Ladies tournament will remain up for one more week (closing February 21st), so get your submissions in for that asap! Once the form closes, there will be one more week of break. The first round of the Hot & Vintage Ladies Tournament will be posted on February 29th, as Leap Year Day seems like a fitting allusion to leaping into these ladies' arms.

Thanks for being here! Enjoy the two weeks off, and send me some great propaganda.

In order of the last round they survived—

ROUND ONE HOTTIES:

Richard Burton

Tony Curtis

Red Skelton

Keir Dullea

Jack Lemmon

Kirk Douglas

Marcello Mastroianni

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Robert Wagner

James Garner

James Coburn

Rex Harrison

George Chakiris

Dean Martin

Sean Connery

Tab Hunter

Howard Keel

James Mason

Steve McQueen

George Peppard

Elvis Presley

Rudolph Valentino

Joseph Schildkraut

Ray Milland

Claude Rains

John Wayne

William Holden

Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

Harold Lloyd

Charlie Chaplin

John Gilbert

Ramon Novarro

Slim Thompson

John Barrymore

Edward G. Robinson

William Powell

Leslie Howard

Peter Lawford

Mel Ferrer

Joseph Cotten

Keye Luke

Ivan Mosjoukine

Spencer Tracy

Felix Bressart

Ronald Reagan (here to be dunked on)

Peter Lorre

Bob Hope

Paul Muni

Cornel Wilde

John Garfield

Cantinflas

Henry Fonda

Robert Mitchum

Van Johnson

José Ferrer

Robert Preston

Jack Benny

Fredric March

Gene Autry

Alec Guinness

Fayard Nicholas

Ray Bolger

Orson Welles

Mickey Rooney

Glenn Ford

James Cagney

ROUND TWO SWOONERS:

Dick Van Dyke

James Edwards

Sammy Davis Jr.

Alain Delon

Peter O'Toole

Robert Redford

Charlton Heston

Cesar Romero

Noble Johnson

Lex Barker

David Niven

Robert Earl Jones

Turhan Bey

Bela Lugosi

Donald O'Connor

Carman Newsome

Oscar Micheaux

Benson Fong

Clint Eastwood

Sabu Dastagir

Rex Ingram

Burt Lancaster

Paul Newman

Montgomery Clift

Fred Astaire

Boris Karloff

Gilbert Roland

Peter Cushing

Frank Sinatra

Harold Nicholas

Guy Madison

Danny Kaye

John Carradine

Ricardo Montalbán

Bing Crosby

ROUND THREE SMOKESHOWS:

Marlon Brando

Anthony Perkins

Michael Redgrave

Gary Cooper

Conrad Veidt

Ronald Colman

Rock Hudson

Basil Rathbone

Laurence Olivier

Christopher Plummer

Johnny Weismuller

Clark Gable

Fernando Lamas

Errol Flynn

Tyrone Power

Humphrey Bogart

ROUND 4 STUNGUNS:

James Dean

Cary Grant

Gregory Peck

Sessue Hayakawa

Harry Belafonte

James Stewart

Gene Kelly

Peter Falk

QUARTERFINALIST VOLCANIC TOWERS OF LUST:

Jeremy Brett

Vincent Price

James Shigeta

Buster Keaton

SEMIFINALIST SUPERMEN:

Omar Sharif

Paul Robeson

FINALIST FANTASIES:

Sidney Poitier

Toshiro Mifune

and ok, sure, here's the shadow-bracket-style winner's portrait of Toshiro Mifune.

#hotvintagepoll #hot men finals #a winner crowned!#fuck that old man (requiem)#shadow bracket #toshiro mifune

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markwatnae · 4 months

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Masterpost of Hot Old Man Round 1 Polls

Paul Newman v Richard Burton

Omar Sharif v Tony Curtis

Red Skelton v Burt Lancaster

Christopher Plummer v Keir Dullea

Anthony Perkins vJack Lemmon

Kirk Douglas v Alain Delon

James Dean v Marcello Mastroianni

Harry Belafonte v Jean-Pierre Cassel

Marlon Brando v Robert Wagner

Sammy Davis Jr. v James Garner

James Coburn v Rock Hudson

Peter Cushing v Rex Harrison

George Chakiris v Sidney Poitier

Dean Martin v Sean Connery v Jeremy Brett

Tab Hunter v Toshiro Mifune

Howard Keel v Peter O'Toole

Robert Redford v James Mason

Steve McQueen v Charlton Heston

Dick Van Dyke v George Peppard

Elvis Presley v Peter Falk

Oscar Micheaux v Rudolph Valentino

Joseph Schildkraut v Buster Keaton

Jimmy Stewart v Ray Milland

Cary Grant v Claude Rains

John Wayne v Errol Flynn

Clint Eastwood v William Holden

Douglas Fairbanks Sr. v Sessue Hayakawa

Carman Newsome v Harold Lloyd

Noble Johnson v Charlie Chaplin

John Gilbert v Conrad Veidt

Ramon Novarro v Robert Earl Jones

Slim Thompson v Gary Cooper

John Barrymore v Paul Robeson

Edward G. Robinson v Clark Gable

Humphrey Bogart v William Powell

Leslie Howard v Ronald Colman

Peter Lawford v Vincent Price

Harold Nicholas v Mel Ferrer

Joseph Cotten v Danny Kaye

John Carradine v Keye Luke

Ivan Mosjoukine v Gilbert Roland

Benson Fong v Spencer Tracy

Guy Madison v Felix Bressart

James Shigeta v Ronald Reagan

Montgomery Clift v Ricardo Montalbon

Peter Lorre v Frank Sinatra

Bob Hope v Gregory Peck

Fred Astaire v Paul Muni

Bela Lugosi v Cornel Wilde

Cesar Romero v John Garfield

Basil Rathbone v Cantinflas

Henry Fonda v Turhan Bey

Boris Karloff v Robert Mitchum

David Niven v Van Johnson

Gene Kelly v José Ferrer

Robert Preston v Tyrone Power

Jack Benny v Donald O'Connor

Fredric March v Lex Barker

Michael Redgrave v Gene Autry

James Edwards v Alec Guinness

Fayard Nicholas v Fernando Lamas

Ray Bolger v Johnny Weismuller

Orson Welles v Sabu Dastigir

Mickey Rooney v Laurence Olivier

Rex Ingram v Glenn Ford

Bing Crosby v James Cagney

@hotvintagepoll

#hotvintagepoll #fuck that old man #round 1

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crepesuzette2023 · 3 months

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Your top 5 favorite Mclennon quotes?

Hi Anon, thank you for asking! The following aren't quotes I'd construct into any kind of 'proof' (whether I'm into this or not is another set of footnotes, which I'll spare you), but quotes that illustrate that John and Paul's relationship was fascinating and intense, and puzzling to themselves and others (incl. yours truly). 1.) “Meeting Paul was just like two people meeting. Not falling in love or anything. Just us. It went on. It worked.” — John Lennon - The Beatles by Hunter Davies

2.) “Lennon had attitude, and, taking his lead from Lennon, McCartney could be similar. At times, they reminded me of those well-to-do Chicago lads Leopold and Loeb, who killed someone because they felt superior to him. Lennon and McCartney were ‘superior human beings’.” — Bob Wooler in Mark Lewisohn’s Tune In

3.) “John and Paul paired off - only to find themselves stuck together for life. For John, Paul was the boy who came to stay; for Paul, John was the song he couldn’t make better” — Rob Sheffield, Dreaming The Beatles

4.) TELL ME WHO HE IS. Early song by Paul McCartney, included in The Lyrics (2021). Written in the late 50’s/early 60’s, according to the caption. (photo of journal page)

Tell me who he is Tell me that you’re mine not his He says he loves you more than I do Tell me who he is

Tell him where to go Tell him that I love you so He couldn’t love you more than I do Tell me who he is

5.) John Lennon's word association list from 1976 New York: great Elvis: fat Ringo: friend Yoko: love Howard Cosell: hum George: lost Bootlegs: good Elton: nice Paul: extraordinary Bowie: thin MBE: shit John: great

BONUS TRACK: “I had signs that the group was gonna break up, because… I mean, I think really what it was, really all that happened was that John fell in love. With Yoko. And so, with such a powerful alliance like that, it was difficult for him to still be seeing me. It was as if I was another girlfriend, almost. Our relationship was a strong relationship. And if he was to start a new relationship, he had to put this other one away."— Paul McCartney (1985), link to interview here

PLAY IT BACKWARDS: "LONDON (AP) — John Lennon wrote vitriolic comments about fellow-Beatle Paul McCartney in a picture biography of the famed pop group, providing new evidence of the tensions between them, the Observer newspaper said Sunday. [...]

"Lennon marked almost every one of the 76 pages with corrections and comments, including one that the Observer took as an indication the group already was experimenting with drugs in the 1960s. [...]

"In an entry noting McCartney’s marriage to Linda Eastman, Lennon crossed out “wedding” and wrote “funeral”, the Observer said. [...]

"But in a final tender moment, the Observer said, Lennon wrote under a photo of himself with McCartney: “The minutes are crumbling away.” (full article.)

#mclennon #John Lennon #Paul McCartney #asks

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