8113 - Beatles (3) Oversized ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ Contact Sheets

Beatles (3) Oversized ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ Contact Sheets Three original 1964 glossy contact sheets of the Beatles, each approximately 12.25 x 9, totaling 35 medium-format frames from the filming of the studio-performance sequence of A Hard Day's Night. The first sheet shows the Beatles performing on the TV studio set, plus a candid of a band member signing autographs for fans and wide shots of the packed theater's stalls and balconies. The second captures George Harrison leaping and clowning with a feather fan before the set's beetle-print backdrops, dancing with a feather-costumed showgirl, and Paul McCartney lounging on the studio floor. It also shows Ringo Starr playing bongos beside his Ludwig "The Beatles" kit. The third includes candids of the band with the women of the cast, backstage frames of Harrison seated in a chair and Lennon playing his guitar, and shots of the screaming audience. The first two sheets bear partially legible labels reading "Beatles." The third shows the "Hama Negativ-Ablage...Made in Germany" imprint of the negative sleeve it was printed through. In overall very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and areas of surface loss. The Beatles spent seven working days filming at the Scala Theatre, at 58 Charlotte Street in central London, between March 23 and April 2, 1964. The film’s concert finale was shot before an audience on March 31. A Hard Day’s Night premiered at the London Pavilion on July 6, 1964.