Everything Seems to be Ri-hight...
Three bits of trivia: The adorable blonde girl on the train at the beginning of the film is Patty Boyd, soon to be Patty Boyd Harrison, George’s wife. The film’s title was originally said by Ringo at the end of a late recording session. And in the audience of teens watching The Beatles at the end of the film is a young Phil Collins, later a pop star and good songwriter in his own right.
After A HARD DAY’S NIGHT, the group coasted a bit, although The Beatles coasting was usually better than most other groups going at full steam. The albums BEATLES FOR SALE (1964) and HELP! (1965) while containing innumerable good and innovative songs, could not match the perfection and charm of A HARD DAY’S NIGHT, as neither could the follow-up film HELP! (1965). It wasn’t until their second album of 1965, the mature and subdued RUBBER SOUL, that they would create extended another work of art that could be favorably compared to A HARD DAY’S NIGHT, the movie and the album.
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