Ringo talks about Help!

 

Skiing lessons

 

The Beatles version of the Winter Olympics

 

Get set on the sled

 

Snowy times

 

Young and in Love

 

Goodbye Alps!

March 22, 1965

Paul always loved horses

Ringo gets replaced yet again

on the edge

This was taken at the press conference in the Alps when the Beatles first arrived there to make the snow scenes in Help!.   The conference was held next to large windows and so a big crowd appeared to watch it (even if from behind).  What is John doing?  Pulling the curtains? 

Hit the slopes

Trying to ski

Behind the scenes in the Alps

Curling

50 years ago today, on March 17, 1965 one of my top favorite scenes from the movie, Help! was filmed:  The curling scene.    I love the whole scene----from the Beatles actually curling, to George getting the bomb and then yelling out that it is a "Fiendish Thingy" to Mal Evans popping up out of the ice and ask for "white cliffs of dover."   And then you hear the story in Anthology about how the Beatles took off running and ran and ran and smoked a reefer and it just adds to the scene. 

Beatles skiing

Whoever had the brilliant idea of putting the Beatles on skis must not have known how uncoordinated they all are!