HELP !
In the summer of 1965 I was 9 years old. The local shopping center, Brown Port, had a new movie theater open in February:
https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/31412/
Previously the closest theater to my house was the Fox-Bay on Silver Spring in Whitefish Bay. The Brown-Port theater was easier for kids to get to, although the Fox-Bay had a balcony. One weird fact, one of my classmates lived on Port Washington road at the entrance to the theater. His family actually physically moved their house about a mile south to Glendale, just past the Lutheran church.
Anyway, I wish I had access to the Milwaukee Journal archives to verify this but I remember going to see the Beatles movie, HELP! multiple times that summer at the Brown-Port with my friends. So I remember the movie. A copy of HELP! was posted on Youtube:
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUAbwGnxRXk
The stuff I thought was the coolest was near the beginning:
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| They approach 4 different row houses |
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| but inside it's just a big clubhouse |
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| Built in vending machines |
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| Ringo was in the pit for You've Got To Hide Your Love Away |
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| is that a record player to the upper right of the grass cutter guy ? |
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| Paul could play all the instruments |
Of course they all lived in a giant Beatle clubhouse :) John had the pit. George had the man who trimmed the grass (in the house) with novelty chattering teeth. Paul had a pop up movie organ with comic books on the music stand. But the coolest thing of all was the wall with the vending machines ! I just smile thinking about that.
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm






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