Love & Misery

George Harrison & Pattie Boyd


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On the morning of March 2, 1964, a 19-year-girl flagged down a taxi to Paddington Station. She’d been instructed by her modelling agency to meet three other models under the station’s clock at eight AM sharp. From there, they’d join a train halfway down platform one and meet the film crew—that’s where the instructions ended. She had been working non-stop modelling jobs for few years after moving from her parent’s home in Hurlington Court to South Kensington.  A few weeks later, when her agent Cherry Marshall called to tell her was booked for an appointment with a casting agency, she wasn’t expecting much from it. She assumed it would be just another ad casting, one where she’d be modelling clothes or products. However, as she strolled up to the Park Lane Hilton at one o’clock, she was surprised to see director Richard Lester.  He couldn’t disclose any information about the project to her; it was top secret. She only found out later that day when she got a call from her agent congratulating her for landing the part. This wasn’t just any old shoot; she was going to be in “A Hard Day’s Night”, the first-ever Beatles film. The movie was to capture a scripted 36-hour day in the boys’ lives as they prepared for a big television appearance. As filming ended for the day and the train neared London, he turned to her and said. “Will you marry me?”. She laughed, unsure if he was being serious or not…  If you listened to our last podcast, then you know our couple this week is George Harrison & Pattie Boyd.

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Love & MiseryBy Clark Forte

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