Movie Trivia # 012: God Help the Script Girl

The Beatles wear different clothing from one shot to another in the opening dash-onto-the-train sequence of A Hard Day's Night (1964). The "why" of the moment has been preserved for posterity by continuity supervisor Rita Davison. Her notes for the shot, as quoted by Peter Van Gelder in That's Hollywood, say: "First shot taken while I was in the ladies' toilet. I think they were the Beatles, but they were wearing the clothing which they came in with, and not what was suppose to be worn. It was photographed by the director. I trust this is not the way we intend to go on. God help me."