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Synopsis: 'Good Ol' Freda' tells the story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: the Beatles. As the Beatles' fame multiplies, Freda bears witness to music and cultural history but never exploits her insider access. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda finally tells her tales for the first time in 50 years.
Director(s): Ryan White
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
PG
Year:
2013
86 min
$136,742
Website
70 Views


I just was amazed

by everything I saw,

and I thought "That's it,

I'm going to go tomorrow. "

Well I think

it's put down that

they played something silly

like 294 times.

Out of that, I would say,

I probably saw them about 190 times.

Freda was definitely

a staple of The Cavern,

she was always there,

and she always

sat in the same seat.

I used to like the second arch

on the left hand side,

because it was

just that handy.

You could pop in and out the

band room all the time.

There was about two

rows in the front,

they would leave

their rollers in

until before

the lads would come onstage,

and then they'd

take their rollers out

and doll

theirselves up and everything.

It was conversation all the time

with the audience.

Somebody came in, a different hairstyle,

they'd pick on them.

They'd go "Have you been

the hairdresser's?"

or "Who got you up this morning?"

But he answered them back.

They liked the razzmatazz

between you and them.

People used to

write down a number,

give it to them, and ask them

would they right play that number.

Now, if you gave it to John,

Paul always went over to John

and leaned over his shoulder

and read the request out.

I thought "Can

John read, or...?"

He looked pretty arrogant,

to be honest...

he'd look at

the crowd like that

as if he was going to kill

everyone in the crowd.

And then I

mentioned it to somebody

and they said "Oh, no, no,

John's as blind as a bat.

He wears glasses and he

never wears his glasses,

so he can't see further

than his nose. "

I liked George singing Three Cool Cats,

I loved that one.

Or The Sheik of Araby, because

he used to do a little dance

and I liked him

doing the little dance.

He used to sort of kick his feet

along the stage.

A few times I rang Paul up,

because one of my

friends fancied him

and I wanted him

to sing for her.

We used to just dial Garston

and then the number 6922.

He'd say "Hello," and you'd go,

"Oh hi Paul, it's Freda.

It's Linda Shepherd's birthday

on such-and-such a day,

can you play Love of

the Loved for her?"

"Yeah, okay. "

I got to know them personally

through just talking to them,

going in the band room,

because when they came off-stage,

they used to either

sit in the band room,

talking to different people

who ever came in,

and then you would

just sit by them,

and you would just ask them

where they were playing,

or how come you

weren't here yesterday.

Paul was always nice

and always friendly,

and any time you'd ask Paul to

sing something, he would do it.

John... a man of many moods.

It depended on what side of the bed

he got out in in the morning.

He could be really grumpy,

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