Interior, [dress circle lounge] ballroom

[It is empty except for two BARMAIDS poised ready to serve, standing

behind trestle tables full of drinks and sandwiches.] The dark suited MEN

enter with NORM and close behind them follows GRANDFATHER, SHAKE and the

BOYS. The group arrives at the centre of the lounge and have time to look

about and see the food b ut before they can get to it, from all

directions NEWSPAPERMEN and PHOTOGRAPHERS converge upon them.

Now begins an elaborate tug-of-war between various PHOTOGRAPHERS using

their flash attachments and REPORTERS to capture a Beatle and in the

midst of this running battle a man with a portable recorder is trying to

interview them. Together and singly the BO YS are pushed about the room

and while this goes on a hard core of NEWSPAPERMEN are busily devouring

sandwiches and pouring themselves drinks, to the annoyance of the

BARMAIDS.

Every time one of the BOYS attempts to get a sandwich or a drink, it is

either too late, the plate is empty, or they are intercepted. The single

and constant thing we see in the scene is the pushing and pulling, heavy

im- personal handling; the BOYS are j ust things to be placed like still

life in one advantageous position after another. During the scene these

individual exchanges take place:

[SOUND REPORTER: What's your philosophy of life?]

[JOHN: I'm torn between Zen and I'm Alright, Jack.]

[REPORTER: Has success changed your life?]

[RINGO: Yes.]

[REPORTER: Do you like playing the guitar?]

[GEORGE: Next to kissing girls it's favourities.]

(REPORTER: ...highbrow music?)

(GEORGE: I've always liked that question.)

(JOHN: I never noted his nose until about six months ago.)

(GEORGE: And me mother asked me before we left for America if we wanted

any sandwiches.)

(RINGO: And when I plugged her in she just blew up.)

(REPORTER: Tell me how did you find America?)

(JOHN: Turn left at Greenland.)

(REPORTER: Has success changed your life?)

(GEORGE: Yes.)

(PAUL: I'd like to keep Britain tidy.)

(REPORTER: Are you a mod or a rocker?)

(RINGO: Uh, no, I'm a mocker.)

(REPORTER: (to John) Have you any hobbies?)(JOHN scribbles an answer on

a piece of paper.)

PAUL: No, actually, we're just good friends.

(REPORTER: Do you think these haircuts have come to stay?)

(RINGO: Well, this one has you know, stuck on good and proper now.)

(REPORTER: Frightfully nice.)

(REPORTER: What would you call that hairstyle you're wearing?)

(GEORGE: Arthur.)

PAUL: No, actually we're just good friends.

(RINGO: Yours are brown, aren't they?)

(REPORTER: What do you call that collar?)

(RINGO: A collar.)

(REPORTER: Do you often see your father?)

PAUL: No, actually we're just good friends.

(REPORTER: How do you like your girlfriends to dress?)

(RINGO: (laughs))

HIGH SHOT of the press reception and we see the BOYS ease their way out

[until they get to the curtained entrance to the Dress Circle; completely

unnoticed, they slip through.]