In 1968, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr founded Apple Corps Limited. The multimedia company handled The Beatles’ business affairs. One of the corporation’s early business ventures was the Apple Boutique, a store. It lasted six months and, according to manager Pete Shotton, Lennon and McCartney were at least partly responsible for its collapse. The way they approached the store was representative of the problems The Beatles were facing at this time.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney | Bettmann/Contributor via Getty The Beatles opened a boutique in London
At the end of 1967, The Beatles opened the Apple Boutique, a store that sold a variety of products. Lennon explained that they initially decided to open the boutique to avoid taxes.
“Clive Epstein or some other such business freak came up to us and said you’ve got to spend so much money, or the tax will take you,...
John Lennon and Paul McCartney | Bettmann/Contributor via Getty The Beatles opened a boutique in London
At the end of 1967, The Beatles opened the Apple Boutique, a store that sold a variety of products. Lennon explained that they initially decided to open the boutique to avoid taxes.
“Clive Epstein or some other such business freak came up to us and said you’ve got to spend so much money, or the tax will take you,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Son Of Rambow and X-Men: First Class actor Bill Milner has joined Brian Epstein biopic Midas Man as Brian’s brother Clive Epstein who assumed control of his brother’s music store business.
Filming is underway in Liverpool on the movie about the visionary music manager Brian Epstein, who famously discovered the Beatles.
Starring are The Queen’s Gambit actor Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as the movie’s titular character, Emily Watson, Eddie Marsan, Lukas Gage, Charley Palmer Rothwell, and Rosie Day as Cilla Black, the singer who was also managed by Epstein.
Jonas Åkerlund is directing from a screenplay based on a screen story by Brigit Grant and written by Jonathan Wakeham.
Producers are Kevin Proctor and Perry Trevers at StudioPOW, with Trevor Beattie and Jeremy Chatterton at Trevor Beattie Films. Mister Smith Entertainment is handling sales and has closed a raft of international deals.
Milner is in post-production on movie thriller Burial.
Filming is underway in Liverpool on the movie about the visionary music manager Brian Epstein, who famously discovered the Beatles.
Starring are The Queen’s Gambit actor Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as the movie’s titular character, Emily Watson, Eddie Marsan, Lukas Gage, Charley Palmer Rothwell, and Rosie Day as Cilla Black, the singer who was also managed by Epstein.
Jonas Åkerlund is directing from a screenplay based on a screen story by Brigit Grant and written by Jonathan Wakeham.
Producers are Kevin Proctor and Perry Trevers at StudioPOW, with Trevor Beattie and Jeremy Chatterton at Trevor Beattie Films. Mister Smith Entertainment is handling sales and has closed a raft of international deals.
Milner is in post-production on movie thriller Burial.
- 10/28/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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