AHDN/"Help!" producer Walter Shenson dies

[Jerry]

That's too bad. You could probably say that his work changed the world in a few ways. I really liked that Paul hired him to make the movies shown before his world tour in 89/90. That was a nice "full-circle" thing.

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[beatlemethisbeatlemethat]

Walter Shenson, who produced the Beatles films ``A Hard Day's Night'' and ``Help!'' and 12 other films, has died in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke. He was 81.

Shenson, who got his start in show business as a publicist for Paramount Pictures, made most of his films during an 18-year stay in England. He produced ``A Hard Day's Night'' in 1964 as Beatlemania swept America.

He produced ``Help!'' with the rock group the following year and had agreed to make a third film that never got off the ground, said his lifelong friend Arthur Wilde, adding that later in life Shenson would give talks about his time with the Fab Four.

``He loved it, and the Beatles liked him and they all got along well,'' Wilde said. ``He was a wonderful, wonderful guy.''

Shenson, who was born in San Francisco in 1919 and educated at Stanford University, spent two years in the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked as a publicist on the films ``From Here to Eternity'' and ``The Caine Mutiny'' before turning to producing.

His other films included ``The Mouse that Roared,'' which featured Peter Sellers, and 1983's ``Reuben, Reuben,'' starring Tom Conti.

Shenson, whose wife, Geraldine, died last year, is survived by a sister, two sons, and four grandchildren


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[lennon-mccartney]

That's a real shame. I'm sorry to hear that.
He'll always be remembered.

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[PennyLane]

He's left quite a legacy!