Hard Days Night - no mention of "The Beatles"

I watched A Hard Days Night the other day and noticed that the name "The
Beatles" is not spoken by anyone in the cast during the movie. Wasn't sure,
so I watched the movie again this afternoon and not once is the name "The
Beatles" spoken during the movie.

Leon Trollski...

It's called a plot device.

Lookingglass...

That is an interesting and curious bit of trivia... I wonder if it was
omitted on purpose???

dave (...you know my name...look up the number...)

abe slaney...

What about their theme song "Hey, Hey, We're The Beatles"? Doesn't that
count?

David Hemming...

That's true. And I believe that point is addressed in one of the features on
the bonus disc. I don't remember exactly what was said, who said it, or
which feature -- but I'm fairly certain it was addressed in terms of it
being a conscious decision to not mention the group though they mention the
individual names.

TAR...

It does say, "The Beatles" on Ringo's drum, doesn't it?

- Donna

TAR...

Yes, that's right... I had forgotten about the others. I like the idea
that the band's name was never verbally mentioned.

This movie truly is a form of art. For a film that they tried to put
out quickly because they thought that the Beatles' popularity might die
down by the time is was released, they still took a lot of care into
making it something unique.

- Donna

Frank from Deeetroit...

I agree on the form of art, and most likely inspired what has evolved into
music videos.