Good Ol' Freda

Meet the Beatles as you've never met them before along with Freda Kelly, the secretary who was with them for their whole ride, in this documentary that celebrates one woman's extraordinary dedication to one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands in the world. Like the girl in Lennon-McCartney's “I Saw Her Standing There,” Freda was just seventeen when she enlisted to work for the Fab Four, a bashful fan and a regular at their gigs at Liverpool's legendary Cavern Club where the quartet honed its sound. The group was only together ten years, but Freda worked for them for eleven, staying on even after the band split up. In a film rich in archival footage and photos and filled with Beatles music, Freda-now nearly seventy and still working as a secretary-recalls her relationship with the lads, giving insight into their personalities and personal lives, their alliance with manager Brian Epstein, and their deep connection to Liverpool. Through her eyes we watch Beatlemania transform from Liverpudlian phenomenon to worldwide sensation as the band rockets to superstardom before calling it quits as the 1960s came to a close. Freda was a fan and a friend-“I love you with all my heart and sole,” John Lennon wrote in Freda's autograph book in one example of the band mates' fondness for her-and more than forty years since her dream job abruptly ended, she recalls her decade plus with these musical icons with warmth and affection.

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