Okay, this is swiftly getting weirder.
William Holden (who went by the name "Bill") is from a wealthy Pasadena familey,
the BEEDLES. His father was an industrial chemist.
His real name is
Bill Beedle!
His character name in the Admiral Halsey/"all you need is love" line film Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), about an infamous Japanese war mass atrocity, (basically whitewashing this POW/Thai civilian slave slabor war crime of fascist Japan) is "Commander Shears." There is no first name listed.
It was directed by Briton David Lean, who also directed "Lawrence of Arabia."
Owned an estate in Kenya and was active in African wildlife conservation and protection (Faul's early 1967 trip to Kenya with Mal Evans).
Was an active Republican Party member, and best man at the wedding of Ronald Reagan and former Hollywood prostitute/heroin addict Nancy Davis.
The character name of Mark Chapman's Holden Caulfield --there may be a Salinger-inspiration connection here: it's not clear from what I've seen so far.
More on Bill BEEDLE Holden (Caulfield, Catcher in the Rye) from a post by LUCY in a TKIN Sgt. Pepper thread ---Re: BACK TO THE MOTHERLOAD OF ALL CLUES
« Reply #21 on Jan 22, 2004, 4:29pm »
THE LITTLE BIRD RETURNS
a message from a friend:
"The English army had just won the war.
A crowd of people turned away.
But, I just had to look.
Having read the book."
Any idea what Johnny was alluding to?
The "film"- The Bridge Over the River Kwai.
[Not "How I Won the War (1966) in which John Lennon had an acting role? BOTRK was made in 1957 ---beatlies]
The "English Army"- Members of the English army being held captive are forced to build the "bridge" in question. In the end the English triumph over their captives. [sic ---"captors" ---beatlies]
William (Billy) Holden, an actor in the film plays a character named "Major SHEARS", who poses as another person to
lesson his work detail at the POW camp.
At one point in the movie, he (Shears) tells a nurse "...all I need is love."
Actually one of the more memorable lines in the film.
Later John went on to appear in the film "How I Won the War."
John seemed to gravitate towards the theme of "war" time and again during the remainder of his life.
War is over! If you want it.
Another interesting insight involves Lewis Carroll.
In a book of poems written by Carroll,
is a poem relating to a young man on how just to be a poet.
Paraphrasing here, it tell the youngster that ane way is to write a poem, then cut out each word , or combinations of words, throw them up in the air, and rearrange them in whatever order he chooses. [As in the scrabble anagrams scene of Fia in Rosemary's Baby]
I can offer you the titles and poem if you wish.
This was the EXACT way in which John and George Martin came up with the organ parts for "Mr. Kite." Hardly original.
This goes to show you what level of intellect and research the Beatles were
capable of during this time period.
References to the most minute bit of information in a book of poems, or a movie, influencing an entire album.
All in plain sight, if you know where to look. All in one box!!
This is again evident on the cover of Sgt. Pepper.
It gives you a good idea of what you're up against in unravelling the paradigm."