http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/192/zachary-t-finch Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:04:30 -0400 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:04:30 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/222/richard-lester-the-beatles-and-the-rock-musical-revised By Zachary T. Finch - A popular film genre in Britain and the United States during the late 1950s and early 1960s was the rock and roll musical. As Susan Hayward points out, this type of film came about as Hollywood and record companies sought to cash in on the musical phenomenon known as rock and roll (248). Many of rock and roll’s legendary and not-so-legendary acts appeared in films created mainly for the record-buying youth. Prior to 1964 there were essentially two types of rock musicals. The first were films that focused on a single personality such as Elvis Presley, or in Britain, Cliff Richard. The other... Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:06 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/222/richard-lester-the-beatles-and-the-rock-musical-revised