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- Walter Shenson was born on June 22, 1919 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Quatre Garçons dans le vent (1964), Welcome to the Club (1971) and Au secours ! (1965). He died on October 17, 2000 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- A graduate of Stanford University, he initially worked as a publicist for Paramount and Columbia, before settling in Britain in the mid-1950's. Chiefly remembered for producing the Beatles' films "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!".
- [interviewed about film-making in Britain in 1971]: Still a lovely place to live, no longer any place for a film-maker to work. For an American, it is impossible to make a film reflecting the British scene - there just is no scene today.
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