The Beatles, suddenly found themseleves not only pondering on which songs to schedule for their next release, but discussing the prospects of a career in the movies. One thing was certain, they they were determined not to put themseleves into something that they would immediately regret.

Paul McCartney:
'Very early on, we said to Brian Epstein that we wanted to be in films, but it had to be something decent. Something that we wouldn't be ashamed of later by which tme it's too late! Quite early on there were a few things in the offering. Some were just rough ideas for a movie, while others were ready to go into production. One serious offer came from some London people who were making a film called The Yellow Teddybears. I think they wanted us to pop up in a couple of scenes to perform a song or two,'

'Naturally, we thought that it could be quite interesting, maybe even a bit of a laugh - just getting our four faces up there on the big screen. However, it wasn't as easy as that. In this instance, it turned out that either somebody else would write the music and we had to perform their songs or it might have been that part of the deal meant that we also had to give away the copyright to any new songs which were featured in the film. Whatever the reason, we immediately decided that was too much, so we turned that offer down and waited until something far better turned up.'

Movie Plot:
The Yellow Teddybears was made into black and white and re-titled either Gutter Girls or The Thrill Seekers and it was produced and directed by Robert Hartford-Davis. The movie plot was about a girl named Linda who attends Peterbridge Grammar School, where they wore small yellow teddybears (badge). Linda becomes pregnant and attends a party in London in order to earn enough money to get an abortion.
A science teacher, Anne Mason hears a secret conversation and learns of the common bond that units these badge-wearers. Linda's father prevents her from getting an abortion and informs the headmistress of the school about Linda's dilemma. Parting ways, Linda's father disowns her and she moves to London. Anne Mason faces a similar situation that her pupils did and is censured by the school board and resigns.

Since The Beatles turned down the offer, former leader, Malcolm Mitchell of the Malcolm Mitchell Trio, performed the music for The Yellow Teddybears soundtrack.