Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) "Alfie" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David to promote the 1966 film "Alfie". The song was a major hit for Cilla Black (UK) and Dionne Warwick (US). Although Bacharach has cited "Alfie" as his personal favorite of his compositions, he and Hal David were not eager to write a song to promote the film "Alfie" (a release from Paramount Pictures, which owned Famous Music) when approached by Ed Wolpin of the Composers' Guild. David thought the title character's name pedestrian: "Writing a song about a man called 'Alfie' didn't seem too exciting
Twickenham Studios the studios with Kenneth later going on to form Alliance Film Distributors. In the 1960s classic films such as "Alfie" (1966) starring Michael Caine, "The Italian Job" (1969), featuring Caine and Noël Coward, and Roman Polanski's first English language film "Repulsion" (1965). "Be My Guest" (also 1965), features Jerry Lee Lewis, an early appearance by the young actor Steve Marriott and The Nashville Teens. The first two Beatles feature films were made at Twickenham "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) and "Help!" (1965), and also their promotional film for "Hey Jude" (1968). The Beatles used the studios while rehearsing music for