Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

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1h 52min
Comedy, Musical
27 May 1963 (Brazil)
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A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.

Director:

George Sidney

Writers:

Michael Stewart, Irving Brecher, George Sidney

Stars:

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 nominations.
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Still of Ann-Margret in Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

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	Janet Leigh	...	Rosie DeLeon
	Dick Van Dyke	...	Albert F. Peterson
	Ann-Margret	...	Kim McAfee
	Maureen Stapleton	...	Mama Mae Peterson
	Bobby Rydell	...	Hugo Peabody
	Jesse Pearson	...	Conrad Birdie
	Paul Lynde	...	Harry McAfee
	Mary LaRoche	...	Doris McAfee
	Michael Evans	...	Claude Paisley
	Robert Paige	...	Bob Precht
	Gregory Morton	...	Maestro Borov
	Bryan Russell	...	Randolph McAfee
	Milton Frome	...	Mr. Maude
	Ed Sullivan	...	Ed Sullivan
	Ben Astar	...	Ballet Manager
	Trudi Ames	...	Ursula
	Frank Albertson	...	Sam - The Mayor
	Beverly Yates	...	Mayor's Wife
	Frank Sully	...	Maude's Bartender
	Bo Peep Karlin	...	Ursula's Mother
	Melinda Marx	...	Teenager
	Mell Turner	...	Shriner
	Gil Lamb	...	Lanky Shriner
	Lee Aaker	...	Student Leader
	Karel Shimoff	...	Prima Ballerina
	Donald Lawton	...	Russian Consul
	Yvonne White	...	Telephone Operator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Frank Adamo	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)
	Richard Adams	...	Assistant Director (uncredited)
	Tommy Alexander	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Phil Arnold	...	Good Humor Man (uncredited)
	Babette Bain	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Robert Banas	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Tony Benson	...	Fred (uncredited)
	Shirley Blackwell	...	Audience Member / Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
	Ray Bloch	...	Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
	Steve Carruthers	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
	Melinda Clasky	...	Margie (uncredited)
	Lesley-Marie Colburn	...	Featured Dancer (uncredited)
	John Daly	...	Self (uncredited)
	Kim Darby	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Ric de Azevedo	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Sheila Dehner	...	Sheila (uncredited)
	Cyril Delevanti	...	Mr. Nebbitt (uncredited)
	George DeNormand	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
	Robert Dulaine	...	Production Crew Member (uncredited)
	Lynn Fields	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Gretchen Goertz	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Stephanie Gorman	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Sherry Granato	...	Nancy (uncredited)
	Joe Gray	...	TV Director (uncredited)
	Sam Harris	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
	Ralph Hart	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Linda Henning	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	James Hibbard	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Jimmie Horan	...	Lodge Member (uncredited)
	Bud Houghton	...	Russian Aide (uncredited)
	Clyde Howdy	...	Man (uncredited)
	Bruce Hoy	...	Featured Dancer (uncredited)
	Elaine Joyce	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Ina Kent	...	Girl (uncredited)
	Jack Konzal	...	Featured Dancer (uncredited)
	Richard LaMarr	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
	Skip Martin	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Bert May	...	Dancing Shriner (uncredited)
	Pete Menefee	...	Harvey Johnson (uncredited)
	Gary Menteer	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Mark Meyer	...	Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
	Harold Miller	...	Production Crew Member (uncredited)
	Tod Miller	...	Ralph (uncredited)
	Charles Morton	...	Lodge Member (uncredited)
	George Nardelli	...	Production Crew Member (uncredited)
	Rory O'Connor	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Frances O'Farrell	...	Secretary (uncredited)
	Jerry Orbach	...	Bob - Ed Sullivan Show Producer (uncredited)
	Michael Panaieff	...	Russian Aide (uncredited)
	Melody Patterson	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Currie Pederson	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	George Perina	...	Russian Aide (uncredited)
	Justin Peters	...	Sycophant Boy (uncredited)
	Frank Radcliffe	...	Constable (uncredited)
	The Ray Bloch Orchestra	...	Orchestra (uncredited)
	Tony Regan	...	Production Crew Member (uncredited)
	Walter Rode	...	Prince (uncredited)
	John Roy	...	Production Crew Member (uncredited)
	Evelyn Rudie	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Michael Ryan	...	Twin (uncredited)
	Pat Ryan	...	Twin (uncredited)
	Patricia Sanborn	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Cosmo Sardo	...	Production Crew Member (uncredited)
	Nina Schneider	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Johnny Scoggins	...	Carl (uncredited)
	Hazel Shermet	...	Marge - Birdie's Secretary (uncredited)
	Michael Smith	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Tommy Speer	...	Lieutenant (uncredited)
	George Spicer	...	Tommy (uncredited)
	Nancy Spry	...	Penelope Ann Hankle (uncredited)
	Debbie Stern	...	Debbie (uncredited)
	Arthur Tovey	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
	Pat Tribble	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Martin E. Wade	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Keith Wegeman	...	Assistant Director (uncredited)
	Kathy West	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Robert Whiting	...	Assistant Director (uncredited)
	Dick Winslow	...	Leader of Fireman's Band (uncredited)
	George Winters	...	Teenager (uncredited)
	Lorene Yarnell Jansson	...	Hugo's Dance Partner at Soda Shop (uncredited)
	George Zoritch	...	Prince (uncredited)

Directed by

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George Sidney

Written by

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Michael Stewart	...	(book by: Based upon the play "Bye, Bye, Birdie")

Irving Brecher	...	(screen play)

George Sidney	...	(contributor to treatment) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Fred Kohlmar	...	producer
George Sidney	...	producer

Music by

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Johnny Green	...	(uncredited)
George Sidney	...	(uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Joseph F. Biroc

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director of photography (as Joseph Biroc)

Editing by

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Charles Nelson

Editorial Department

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Ralph James Hall

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assistant editor (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Paul Groesse

Set Decoration by

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Arthur Krams

Makeup Department

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Larry Germain	...	hair stylist: Miss Leigh
Ben Lane	...	makeup supervisor
Helena Rubenstein	...	teen-age makeup creator
Joe DiBella	...	makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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George Rhein	...	assistant director
David Silver	...	assistant director (as Dave Silver)
Pat Corleto	...	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Charles Granucci

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prop master (uncredited)

Sound Department

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James Z. Flaster	...	sound
Charles J. Rice	...	sound supervisor
Harry Foy	...	recordist (uncredited)
James Nelson	...	supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Geza Gaspar

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special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Marvin Willens

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stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Albert Bettcher	...	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Eddie Blaisdell	...	key grip (uncredited)
Albert McIntyre	...	camera operator (uncredited)
Mel Traxel	...	still photographer (uncredited)
Seldon White	...	gaffer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Pat Barto	...	costumes: Miss Leigh
Marjorie Wahl	...	wardrobe co-ordinator (as Marjorie B. Wahl)
Ed Ware	...	wardrobe: men (uncredited)

Location Management

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Norman August

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location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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Lee Adams	...	lyrics by
Johnny Green	...	conductor / music arranger / music supervisor / orchestrator
Fred Karger	...	music co-ordinator
Charles Strouse	...	music by
Albert Woodbury	...	orchestrator (as Al Woodbury)
Robert Bain	...	musician: guitar (uncredited)
Conrad Gozzo	...	musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Igo Kantor	...	music editor (uncredited)
Uan Rasey	...	musician: trumpet soloist (uncredited)
George Sidney	...	score producer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marshall J. Wolins

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script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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L. Slade Brown	...	in association with: Edward Padula
Gower Champion	...	directed & choreographed by: New York play production
Milton Feldman	...	production assistant
Edward V. Padula	...	produced on Broadway by (as Edward Padula)
Tom Panko	...	assistant choreographer (as Tommy Panko)
Onna White	...	choreographer

Production Companies

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Kohlmar-Sidney Productions

Distributors

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Columbia Pictures (1963) (United States) (theatrical)
Columbia Pictures of Canada (1963) (Canada) (theatrical)
Columbia Pictures Corporation (1963) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Columbia Films (1963) (Belgium) (theatrical) (as Columbia Films S.A.B.)
Columbia (1963) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Columbia Film (1963) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Kamera Film Aktieselskap (1963) (Norway) (theatrical)
Columbia Filmes (1964) (Portugal) (theatrical)
Columbia Films S. A. (1965) (Mexico) (theatrical)
CBS (1966) (United States) (tv)
Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (1980) (United States) (VHS) (Betamax)
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1983) (United States) (VHS) (Betamax)
RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (Australia) (video)
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1985) (United States) (VHS) (Betamax)
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1986) (United States) (VHS) (pan/scan)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (1991) (United States) (VHS)
Pioneer Entertainment (1991) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (1995) (United States) (VHS)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (1996) (United States) (VHS)
Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1999) (Argentina) (re-release)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999) (United States) (DVD)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999) (United States) (VHS)
LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (2000) (Brazil) (DVD)
Prooptiki Video (2005) (Greece) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (United States) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
Twilight Time (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Shock DVD (2016) (Australia) (DVD)
Shock Entertainment (2016) (Australia) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Shock (2016) (Australia) (Blu-ray) (DVD)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary	Conrad Birdie is the biggest rock & roll star of the 60's ever to be drafted. Aspiring chemist and song writer Albert is convinced he can make his fortune and marry his girlfriend Rosie if he gets Conrad on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss a high school girl goodbye. Albert's mother will do anything to break him up with Rosie. Kim and Hugo, the high school steadies, live in Sweet Apple, Ohio where most of the action takes place. Written by Lisa Grable Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	picture-in-a-newspaper newspaper-headline sheet-music protest on-the-scene-reporter See All (176) »
Taglines	The Most WONDERFUL Entertainment EVER! EVER! See more »
Genres	Comedy Musical
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Australia:G Brazil:Livre Canada:G (self-applied) Finland:S France:Tous publics Germany:12 Italy:T Japan:G Norway:7 Singapore:PG Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:U United States:TV-G United States:Approved United States:G

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Also Known As	Un beso para Birdie (Spain) O peirasmos (Greece) Пока, пташка (Soviet Union, Russian title) Como é Bom Amar (Portugal) Ο πειρασμός (Greece) See more »
Runtime	112 min
Country	United States
Language	English Russian Cantonese
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints) (European release; American release in 70 mm unconfirmed) See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (RCA Sound Recording) (optical prints) 4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording) (magnetic prints) 70 mm 6-Track (RCA Sound Recording) (70 mm prints)
Filming Locations	Courthouse Square, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	The steps of the courthouse used for Birdie's welcome to Sweet Apple have appeared in countless movies over the decades. A major part of Universal's backlot, it was the location of Scout's and Jem's several visits in "To Kill a Mockingbird," as well as the famous courthouse clock in "Back to the Future". The town square it anchors was so popular that it was used by hundreds of film and television shows, including many that were not produced by Universal. See more »
Goofs	After Rosie pulls the McAfee family out of the audience at The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), two different shots of the Russian conductor show the McAfees still sitting in the audience. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited into Seul le cinéma (1994). See more »
Soundtracks	Bye Bye Birdie See more »
Crazy Credits	There is no "The End" credit or cast list at the end of the film. Ann-Margret simply sings an on-screen reprise of the song "Bye Bye Birdie" at the end, and then says " 'Bye, now!". See more »
Quotes	Rose DeLeon: I must be the prized dope of all-time... thinking I could pry you away from your mama's ever-lovin' tentacles. See more »

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