bobmcdow4984

1st Mar 2016

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Visible crew/equipment: In the fainting scene you can see in the background on the roofs and in the windows a number of people just watching the shooting being done on the back lot. It is very noticeable in the last wide pull back shot.

bobmcdow4984

23rd Feb 2016

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Trivia: This was 20 year old singer Bobby Rydell's movie debut. He admitted later that the film turned him off from working in films, and he did not like working with Ann-Margret at all. He would not do another film until 1975.

bobmcdow4984

8th Feb 2016

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

8th Feb 2016

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Trivia: This was the first film that Ann-Margret got "paid" for She had done two films before but was still under the law a minor. She turned 21 just before the shooting began.

bobmcdow4984

8th Feb 2016

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

29th Jul 2014

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Trivia: The famous fainting scene was filmed over a two days of filming. If you look close clothing on some of the extras changes during the scene.

bobmcdow4984

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