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
1st Mar 2016
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
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.
8th Feb 2016
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Revealing mistake: During the fainting scene number of the extras can be seen waving and looking at the camera.
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.
8th Feb 2016
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Trivia: Dick Van Dyke and Paul Lynde were the only members of the original 1960 Broadway cast to do the film.
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.
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