Showing posts with label Bye Bye Birdie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bye Bye Birdie. Show all posts

Friday, September 11, 2009

BYE BYE BIRDIE

Screenplay by Michael Stewart and Irving Brecher
Directed by George Sidney

Janet Leigh
Dick Van Dyke
Ann-Margret

Premiere date: April 4, 1963
NR

When teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie gets drafted, a songwriter and his long-suffering girlfriend organize a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl will give Birdie a farewell smooch live on "The Ed Sullivan Show". Kim McAfee is the anointed teen, and her small Ohio town goes gaga when Birdie shows up.

2 Academy Award Nominations
Best Score
Best Sound