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1960s Handbook - Bye Bye Birdie
The big screen adaptation of a Broadway smash, Bye Bye Birdie (1963) concerns a rock 'n' roll idol -- modeled after Elvis -- who goes on The Ed Sullivan Show to drive record sales for his song "One Last Kiss" before being sent overseas by the army. Although the film stars a few of the Broadway show's original cast (Dick Van Dyke and Paul Lynde), the real star here is actually Ann-Margret, whose flirtatious performance transformed her into America's sweetheart and a sex symbol all at once.
Director George Sidney was so aware of Ann-Margret's potential for superstardom that he reportedly rewrote the script to give her more screen time. Indeed, the starlet's famous blue-screen rendition of the title song is the first, last and most memorable thing you'll see.
Initially, the film received lukewarm reviews from the critics. The New York Times claimed the movie had lost the "pace and sparkle" of its Broadway predecessor while the New Yorker's Pauline Kael asserted "the sit-com plotting is tedious." None of that has stopped the stage version from remaining popular with high school drama clubs to this day, which may partially explain why Entertainment Weekly ranked it as 38th in its 2008 list of the 50 Best High School Movies.
Ann-Margret would go on to star in other box office hits like Tommy and Grumpy Old Men, but the flick that she's probably most famous for is Viva Las Vegas, in which she costars not with an Elvis impersonator but with The King himself.
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Yes, Ann-Margret is memorable in Bye Bye Birdie, but I swear I will never be able to watch that movie ever again without remembering Sal's version....I will always wonder what he could have done with the Sally Bowles role in Cabaret....I am keeping my fingers crossed that Sal will come back to Mad Men....
I saw this movie when I was little and I was so taken with it and Ann-Margret. In fact that's part of the reason I died my hair red (Joanie/Christina Hendricks was a big influence, too!).
Ha ha, z....so true! Sal's version was definitely memorable!
I'm a dyed-up redhead, too, AL....just about Joan's color. It sure does beat grey (or my natural "dishwater blonde")! I went red about eight years ago, though....but, I would have after seeing Joan, if I hadn't already!
Yes, Ann-Margret is one hottie along the lines of Christina Hendricks, for sure. She's aged very well, too.
Wow, that dress in that picture up there was sure painted on her, wasn't it? Doesn't look like she can even breathe! Loved her hot pink stretch pants and ruffled crop top outfit in the movie.
I've read before that Dick Van Dyke and Paul Lynde didn't care for the movie version....even called it The Ann-Margret Show or some similar remark. It did have a lot of her in it, but, if one likes her (I do) it was still just fine.
I never did see the big deal over Bobby Rydell, however....
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