Original Columbia Pictures One Sheet Poster (27x41). Folded. Fine condition.
Original Columbia PIctures One Sheet Poster (27x41) for the George Sidney musical comedy, BYE BYE BIRDIE (1963)-- starring Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret. The film was based on a successful Broadway Musical with Van Dyke and Chita Rivera. The Broadway show was originally conceived as a musical called LET'S GO STEADY and was essentially a satire on American Life in the fifties. The film kept the basic plot, but adopted a someone lighter tone. It's about a rocker who comes to a small town in Ohio to make a farewell appearance on television before he is drafted into the Army. If all this sounds a bit like Elvis, that is no surprise. The rocker character is played in the film by Jesse Pearson. Ed Sullivan played himself in a cameo appearance. This was the film that made Ann Margret a real star and paved the way for her to appear with the Real Birdie, Elvis Presley in a now iconic film VIVA LAS VEGAS. This original one sheet poster is folded and in fine condition, with only minor bleed-through of of the title in black marker on the reverse side.
Would look great linen-backed. Ask us about poster restoration.
Fans of MAD MEN will recognize BYE BYE BIRDIE as the film the guys at Sterling Cooper cribbed for a commercial for Patio Cola.
Incidentally, here is a link to what inspired them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wKoVAQkGLc