Revealing mistake: During the fainting scene number of the extras can be seen waving and looking at the camera.
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
1 revealing mistake
Directed by: George Sidney
Starring: Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh, Maureen Stapleton, Dick Van Dyke
Factual error: After Albert feeds the pill to the turtle, you see a close up of its eyes, which are blue. Turtles only have either brown or red eyes, not blue.
Harry McAfee: The next time I have a daughter, I hope it's a boy.
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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