I just happened to see this short with Ann-Margaret & Bobby Rydell and I found it charming. They were truely good people. Most of us were good young people back-in-the-day. I know that Ann-Margaret went on to become a bigger star and Bobby Rydell could have also, but he didn't want to leave his home town and his wife fir long periods of time. Bobby was married to his wife for 36 years before she passed away of breast cancer. Ann-Margaret also had a long marriage too untill her husband passed away. These are two stars who didn't 'go-Hollywood', but stayed with their old fashioned roots. God bless them both.
I appreciate this segment with Ann-Margret and Bobby Rydell talking about the making of Bye Bye Birdie I wish they had last longer I was a little girl a teenager may have been around 14 or 15 and I went home and sang Bye Bye Birdie in the mirror and pretended I was Ann-Margret I have never seen anybody so beautiful inside and out and I always knew she had something special I knew that intuitively so to me she was like an angel not a what they called Diva but a real angel inside and on the outside thank you and Margaret you have inspired me most of my life I'm a girl from Mississippi and I remember when I saw you and I was in love with Elvis I literally said after Bye Bye Birdie I set in the theater after the movie and said these two have got to meet I literally said a prayer that there would be a director of somebody in Hollywood they would put you two together so I could see you too together and I wanted you to fall in love and later on I found out that you you did and you connect it with one another somehow I needed that to happen and I will always feel like I had something to do with that on a cosmic level I believe we are all in the interconnected and recognized the essence of one another at least some of us do LOL lol like a kindred spirit it's like I knew you would connect and I know I would like to think that if I ever met and Ann-Margret or and Elvis they would find something significant and me like a kindred spirit it doesn't seem like it ever happened but their beautiful souls and thank you George Sydney and thank you mr. Bobby Rydell you were excellent. I want to say that is ironic did Jesse Pearson plague Conrad Birdie and then a few years later and Margaret met the real thing how's that for irony LOL I love life waves of synchronicity love from Jeanine Ferris initially a Southern girl from Vicksburg Mississippi now living in Tustin California nostalgic tonight but some of my favorite Stars and personhood
@@janinefarris2748 & Wzdavie, You are so right about that dance act being the best in cinematic history, so to speak WZDAVI!! ❤️“Janine,” I did the exact same thing as you, pretending to be Ann Margaret(“KIM”🤣) singing in the mirror, coping the dance moves & having my mom buy the stirrup stretch pants w: ruffled blouse ( she wears in one of the dance 💃 numbers) & just loved this movie! Love “TELEPHONE HOUR SONG” & LETS FACE IT... I JUST LOVED THIS WHOLE MOVIE AS A PRETEEN!”🤣I still watch this movie in reruns! Everything you texted Janine I can identify with & feel the same way! Loved what you wrote! Take care!❤️
I so agree with you & “MY FAVORITE OPENING SEQUENCE OF ANY MOVIE”.... “E-V-E-R!!!” “EVER!” “EVER!!!” Whoever came up with the idea for that opening & ending too was a pure genius! Absolutely! I will remember it forever & even what she wore with that “all sapphire blue” background! “I agree with you completely Merle!”❤️
@@karenstrycharz1499 The opening/closing numbers of Ann-Margret on the treadmill were created by the director, George Sidney. Columbia Pictures didn't want to pay for the additions to the film, so he paid for it himself. Later when the execs at Columbia saw this at a screening, they reimbursed Sidney. I love those images of Ann-Margret, too...That helped to make her a star! ✴️
Wow! Lucky you & what a great memory! My mom took my brother Eddie & I to the Paramount Theatre in Springfield, Ma. In 1963. It was such an elegant theatre then ( sadly converted to the Hippodrome in the 1990’s, then closed. It was bought & supposed to be used for shows in future but right now sadly remains dormant w/ doors closed). After the movie my mom took us next door to”JENNIFER TEA ROOM”( closed a long time ago) for dinner. What a treat that was, let me tell you( “BUTTERCUP POPCORN 🍿 W/REAL BUTTER WAS 25 cents back then & what a treat!)! I love “your memory of Radio City” is the best though & what a magnificent place to see that 🎥 movie or “any movie”😂 lol! for that matter! Love taking trips to RadioCity from where we live in western Massachusetts, as a kid & then taking our own children later in. Thanks for sharing your special memories with us all!❤️
My only complaint about this was that it wasn't longer. I'm glad to hear that Annie and Bobby R. remained friends, as they seemed to be such a great pairing in the "Birdie." And the two men they worked with, George Sidney and Johnny Greene, had worked with the likes of Judy Garland and Fred Astaire at MGM, *and* Janet Leigh!
I so love her so much & adored that incredible, fun movie! I loved Bobby Rydell in this movie too! Most fun movie w/ best actors & actresses in this movie, too! She is amazing!❤️
this woman is and has been the most classiest real woman in our life time. she has been real and most real devoted to her man these yrs. and generation. I am 10 yrs her junior she's gorgeous among all. I saw her in last Vegas wow God bless her
Bobby Rydell was a singing idol of the 60's. His version of the song, "Sway" is my personal favorite. My point here is that yes, Ann-Margaret went on to make great movies and fame but Bobby Rydell was no slouch and was famous in his own right.
There was an exceptionally rare quality about Ann-Margret, part vamp and part virgin... AND ALL SEXY. The only way I can adequately describe her is, "feline." She could sing, she could dance, she could act, she could do it all. No wonder Elvis fell in love with her!!
You described her perfectly! I always wanted to be her, as a little girl! She was my idol! She was so multitalented but also so darn right sweet & unaffected by her fame! Such an extraordinary woman but extremely intelligent too. She is amazing!
'A lotta livin' to do' is. by any standard, a GREAT production number! … superb dancing by Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell and the ensemble … wonderful choreography by Oona White, I believe [?] … the best scene in BBB, IMHO ….
As we all know the movie was about Elvis going into the Army ...that movie was a big break for her then her next movie ends up being Viva Las Vegas....she was meant to meet Elvis that's for sure and I am awfully glad Elvis had that special time with her....she's proven over the years how much she cares for Elvis Presley...keeping her personal memories they shared 'private' how many others have done that...Ann-Margret also never used Elvis Presley for her gain...again how many others can say that?
How lovely Ann Margaret! I met her at a book signing in 1994! I requested for her to sign a Viva Las Vegas cd booklet for me. She couldn't. It didn't matter I was just happy to have met her & be there with my dad who has passed on. Love the film Bye Bye birdie and films beyond. Bobby Rydell is awesome too & they make a great team :-). Thank you!
Hello, why she couldn,t sign the Las Vegas cd book for you that the interresting question .. because i can't believe that after 50 years is still hard for her to see Elvis image on enything...in this case image of him and her .....that,s very heavy love still.. in my opinion
@@armandpopescu8863 I so agree with you & wondered why she couldn’t sign it either, as you did. I thought at first it migrate been some sort of copyright law or something but then thought that can’t be it! I worked for 35 plus yrs in hospitality, Director of Sales, Catering & Marketing at Radisson’s, Four Points Sheraton, Crowne Plaza, etc( you get the idea lol!) & t hit me! I know what happened & can tell you from my experience what was going on( I am retired now) because Ann Margaret was kind & gracious. It sounded so unlike her not to sign something for you. Armand is undoubtedly correct in saying it still hurt her to see something that reminded her of her “forever love & special times with Elvis by there was a bigger & “legal reason,” that undoubtedly was the main reason & only reason she could not & would not sign! I had many authors & top entertainers through the yrs who’s publicist rented ballrooms & meeting rooms out for book signings & etc. I also went to book signings w/ authors to major book stores for oil signings. Their publishers, editors etc have iron tight clauses in their contracts ( authors of the books they are signing ) strictly prohibiting them signing anything except the books they are pushing! It is in order for you to buy their book! If they didn’t people would be coming up having fans sign slips of paper, their arm, 😂! I actually saw someone ask Julie Andrews to do exactly that & she politely refused lol!) shirts, etc.Their publisher pays big bucks to author for publishing rights & in many cases, pays for air flight, overnights at hotel, etc... you get the idea, ha! ... they pay all the author’s expenses, to send them all over the country and world 🌎, in some cases, to sell ( promote exclusively!) their book! If they sign something else,then you don’t buy their book so “THEY CAN ONLY SIGN THEIR BOOK, WHO THEY ARE PAID HANDSOMELY TO PROMOTE, EXCLUSIVELY!” I thought of many instances where this happened & Tom Clancy( the author) had it happen time & again! I sat next to him, helping him at his book signing.He & others explained it to me(I have a bunch of books I bought from him he signed & for my father too who was a huge fan! He died several yrs ago but glad I got the books! ). Ok... wanted to explain exactly why I know she couldn’t sign that for you but let me tell you! What a huge thrill you had of getting to meet her! How I would love that for I have always adored her! What an incredible memory you have( better than an autograph any ole day!😂) Lucky(“BLESSED”) you! Take care Armand, Emily & everyone reading this!!! 💕”God Bless!!”
I was 10 when the movie came out and a bunch of us went to see it at local the movie theater. It was such a great movie and we came out singing those songs trying to do the dances. Hahahaha. I still watch it when it comes on TV.
This interview appears to have taken place prior to Bobby Rydell's liver transplant. His appearance, energy and voice were no where near as strong as he is today. He's a lucky man.
Rydell is the name of the high school in the movie GREASE. Ann seems so down to Earth. I watched her on THIS IS YOUR LIFE on UA-cam today...still so soft spoken then also. She also did an audio speech about Elvis and her on the movie set VIVA LAS VEGAS. She talked about the chemistry between her and Elvis, on and off the movie set. And how he was committed to Priscilla then. There was a scene in VLV where the 2 characters got married and pictures of her in a wedding gown and Elvis in a tuxedo, and him sweeping her up and carrying her off were taken for the publicity of the movie and how the press took the pictures and printed them on newspapers with the caption that they were engaged. I remember Priscilla said in an interview that she thought it was all true and how Elvis explained it was for the publicity only. But I wonder if Priscilla ever heard that audio interview of Ann and Elvis becoming very close and her thoughts on it so many years later. 🤔
I was at this event. Seeing the film and then Ann-Margret and Bobbie Rydell was so much fun. This was at the Academy of Motion Pictures in Beverly Hills. I don’t remember the year but I suppose it was 2013.
Most do not realize that Bobby was very very sick at the time of this screening. His liver was failing. His voice sounds weak, and his personality is totally different. If you watch interviews of him now, you can tell the huge difference. I can tell he didn't feel well at all, but non the less, he still showed up to support the film and please the audience.
I was there that night and I'm surprised to see the only clip of Bobby was this very muted, almost tired part of the after screening discussion (which, by the way, only lasted about half-an-hour in it's entirety - leaving so many of us to feel cheated. But the point I wanted to make about Bobby is that for most of that 30 minutes, he pretty much dominated the proceedings, almost to the point of being obnoxious. I've always liked him - even saw the Golden Boys of Bandstand tour a number of years ago, but that night, I wanted more Ann-Margret and less Bobby Rydell! That being said, so glad he's in better health now.
Ann-Margret's first film was also excellent -- opposite Bette Davis and Glenn Ford in Frank Capra's "Pocketful of Miracles." many people don't even know Ann was in this film. She was the daughter of a homeless woman who sold apples on the street and was the "mother" to all the street people -- Apple Annie. But she gets a letter from her daughter she sent to Spain for an education and to live there -- away from her hardships. Her daughter -- however -- sends a letter that she was coming home to introduce her fiance to her "wealthy" mother. Her fiance -- a Spanish nobleman's son. Coming to NYC to meet Annie. Gangster Glenn Ford tries to help "dignify" the ragged street woman who has always been his good-luck charm. Annie needs to impress her daughter. But, the police and another racketeer is trying to make life difficult for Ford while he's trying to help Annie. Quite the gauntlet. Peter ("Columbo") Falk and "Gone With the Wind" actor Thomas Mitchell -- are both excellent as gang members, and character actor Arthur O'Connell is first class as the Spanish father. What a great comedy-drama premise for a film. A Capra classic. Can the the gang and the homeless people pull it off? Many great moments throughout the film. Ann-Margret looking so wonderful and naive throughout. Hints of her greatness to come.
I was taken by my parents to see "Pocketful Of Miracles upon its original release. I was 10. My dad was a great fan of all the old-time actors and got real excited seeing them in this movie. He'd say to me, "Ooh....look at Arthur O'Connell.....ooh...look at Edward Everett Horton....ooh...look at Thomas Mitchell...." And I said, "Oh yeah?. ...LOOK AT ANN-MARGRET!!!.
I always think bye bye birdie was how grease became a hit. Its more or less the same kind of movie. And i like to think rydell high was a homage to bobby rydell
She has two Oscar nominations. But my favourite Ann-Margret performance is in " The Return of the Soldier " with Alan Bates, Julie Christie and Glenda Jackson. Cheers.
I hear you. The story that I'd heard was that Dick Gautier (who played Birdie on Broadway) was originally set to do the film version as well, but he became very ill with Hepatitis near the end of the stage run and had to drop out. The company had heard about Jesse Pearson as a country/pop/rock and roll singer and struggling actor through somewhere, so they offered the role to him to finish up on Broadway, and of course he said, "SURE!" The public took to his performance so well, that he went on to do the role in the film. He was supposed to be a very sweet, low key and friendly guy-VERY unlike Conrad Birdie! (LOL!) SO sad that he died of cancer in 1979. R.I.P., Mr. Pearson!
@@gothcat54 Thank-you soooo very much for the information & I found it so incredibly interesting!!❤️May Jesse Rest In Peace! He died so young, too! He did such an incredible acting job in that movie too. Now I understand why we have not sadly heard anything about him, all these yrs for he passed away in late ‘70’s! God Bless his soul!❤️
@@nightowl4137 You know, you are absolutely right! I always felt bad that they did not marry for even though they obviously were deeply in love, he had promised Priscilla’s father when he brought her to his house to live( incredible to think of parents allowing their young daughter to move across the sea, at such a young age, no matter how big a world wide star Elvis was! She was so young & innocent and only 13 or 14 yrs old) that he would marry her, when she turned 18 yrs of age. He kept stalling on his promise though , even before he met Ann Margaret. I had read but when rumors reached her father overseas, that Elvis was in love with Ann Margaret, having an affair , he called Elvis immediately, reminding him in no uncertain terms of his promise to him. Priscilla was afraid herself that Elvis was no longer in love with her, reports had said . Elvis broke it off with Ann Margaret after her father’s call & dutifully married Priscilla. One wk later, newspapers reported, she married Roger Smith. I always felt bad until just now reading what you wrote/texted. I realize you are absolutely right! She loved Roger & had a wonderful marriage of 50 yrs with him, until his sad passing. How right you Aretha, I have to say, for if they had married, it undoubtedly wouldn’t have lasted , for as you so wisely pointed out, Elvis did change women frequently! 🤣You are so absolutely right !!! Take Care!❤️
@@hcombs0104 Could you please fill us all in on what movie “IMHO” stands for??? You have us all wondering & intrigued on what movie these initials stand for!!! Hoping you come back to this blog & see that we are all asking what the name of that movie is! Thank-you for taking the time to fill us all in! Take Care!❤️
@@karenstrycharz1499 It means "in my humble opinion." Meaning Ann-Margret stole Carnal Knowledge, in my humble opinion. Her part wasn't all that big, but her performance was the one I remember best, nearly forty years after seeing it.
Why did she have to age, you ask?????😂Why do “ANY OF US HAVE TO AGE, is a better question to ask!!! The answer to your question Is...................”IT IS SIMPLY CALLED “L-I-F-E,” Trixie!!!! Beware😆.........”FOR IT IS MOST DEFINITELY IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU TOO, SOMEDAY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT!”😂Let me also add, I think Ann Margaret looks incredible! Hoping that “YOU” look as beautiful at 70 plus yrs old , as Ann Margaret does here! Ann Margaret is 70 plus yrs old here, remember & I think she looks extraordinary! Take Care!
It does indeed suck ha! but I want to look as incredible as she does at her age! Ha! Let me add.... “I have seen 35 & 40 yr olds that looked older than Ann Margaret does now, 😂Ha! She “STILL LOOKS EXTRAORDINARY!” Just love her but she looked adorable in “BYE, BYE BIRDIE!” We all did at “that age!” Ha!
She is “70 plus years old here” so “THAT” may have a lot to do with “your problem of your saying she is hard to listen to???” I had no problem with that! She has such a sweet soft voice but you said she has no “depth????” 🤣Now “I have to admit that’s” a new one! I hope I have some “depth”, I got to say when I reach over 70’years old! 😂Yes, she “DID” indeed stay married, as you put it!!! Roger & Ann Margaret were happily married over 50 years. He sadly died, many yrs ago, after she had personally cared for him, for many years with his serious illness! She is an amazing woman, strong, intelligent, caring & multitalented! Such a beautiful woman & I wish her the very best!❤️
I just happened to see this short with Ann-Margaret & Bobby Rydell and I found it charming. They were truely good people. Most of us were good young people back-in-the-day. I know that Ann-Margaret went on to become a bigger star and Bobby Rydell could have also, but he didn't want to leave his home town and his wife fir long periods of time. Bobby was married to his wife for 36 years before she passed away of breast cancer.
Ann-Margaret also had a long marriage too untill her husband passed away.
These are two stars who didn't 'go-Hollywood', but stayed with their old fashioned roots.
God bless them both.
I count, "I've got a lot of living to do" as one of the best musical dance numbers ever committed to film. Thanks to all involved!
I appreciate this segment with Ann-Margret and Bobby Rydell talking about the making of Bye Bye Birdie I wish they had last longer I was a little girl a teenager may have been around 14 or 15 and I went home and sang Bye Bye Birdie in the mirror and pretended I was Ann-Margret I have never seen anybody so beautiful inside and out and I always knew she had something special I knew that intuitively so to me she was like an angel not a what they called Diva but a real angel inside and on the outside thank you and Margaret you have inspired me most of my life I'm a girl from Mississippi and I remember when I saw you and I was in love with Elvis I literally said after Bye Bye Birdie I set in the theater after the movie and said these two have got to meet I literally said a prayer that there would be a director of somebody in Hollywood they would put you two together so I could see you too together and I wanted you to fall in love and later on I found out that you you did and you connect it with one another somehow I needed that to happen and I will always feel like I had something to do with that on a cosmic level I believe we are all in the interconnected and recognized the essence of one another at least some of us do LOL lol like a kindred spirit it's like I knew you would connect and I know I would like to think that if I ever met and Ann-Margret or and Elvis they would find something significant and me like a kindred spirit it doesn't seem like it ever happened but their beautiful souls and thank you George Sydney and thank you mr. Bobby Rydell you were excellent. I want to say that is ironic did Jesse Pearson plague Conrad Birdie and then a few years later and Margaret met the real thing how's that for irony LOL I love life waves of synchronicity love from Jeanine Ferris initially a Southern girl from Vicksburg Mississippi now living in Tustin California nostalgic tonight but some of my favorite Stars and personhood
@@janinefarris2748 & Wzdavie, You are so right about that dance act being the best in cinematic history, so to speak WZDAVI!! ❤️“Janine,” I did the exact same thing as you, pretending to be Ann Margaret(“KIM”🤣) singing in the mirror, coping the dance moves & having my mom buy the stirrup stretch pants w: ruffled blouse ( she wears in one of the dance 💃 numbers) & just loved this movie! Love “TELEPHONE HOUR SONG” & LETS FACE IT... I JUST LOVED THIS WHOLE MOVIE AS A PRETEEN!”🤣I still watch this movie in reruns! Everything you texted Janine I can identify with & feel the same way! Loved what you wrote! Take care!❤️
absolutely agree
I just watched the clip of the dance for the first time and I am enthralled. Impressive.
Agreed! Who was the choreographer? It was fantastic, better than Fosse! The dancers were incredible!
RIP Mr. Rydell. Bye Bye Birdie is a fabulous musical.
I remember enjoying Bye Bye Birdie as a teen. The cast was fabulous and Bobby and Ann looked so cute together. Bring back wholesome movies! Please!...
Exactly
The Opening of "Bye Bye Birdie" is simply Cinema Gold. Ann-Margret!!!
I so agree with you & “MY FAVORITE OPENING SEQUENCE OF ANY MOVIE”.... “E-V-E-R!!!” “EVER!” “EVER!!!” Whoever came up with the idea for that opening & ending too was a pure genius! Absolutely! I will remember it forever & even what she wore with that “all sapphire blue” background! “I agree with you completely Merle!”❤️
@@karenstrycharz1499 The opening/closing numbers of Ann-Margret on the treadmill were created by the director, George Sidney. Columbia Pictures didn't want to pay for the additions to the film, so he paid for it himself. Later when the execs at Columbia saw this at a screening, they reimbursed Sidney. I love those images of Ann-Margret, too...That helped to make her a star! ✴️
I saw Bye Bye Birdie with my parents in 1963 at Radio City. It was wonderful.
Wow! Lucky you & what a great memory! My mom took my brother Eddie & I to the Paramount Theatre in Springfield, Ma. In 1963. It was such an elegant theatre then ( sadly converted to the Hippodrome in the 1990’s, then closed. It was bought & supposed to be used for shows in future but right now sadly remains dormant w/ doors closed). After the movie my mom took us next door to”JENNIFER TEA ROOM”( closed a long time ago) for dinner. What a treat that was, let me tell you( “BUTTERCUP POPCORN 🍿 W/REAL BUTTER WAS 25 cents back then & what a treat!)! I love “your memory of Radio City” is the best though & what a magnificent place to see that 🎥 movie or “any movie”😂 lol! for that matter! Love taking trips to RadioCity from where we live in western Massachusetts, as a kid & then taking our own children later in. Thanks for sharing your special memories with us all!❤️
I remember seeing the movie when it came out, she was,. and still is, so very drop dead gorgeous!
I so agree!
This was made the day before Ann-Margret's 70th birthday. She looks stunning!
She does indeed! She has always looked incredible!
My only complaint about this was that it wasn't longer. I'm glad to hear that Annie and Bobby R. remained friends, as they seemed to be such a great pairing in the "Birdie." And the two men they worked with, George Sidney and Johnny Greene, had worked with the likes of Judy Garland and Fred Astaire at MGM, *and* Janet Leigh!
Ann and Bobby must have felt so lucky to have been part of a fun musical movie! She was gorgeous playing Kim
Rip Rydell, we loved your music
I so love her so much & adored that incredible, fun movie! I loved Bobby Rydell in this movie too! Most fun movie w/ best actors & actresses in this movie, too! She is amazing!❤️
I'm so glad that they remained friends and talk to each other so often - that's wonderful :)
Proud to be Swedish, our American relatives brought over this film
this woman is and has been
the most classiest real woman
in our life time. she has been
real and most real devoted to her man these yrs. and generation. I am 10 yrs her junior she's gorgeous among
all. I saw her in last Vegas
wow God bless her
wasnt she voted the green apple award by the Hollywood press as th most uncooperative star in show business
Bobby Rydell was a singing idol of the 60's. His version of the song, "Sway" is my personal favorite. My point here is that yes, Ann-Margaret went on to make great movies and fame but Bobby Rydell was no slouch and was famous in his own right.
There was an exceptionally rare quality about Ann-Margret, part vamp and part virgin... AND ALL SEXY. The only way I can adequately describe her is, "feline." She could sing, she could dance, she could act, she could do it all. No wonder Elvis fell in love with her!!
You described her perfectly! I always wanted to be her, as a little girl! She was my idol! She was so multitalented but also so darn right sweet & unaffected by her fame! Such an extraordinary woman but extremely intelligent too. She is amazing!
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Strong and brave, too. She actually survived a nearly fatal fall from a Las Vegas stage that would have killed most people!
'A lotta livin' to do' is. by any standard, a GREAT production number! … superb dancing by Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell and the ensemble … wonderful choreography by Oona White, I believe [?] … the best scene in BBB, IMHO ….
I so agree with you! Best production number ever! I still love watching it!❤️
Godspeed, Bobby. Another piece of my past has slipped away.
RIP
Ann-Margret is just FABULOUS!
Ain't she tho!
Of course she is......
She's in movies.
🙁
@@chrisgardiner2215 Why the sad face?
@@AnnetteMay1221 I recently discovered the truth behind Hollywood
@@chrisgardiner2215 That it's full of pedophiles and other perverts?
As we all know the movie was about Elvis going into the Army ...that movie was a big break for her then her next movie ends up being Viva Las Vegas....she was meant to meet Elvis that's for sure and I am awfully glad Elvis had that special time with her....she's proven over the years how much she cares for Elvis Presley...keeping her personal memories they shared 'private' how many others have done that...Ann-Margret also never used Elvis Presley for her gain...again how many others can say that?
its still called ADULTRY
Ah...they both look great!
How lovely Ann Margaret! I met her at a book signing in 1994! I requested for her to sign a Viva Las Vegas cd booklet for me. She couldn't. It didn't matter I was just happy to have met her & be there with my dad who has passed on. Love the film Bye Bye birdie and films beyond. Bobby Rydell is awesome too & they make a great team :-). Thank you!
Hello, why she couldn,t sign the Las Vegas cd book for you that the interresting question .. because i can't believe that after 50 years is still hard for her to see Elvis image on enything...in this case image of him and her .....that,s very heavy love still.. in my opinion
@@armandpopescu8863 I so agree with you & wondered why she couldn’t sign it either, as you did. I thought at first it migrate been some sort of copyright law or something but then thought that can’t be it! I worked for 35 plus yrs in hospitality, Director of Sales, Catering & Marketing at Radisson’s, Four Points Sheraton, Crowne Plaza, etc( you get the idea lol!) & t hit me! I know what happened & can tell you from my experience what was going on( I am retired now) because Ann Margaret was kind & gracious. It sounded so unlike her not to sign something for you. Armand is undoubtedly correct in saying it still hurt her to see something that reminded her of her “forever love & special times with Elvis by there was a bigger & “legal reason,” that undoubtedly was the main reason & only reason she could not & would not sign!
I had many authors & top entertainers through the yrs who’s publicist rented ballrooms & meeting rooms out for book signings & etc. I also went to book signings w/ authors to major book stores for oil signings. Their publishers, editors etc have iron tight clauses in their contracts ( authors of the books they are signing ) strictly prohibiting them signing anything except the books they are pushing! It is in order for you to buy their book! If they didn’t people would be coming up having fans sign slips of paper, their arm, 😂! I actually saw someone ask Julie Andrews to do exactly that & she politely refused lol!) shirts, etc.Their publisher pays big bucks to author for publishing rights & in many cases, pays for air flight, overnights at hotel, etc... you get the idea, ha! ... they pay all the author’s expenses, to send them all over the country and world 🌎, in some cases, to sell ( promote exclusively!) their book! If they sign something else,then you don’t buy their book so “THEY CAN ONLY SIGN THEIR BOOK, WHO THEY ARE PAID HANDSOMELY TO PROMOTE, EXCLUSIVELY!” I thought of many instances where this happened & Tom Clancy( the author) had it happen time & again! I sat next to him, helping him at his book signing.He & others explained it to me(I have a bunch of books I bought from him he signed & for my father too who was a huge fan! He died several yrs ago but glad I got the books! ). Ok... wanted to explain exactly why I know she couldn’t sign that for you but let me tell you! What a huge thrill you had of getting to meet her! How I would love that for I have always adored her! What an incredible memory you have( better than an autograph any ole day!😂) Lucky(“BLESSED”) you! Take care Armand, Emily & everyone reading this!!! 💕”God Bless!!”
they've both aged very well.
I was 10 when the movie came out and a bunch of us went to see it at local the movie theater. It was such a great movie and we came out singing those songs trying to do the dances. Hahahaha. I still watch it when it comes on TV.
This interview appears to have taken place prior to Bobby Rydell's liver transplant. His appearance, energy and voice were no where near as strong as he is today. He's a lucky man.
MrFloundermania And yet here he looks handsome and distinguished.
I'm glad to hear he's better!
Did not realize he was ill & had a transplant! Thank-you for the information & so glad to hear is well! May God Bless him & Ann Margaret, too! Amen!❤️
Rydell is the name of the high school in the movie GREASE. Ann seems so down to Earth. I watched her on THIS IS YOUR LIFE on UA-cam today...still so soft spoken then also. She also did an audio speech about Elvis and her on the movie set VIVA LAS VEGAS. She talked about the chemistry between her and Elvis, on and off the movie set. And how he was committed to Priscilla then. There was a scene in VLV where the 2 characters got married and pictures of her in a wedding gown and Elvis in a tuxedo, and him sweeping her up and carrying her off were taken for the publicity of the movie and how the press took the pictures and printed them on newspapers with the caption that they were engaged. I remember Priscilla said in an interview that she thought it was all true and how Elvis explained it was for the publicity only. But I wonder if Priscilla ever heard that audio interview of Ann and Elvis becoming very close and her thoughts on it so many years later. 🤔
I was at this event. Seeing the film and then Ann-Margret and Bobbie Rydell was so much fun. This was at the Academy of Motion Pictures in Beverly Hills. I don’t remember the year but I suppose it was 2013.
Lucky you to be at that memorable event. Some joy seems to last forever.
My all time favorite babe.
Most do not realize that Bobby was very very sick at the time of this screening. His liver was failing. His voice sounds weak, and his personality is totally different. If you watch interviews of him now, you can tell the huge difference. I can tell he didn't feel well at all, but non the less, he still showed up to support the film and please the audience.
I was there that night and I'm surprised to see the only clip of Bobby was this very muted, almost tired part of the after screening discussion (which, by the way, only lasted about half-an-hour in it's entirety - leaving so many of us to feel cheated. But the point I wanted to make about Bobby is that for most of that 30 minutes, he pretty much dominated the proceedings, almost to the point of being obnoxious. I've always liked him - even saw the Golden Boys of Bandstand tour a number of years ago, but that night, I wanted more Ann-Margret and less Bobby Rydell! That being said, so glad he's in better health now.
Wow
I wonder who she was dating who didnt do the twist wow"?
Rest in Peace Bobby and Happy 80;th Ann-Margret!
Ann-Margret's first film was also excellent -- opposite Bette Davis and Glenn Ford in Frank Capra's "Pocketful of Miracles." many people don't even know Ann was in this film. She was the daughter of a homeless woman who sold apples on the street and was the "mother" to all the street people -- Apple Annie. But she gets a letter from her daughter she sent to Spain for an education and to live there -- away from her hardships. Her daughter -- however -- sends a letter that she was coming home to introduce her fiance to her "wealthy" mother. Her fiance -- a Spanish nobleman's son. Coming to NYC to meet Annie. Gangster Glenn Ford tries to help "dignify" the ragged street woman who has always been his good-luck charm. Annie needs to impress her daughter. But, the police and another racketeer is trying to make life difficult for Ford while he's trying to help Annie. Quite the gauntlet. Peter ("Columbo") Falk and "Gone With the Wind" actor Thomas Mitchell -- are both excellent as gang members, and character actor Arthur O'Connell is first class as the Spanish father. What a great comedy-drama premise for a film. A Capra classic. Can the the gang and the homeless people pull it off? Many great moments throughout the film. Ann-Margret looking so wonderful and naive throughout. Hints of her greatness to come.
I was taken by my parents to see "Pocketful Of Miracles upon its original release. I was 10. My dad was a great fan of all the old-time actors and got real excited seeing them in this movie. He'd say to me, "Ooh....look at Arthur O'Connell.....ooh...look at Edward Everett Horton....ooh...look at Thomas Mitchell...." And I said, "Oh yeah?. ...LOOK AT ANN-MARGRET!!!.
I saw that movie and it's a great one to watch on a sat night. Bette Davis and Ann Margret were magnificent as were all the other actors
Thanks so much, for your so very interesting information! ❤️
This is one of my all time favorites.
I always think bye bye birdie was how grease became a hit. Its more or less the same kind of movie. And i like to think rydell high was a homage to bobby rydell
Possibly our favorite of all time musicals.
She has two Oscar nominations. But my favourite Ann-Margret performance is in " The Return of the Soldier " with Alan Bates, Julie Christie and Glenda Jackson. Cheers.
Such sexy women back in the day. They don't make them like that anymore.
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What a treat.
What a woman, still hot as hell.
I Love this movie truley. Ohio in the 🏡 2020
they both still look wonderful
waw cool
She was so good in pinball wizard.
They should have at least mentioned Jesse pearson the coolest guy in the movie.bless his soul wish he was still with us.😣
Steve douglas and Ellie walker
I recently found and visited Jesse's grave in Farmerville Louisiana-he still has living relatives in the area
I hear you. The story that I'd heard was that Dick Gautier (who played Birdie on Broadway) was originally set to do the film version as well, but he became very ill with Hepatitis near the end of the stage run and had to drop out. The company had heard about Jesse Pearson as a country/pop/rock and roll singer and struggling actor through somewhere, so they offered the role to him to finish up on Broadway, and of course he said, "SURE!" The public took to his performance so well, that he went on to do the role in the film. He was supposed to be a very sweet, low key and friendly guy-VERY unlike Conrad Birdie! (LOL!) SO sad that he died of cancer in 1979. R.I.P., Mr. Pearson!
@@gothcat54 Thank-you soooo very much for the information & I found it so incredibly interesting!!❤️May Jesse Rest In Peace! He died so young, too! He did such an incredible acting job in that movie too. Now I understand why we have not sadly heard anything about him, all these yrs for he passed away in late ‘70’s! God Bless his soul!❤️
Love from Nam69, DaNang the real Bills friend. :-)
I agree billysscreeningroom2
Bobby rydell and Stella stevens
Not a word about Lillian Sidney!
Young or older, I love me some sex kitten Ann Margaret. Elvis was one lucky dude!!!
push on roger smith was the lucky dude. Elvis missed his chance
Thank you Keny! Ann-Margret was married to Roger Smith. Up till the time of his death they were married 50 years
Roder was the best man for Ann , I think anyways. 50 yrs. Elvis never kept any girl longer then 4-5 yrs. ( 6 yrs Priscilla ) 👍 for RODGER 👍
@@nightowl4137 You know, you are absolutely right! I always felt bad that they did not marry for even though they obviously were deeply in love, he had promised Priscilla’s father when he brought her to his house to live( incredible to think of parents allowing their young daughter to move across the sea, at such a young age, no matter how big a world wide star Elvis was! She was so young & innocent and only 13 or 14 yrs old) that he would marry her, when she turned 18 yrs of age. He kept stalling on his promise though , even before he met Ann Margaret. I had read but when rumors reached her father overseas, that Elvis was in love with Ann Margaret, having an affair , he called Elvis immediately, reminding him in no uncertain terms of his promise to him. Priscilla was afraid herself that Elvis was no longer in love with her, reports had said . Elvis broke it off with Ann Margaret after her father’s call & dutifully married Priscilla. One wk later, newspapers reported, she married Roger Smith. I always felt bad until just now reading what you wrote/texted. I realize you are absolutely right! She loved Roger & had a wonderful marriage of 50 yrs with him, until his sad passing. How right you Aretha, I have to say, for if they had married, it undoubtedly wouldn’t have lasted , for as you so wisely pointed out, Elvis did change women frequently! 🤣You are so absolutely right !!! Take Care!❤️
Native Americans really great
Forget him
Es verdad que' murio' no me' lo creo: Soy su fans
didnt she get a nomination for Carnal Knowledge?
Yes, and IMHO she damn near stole the movie. I saw it around 1982 and I still remember how good she was in it.
@@hcombs0104 Could you please fill us all in on what movie “IMHO” stands for??? You have us all wondering & intrigued on what movie these initials stand for!!! Hoping you come back to this blog & see that we are all asking what the name of that movie is! Thank-you for taking the time to fill us all in! Take Care!❤️
@@karenstrycharz1499 It means "in my humble opinion." Meaning Ann-Margret stole Carnal Knowledge, in my humble opinion. Her part wasn't all that big, but her performance was the one I remember best, nearly forty years after seeing it.
Come to think of it, she is one of the actresses I would not mind if she were to get at least an honorary Oscar at some point.
She was gorgeous. Why did she have to age....
trixie mccarthy because she's a human, she looks gorgeous still!
@@cherrycola3604 Yea, just wait trixie, don't know how old you are now, but if you are lucky enough to be alive you too will age
She is gorgeous
Why did she have to age, you ask?????😂Why do “ANY OF US HAVE TO AGE, is a better question to ask!!! The answer to your question Is...................”IT IS SIMPLY CALLED
“L-I-F-E,” Trixie!!!! Beware😆.........”FOR IT IS MOST DEFINITELY IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU TOO, SOMEDAY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT!”😂Let me also add, I think Ann Margaret looks incredible! Hoping that “YOU” look as beautiful at 70 plus yrs old , as Ann Margaret does here! Ann Margaret is 70 plus yrs old here, remember & I think she looks extraordinary! Take Care!
@@cherrycola3604 We All AGE , Ann still Looks Fabulous at her age , She Looks Better than most women one third her age.
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aging sucks.. she was sooo beautiful
It does indeed suck ha! but I want to look as incredible as she does at her age! Ha! Let me add.... “I have seen 35 & 40 yr olds that looked older than Ann Margaret does now, 😂Ha! She “STILL LOOKS EXTRAORDINARY!” Just love her but she looked adorable in “BYE, BYE BIRDIE!” We all did at “that age!” Ha!
We have to adapt years pass by otherwise we get depressed and sad just be happy old men or women enjoy day by day nothing for ever.
her voice hard to listen to... and she has no depth ..but she stayed married...thats it
Yes till Roger Smith's death they were married 50 years.
She is “70 plus years old here” so “THAT” may have a lot to do with “your problem of your saying she is hard to listen to???” I had no problem with that! She has such a sweet soft voice but you said she has no “depth????” 🤣Now “I have to admit that’s” a new one! I hope I have some “depth”, I got to say when I reach over 70’years old! 😂Yes, she “DID” indeed stay married, as you put it!!! Roger & Ann Margaret were happily married over 50 years. He sadly died, many yrs ago, after she had personally cared for him, for many years with his serious illness! She is an amazing woman, strong, intelligent, caring & multitalented! Such a beautiful woman & I wish her the very best!❤️
She shouldn't be on talk shows. It was worse in the early 70s on Johnny Carson. She didn't talk, she whispered.