Family Film: BYE BYE BIRDIE

When rock star and teenage heart-throb Conrad Birdie gets drafted, the nation’s teenagers go haywire and Conrad’s manager, Albert (Van Dyke), faces unemployment. So Albert and his girlfriend (Leigh) organize a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss from Conrad on the Ed Sullivan Show. The result is chaos and a series of hilarious romantic complications.  Songs include “We Love You Conrad,” “The Telephone Hour” and “Put on a Happy Face.” The 1962 film is in color and stars Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell. Ossie Davis Theater. Free.