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Lee Adams
Born August 14, 1924 · Mansfield, Ohio, USA (age 102)
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Known For
Bye Bye Birdie · 1963Bye Bye Birdie
★ 5.91963
MovieComedyMusic
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
There Was a Crooked Man... · 1970There Was a Crooked Man...
★ 6.81970
MovieWestern
A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! · 1975It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
★ 4.41975
MovieComedyTV Movie
TV adaptation of the campy 1960s Broadway musical about the Man of Steel, his friends, his enemies, and his self-image problems.
The Fighting Seabees · 1944The Fighting Seabees
★ 6.21944
MovieDramaAction
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
The Night They Raided Minsky's · 1968The Night They Raided Minsky's
★ 5.51968
MovieComedy
Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Dances From The Bible. But the show's comedian Raymond sees a way of wrong-footing the local do-gooders by announcing the new Paris sensation "Mme Fifi" and putting on Rachel's performance as the place is raided. All too complicated, the more so since her father is scouring the town for her and both Raymond and his straight-man Chick are falling for Rachel.
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? · 1966Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
★ 5.21966
MovieFantasyMusic
A loose adaptation and parody of the Lewis Carroll tale by Hanna-Barbera Productions. A modern-day teenager doing a book report on Alice is accidentally sucked into her television set and ends up in a wacky version of Wonderland.
Bye Bye Birdie · 1995Bye Bye Birdie
★ 6.21995
MovieComedyDrama
In 1995, ABC presented a telemovie version of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie produced by RHI Entertainment. It starred Seinfeld's Jason Alexander and Vanessa Williams of Desperate Housewives. While this version remained mostly faithful to the original musical (Michael Stewart remains the only credited author of this version), several songs were added and re-arranged, and dialogue was slightly rewritten to smoothly facilitate the musical changes. The musical revolves around an Elvis Presley-type rocker who's about to join the Army. To mark the occasion, his manager's secretary arranges for him to kiss a random fan goodbye on The Ed Sullivan Show. Bye Bye Birdie earned four Tony awards in 1961, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for its original star, Dick Van Dyke. In addition to Alexander and Williams, ABC's production starred Tyne Daly, George Wendt, Chynna Phillips and Mark Kudisch.
Applause · 1973Applause
★ 5.91973
MovieDramaMusic
An aspiring actress, whose sugar-coated appearance belies her ruthless drive, worms herself into the life of an aging star and schemes to replace her on the stage as the star of a new play.
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