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Title
Rock and roll idol
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1964
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated May 4, 1964 reads "Conrad Birdie, played by Danny Molina, 17, rehearses number with Robert Rose, music director, for scene in 'Bye Bye Birdie,' operetta, John Burroughs High School students will produce May 21-23. Molina portrays popular teen-age rock and roll singer, Conrad Birdie, who is suddenly inducted into the Army at the height of his career. The play concentrates on his last days as a civilian. The operetta will be taken from the original New York stage version, which differed from the movie storyline." John Burroughs High School is in Burbank.; See images #00142439 through #00142442 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00142439
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d050_f29_i17
CARL0005738227
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/70772
Subject
John Burroughs High School (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Conductors (Music)--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Teenagers--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Actors--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
High school students--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Musicals--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Amateur theater--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Rehearsals--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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