Letter: Brigitte Bardot obituary
A year before her breakout role as an international sex symbol in And God Created Woman (1956), Brigitte Bardot made a rare trip to Britain to co-star with Dirk Bogarde in the second of the “Doctor” comedy film series, Doctor at Sea. She played a cabaret performer stranded on a cargo ship who is first discovered by Bogarde, as Dr Simon Sparrow, taking a shower. As I recounted in my 1987 book, The Golden Gong, filming was, with characteristic British modesty, to take place from the other side of the shower curtain, with Bardot’s body covered. However, as the producer Betty Box explained to me, the camera was able to pick out the outline of the garments which, frankly, looked foolish. Continue reading...
A year before her breakout role as an international sex symbol in And God Created Woman (1956), Brigitte Bardot made a rare trip to Britain to co-star with Dirk Bogarde in the second of the “Doctor” comedy film series, Doctor at Sea. She played a cabaret performer stranded on a cargo ship who is first discovered by Bogarde, as Dr Simon Sparrow, taking a shower.
As I recounted in my 1987 book, The Golden Gong, filming was, with characteristic British modesty, to take place from the other side of the shower curtain, with Bardot’s body covered. However, as the producer Betty Box explained to me, the camera was able to pick out the outline of the garments which, frankly, looked foolish.
Continue reading...