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Dear Brigitte

1965, Movie, NR, 100 mins

Dear Brigitte: Review

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This is a charming, offbeat story about an odd family that lives on a houseboat in Sausalito, California. Stewart is a professor at a local college and devoted to the arts. He hates anything to do with science. He and his wife, Johns, and children, Mumy and Carol, have a relaxed life that features at-home musicales. They learn that Mumy has no musical talent whatsoever, so they attempt to get him into art and discover he is color blind. The lad does have a talent for numbers, much to the dismay of his computer-hating father. Mumy begins doing Carol's homework as well as that of his friend, Fabian. Soon, Fabian and a pal have Mumy doping out the horses at the local track. John Williams, a con man, and his pal, Jesse White, a tout, make a proposition to Stewart. If Mumy can make enough money handicapping horses, they'll endow a foundation devoted to the advancement of the humanities. Meanwhile, we learn that Mumy has but one passion, Brigitte Bardot, and he's been writing letters to her. He wants to make money so he can go to France and meet her in the adorable flesh. Mumy won't do any handicapping until he can meet Brigitte, so he and Stewart fly to France and have an audience with the lady. Bardot is quite lovable in her brief scene and gives Mumy a puppy as a remembrance, then Stewart, Mumy, and the puppy return home. Williams makes a huge bet intending to abscond with the winnings. As Williams is retrieving his winnings, he is stopped by an Internal Revenue Service agent. Stewart tells the agent that it's all for a nonprofit art organization. Stewart then takes the money, and life returns to normal aboard the Sausalito residence. Ed Wynn has an in-and-out role as a ferryboat captain in the neighborhood but doesn't get enough to do. Pearce does a standout bit as the clerk at the unemployment office. Bardot was only 30 at the time and a huge international star. The screenplay is credited to Hal Kanter, but the original adaptation was by Nunnally Johnson. When Kanter was brought in by Koster, Johnson asked that his name be removed from the credits rather than submit to a Writers Guild arbitration--which he probably would have won since the arbitrators are known for awarding the first writer credit whenever possible. leave a comment
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