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Dear Brigitte
Dear Brigitte is a 1965 American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope family comedy film produced and directed by Henry Koster, based on the 1963 novel Erasmus with Freckles by John Haase. Starring James Stewart, it is the third of three family comedy vehicles for Stewart that are directed by Koster and written by Nunnally Johnson, following Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) and Take Her, She's Mine (1963). The title character, Brigitte Bardot, makes an uncredited appearance as herself.
Robert Leaf is an American college professor and accordionist, who won a Pulitzer for poetry and prizes the arts. Robert and his wife Vina are dedicated to the arts and prompt their children Pandora and Erasmus to develop artistic skills. The Leaf family lives on a houseboat in San Francisco. The Captain sold the boat to the Leafs and lives with them; he provides narration.
Professor Leaf, in particular, is dismayed to discover that eight-year-old Erasmus is tone-deaf and colorblind, for he cannot share the family's artistic pursuits. Moreover, Erasmus is a mathematical prodigy. The Professor is wary, wanting him to understand that this is only one part of his life. Erasmus agrees, but unwittingly calls media attention to himself by correcting figures at a bank. His parents become very determined that he have a normal child's life, and they decide to have him talk to a psychiatrist. Erasmus tells the psychiatrist that math is okay, but he really loves French movie star Brigitte Bardot and writes her love letters.
Eighteen-year-old Pandora and her friends pay Erasmus to do their math homework (he uses the money for airmail stamps to send his letters to Brigitte). The Leafs take Erasmus for testing at the university; he agrees to be tested if they will pay him. He answers questions correctly before the computer can calculate, so the officials push for more tests. The Leafs refuse, wanting him to have a normal childhood; besides, Erasmus wants to leave.
Called to the Dean's office, a sheriff informs the Professor that Erasmus has been using his skills to calculate bets for an undercover campus betting ring that is run by Ken Taylor, Panny's boyfriend, who was paying him to pick winners. Accused of complicity, the Professor quits his job and storms home. He and Vina question Ken and Panny. When paid, Erasmus shows his parents that he calculates winners by reading daily racetrack newspaper entries; Panny reveals that he spends his earnings on stamps. Troubled, his parents decide that what Erasmus is doing is morally and ethically wrong.
The Professor applies for unemployment, and is told that he must wait two weeks for a check. Erasmus gives him the money that he has saved from doing math problems, so that Panny can have a new prom dress. While buying it, they meet Dr. Peregrine Upjohn, who admires the Professor. That evening, the Professor is delighted to learn from Erasmus's psychiatrist that his son loves Brigitte Bardot, for Erasmus has been unhappy with the attention paid to his math skills, and this is such a regular interest.
Upjohn proposes that they found the Leaf Foundation to fund liberal arts scholarships. The Professor and Vina love the idea. During their talk, students march to the houseboat, demanding that the Professor return to work; he accepts and announces the Foundation. Conferring, the Leafs decide that it is not unethical to ask Erasmus if they can use his talent to raise funds for such a good cause.
Brigitte invites Erasmus to visit her in France. Upjohn suggests that Erasmus go, for it will promote the Foundation. The Professor accompanies him; Upjohn assisting with their flight costs from Foundation funds. At Brigitte's house, Erasmus adoringly stares at her, barely speaking, and asks for her autograph. The Professor takes a picture of them together despite Erasmus looking at Brigitte, not at the camera. She gives him a puppy from her pet poodle and thinks that he is adorable.
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Dear Brigitte
Dear Brigitte is a 1965 American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope family comedy film produced and directed by Henry Koster, based on the 1963 novel Erasmus with Freckles by John Haase. Starring James Stewart, it is the third of three family comedy vehicles for Stewart that are directed by Koster and written by Nunnally Johnson, following Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) and Take Her, She's Mine (1963). The title character, Brigitte Bardot, makes an uncredited appearance as herself.
Robert Leaf is an American college professor and accordionist, who won a Pulitzer for poetry and prizes the arts. Robert and his wife Vina are dedicated to the arts and prompt their children Pandora and Erasmus to develop artistic skills. The Leaf family lives on a houseboat in San Francisco. The Captain sold the boat to the Leafs and lives with them; he provides narration.
Professor Leaf, in particular, is dismayed to discover that eight-year-old Erasmus is tone-deaf and colorblind, for he cannot share the family's artistic pursuits. Moreover, Erasmus is a mathematical prodigy. The Professor is wary, wanting him to understand that this is only one part of his life. Erasmus agrees, but unwittingly calls media attention to himself by correcting figures at a bank. His parents become very determined that he have a normal child's life, and they decide to have him talk to a psychiatrist. Erasmus tells the psychiatrist that math is okay, but he really loves French movie star Brigitte Bardot and writes her love letters.
Eighteen-year-old Pandora and her friends pay Erasmus to do their math homework (he uses the money for airmail stamps to send his letters to Brigitte). The Leafs take Erasmus for testing at the university; he agrees to be tested if they will pay him. He answers questions correctly before the computer can calculate, so the officials push for more tests. The Leafs refuse, wanting him to have a normal childhood; besides, Erasmus wants to leave.
Called to the Dean's office, a sheriff informs the Professor that Erasmus has been using his skills to calculate bets for an undercover campus betting ring that is run by Ken Taylor, Panny's boyfriend, who was paying him to pick winners. Accused of complicity, the Professor quits his job and storms home. He and Vina question Ken and Panny. When paid, Erasmus shows his parents that he calculates winners by reading daily racetrack newspaper entries; Panny reveals that he spends his earnings on stamps. Troubled, his parents decide that what Erasmus is doing is morally and ethically wrong.
The Professor applies for unemployment, and is told that he must wait two weeks for a check. Erasmus gives him the money that he has saved from doing math problems, so that Panny can have a new prom dress. While buying it, they meet Dr. Peregrine Upjohn, who admires the Professor. That evening, the Professor is delighted to learn from Erasmus's psychiatrist that his son loves Brigitte Bardot, for Erasmus has been unhappy with the attention paid to his math skills, and this is such a regular interest.
Upjohn proposes that they found the Leaf Foundation to fund liberal arts scholarships. The Professor and Vina love the idea. During their talk, students march to the houseboat, demanding that the Professor return to work; he accepts and announces the Foundation. Conferring, the Leafs decide that it is not unethical to ask Erasmus if they can use his talent to raise funds for such a good cause.
Brigitte invites Erasmus to visit her in France. Upjohn suggests that Erasmus go, for it will promote the Foundation. The Professor accompanies him; Upjohn assisting with their flight costs from Foundation funds. At Brigitte's house, Erasmus adoringly stares at her, barely speaking, and asks for her autograph. The Professor takes a picture of them together despite Erasmus looking at Brigitte, not at the camera. She gives him a puppy from her pet poodle and thinks that he is adorable.