Category Archives: Brigitte Bardot

By Robert J. Avrech | October 12, 2012

Friday Photos: Montage

Tweet Last night’s Vice-Presidential debate was most notable for the optics delivered to the public. No matter what the candidates said, their style conveyed a powerful message. Joe Biden, a bombastic wind-bag, smirked, snarled, rolled his eyes, laughed, and displayed contempt for Congressman Ryan. In contrast, young Paul Ryan was dignified, earnest, polite, respectful and [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | August 31, 2012

Friday Photos: Maayan Ariel

Tweet It’s been quite a week. The RNC took center stage with a powerful message calling for a return to constitutional values, support for Israel, and a resounding rejection of the collectivist, big government tyranny being imposed by the current, extremist regime. Hurricane Isaac brought disaster to some communities in the Big Easy, while Obama [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | June 29, 2012

Friday Photos: A Star Is Created

Tweet Stars are not born; they are created through a long and tortuous process of trial and error. When conjuring our favorite star we remember an iconic image that captures that personae. When we think of Jean Harlow we see her glowing platinum hair, a fetching body draped in silk, and a come hither look [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | February 10, 2012

Friday Footwear: Hollywood Steps Out

Tweet Classic photos of Hollywood stars usually reinforce a particular image. Lighting, composition, body language, wardrobe and the singular architecture of the face are the ingredients that create a glamorous narrative for audiences to internalize. Clark Gable is the man’s man who doesn’t give a damn; Carole Lombard, the girl next door who will drive [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | January 6, 2012

Friday Fashion: Turban Time in Hollywood

Tweet   When asked to define the essence of Hollywood glamour, the multi-talented director Edmund Goulding replied: “It’s the magnetism that changes the current of every movie fan’s life and persuades a girl that she must have a dress like the one Joan Crawford wore in her last picture. It’s the mesmerism that induces a [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | September 22, 2011

Brigitte Bardot’s Terrible, Horrible, Humiliating First Date

Tweet On May 2, 1949, Elle, France’s most popular women’s magazine, featured a cover photo of a fifteen year old model identified only as “BB.” Among the thousands of people who saw the photo of Brigitte Bardot was aspiring film director Roger Vadim, b. Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov (1928 – 2000.) In a trance, Vadim gazed at [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | August 26, 2011

Friday Fotos: Mirror, Mirror

Tweet The business of creating glamour was hard work. And the Hollywood still photographers employed by the studios did a great deal of the heavy lifting. Thorugh their craft they helped manufacture stars by producing shimmering, glamorous images that hinted at beings who were human gods. Who has not seen the stunning George Hurrell photo [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | March 8, 2011

Burning Brigitte Bardot

Tweet In the pantheon of international movie stars, perhaps no actor was less prepared for the rigors of fame than Brigitte Bardot. Originally pursuing a career as a ballerina—look at her movies, BB’s posture is a Joffrey plum line—Bardot was discovered by director Roger Vadim when she was a restless, 15 year-old school girl. Looking [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | January 26, 2011

Brigitte Bardot and Winston Churchill on Art and War

Tweet Brigitte Bardot Here’s what crossed my mind when President Obama delivered his long-winded SOTU address last night: “This is the man who returned a bust of Winston Churchill, a gift from Britain.” What gives? Is it because Obama’s Communist, alcoholic, womanizing father hated the British imperialists? And this was Obama’s childish and petulant payback. [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | April 15, 2008

The Persecution of Brigitte Bardot

Tweet Brigitte Bardot in Shalako, 1968 The Orwellian persecution of the great film icon Brigitte Bardot continues. Freedom of speech is dead in France. Bardot is being prosecuted—for the fifth time—for insulting Islam. Meanwhile, Jew-hating Imams safely spew hatred and call for violence from hundreds of mosques in France and all across Europe. The gutless [...]

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