Babette Goes to War (Columbia Pictures) (1959)

(Review) Brigitte Bardot, the inimitable Gallic pepperpot, is a changed woman! Her new film, Raoul J. Levy’s production of ‘Babette Goes to War,’ the Columbia comedy at the ... Theatre, is one of the funniest movies of the year, and a substantial part of the credit must go to La Bardot herself, one of the more talented comediennes around. No less a tribute than the Parents’ Magazine Medal has gone to ‘‘Babette Goes to War,” with the saucy actress characterized as “a new and delightful Brigitte.” Filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman Color, ‘‘Babette Goes to War” co-stars Jacques Charrier and Francis Blanche, Ronald Howard and Hannes Messemer. The handsome Charrier is Brigitte’s husband, proud father of her new baby. Miss Bardot plays a French country girl in London who is parachuted into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. Miss Bardot drops into France all right—but right into the arms of the Gestapo whose chief mistakes her for a black marketeer. Recruited to work for the Gestapo, Miss Bardot is caught up in a merry-go-round of plot and counter-plot, and the laughs mount up, louder and funnier. With “Babette Goes to War,” Miss Bardot adds a new dimension to her screen appeal: that of a first rate light comedienne. Young and handsome Jacques Charrier plays a Free French officer who also helps in the kidnapping. Francis Blanche, as a comic Gestapo chief, brings magnificent humor to his role. Ronald Howard, as a suave British intelligence officer, and Hannes Messemer, as the German general, also add weight to the excellent cast. The screenplay by Jean Ferry, Jacques Emmanuel and Michel Audiard is based on a story by producer Levy and Gerard Oury. Christian-Jaque directed the Columbia release. (Like Father... ) Ronald Howard, son of the late Leslie Howard, currently co-stars in the delightful Brigitte Bardot comedy, ‘Babette Goes to War,” Raoul J. Levy’s new production in CinemaScope and Eastman Color at the Theatre. The Columbia release recently was awarded the Parents’ Magazine Medal. Howard, who originally planned a newspaper career, found himself moving irresistibly towards acting for both stage and screen. In “Babette Goes to War,” he plays a British Army intelligence officer who sends Miss Bardot parachuting into Occupied France on a desperate wartime mission, the kidnapping of a German general from under the very noses of the Gestapo. In World War II, young Howard was a naval officer. Jacques Charrier, Francis Blanche and Hannes Messemer also co-star in the film. (Opening Notice) | The inimitable Brigitte Bardot proves herself a thoroughly de| lightful light comedienne in Raoul J. Levy’s production of “Babette Goes to War,” a Columbia picture in CinemaScope and Eastman Color coming .... to the .... Theatre. The new comedy, which has been awarded the Parents’ Magazine Medal, co-stars Jacques Charrier and Francis Blanche, Ronald Howard and Hannes Messemer. The screenplay by Jean Ferry, Jacques Emmanuel and Michel Audiard is based on a story by Levy and Gerard Oury. Christian-Jaque directed the Columbia release. (Jacques Charrier) Handsome Jacques Charrier, husband of the inimitable Brig itte Bardot, co-stars at the... Theatre with the voluptuous French star in Raoul J. Levy’s production of ‘‘Babette Goes to War,’ a Columbia comedy in CinemaScope and Eastman Color. He plays a French Army officer who, with Brigitte, parachutes into Occupied France on a desperate mission, the kidnapping of a German general. Son of a French Army colonel, Charrier became involved in the business of acting when he made some posters for a little theatre group in Paris. When one of the young actors became ill, Charrier the art student turned into Charrier the actor. Surviving opening night with flying colors and two affirmative estimates of his performance, Charrier promptly quit art school, passed a stiff examination and entered a government-supported dramatic school for 18 months study. Then he began landing theatrical parts and, a little later, his first film job. At one time, he was appearing on the Paris stage in “The Diary of Anne Frank” and working on his first film, “Les Tricheurs (The Cheaters).”’ The Brigitte Bardot comedy also co-stars Francis Blanche, Ronald Howard and Hannes Messemer. Scripted by Jean Ferry, Jacques Emmanuel and Michel Audiard, from a story by Raoul J. Levy and Gerard Oury, the Columbia comedy was directed by Christian-Jaque. (‘Babette’ Cited) The Parents’ Magazine Medal recently was awarded to the new Brigitte Bardot comedy, Raoul J. Levy’s production of “Babette Goes to War,’ a Columbia release now at the .... Theatre in CinemaScope and Eastman Color. The magazine’s citation says: “A new and delightful Brigitte in an extremely funny farce!’ The inimitable Brigitte plays a naive French country girl, who parachutes into Occupied France to help kidnap a German general; she winds up an accepted Gestapo agent before she succeeds in her desperate mission. (Mat 2-A; Still No. 999) Brigitte Bardot stars and handsome Jacques Charrier co-stars in Raoul J. Levy’s production of “Babetie Goes to War,” filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman Color. The Columbia comedy also co-stars Francis Blanche, Ronald Howard and Hannes Meszemer. Charrier, incidentally, is Brigitte’s reallife husband, father of her recent new-born son. (General Advance) Brigitte Bardot, celebrated the world over by millions of males as the Goddess of Love, reportedly reveals still another facet of her fascinating talent. In Raoul J. Levy’s production of “Babette Goes to War,’ a Columbia picture arriving .... at the .... Theatre, Brigitte proves she also is one of the more talented comediennes around. Costarred with the cuddly Gallic star in the comedy, filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman Color, are Jacques Charrier and Francis Blanche, Ronald Howard and Hannes Messemer. Charrier is Brigitte’s real-life husband. Awarded the Parents’ Magazine Medal as an “extremely funny farce’ with a “new and delightful Brigitte,” “Babette Goes to War” tells how Miss Bardot is enlisted in an elaborate Allied plot to kidnap an important German general who is planning the invasion of England. Parachuted into occupied France, the saucy star drops right into the hands of the Gestapo. But Gestapo group chief Francis Blanche, thinking her a black marketeer, decides to use Brigitte for his own purposes. Ensconced in Gestapo headquarters, the girl plays a cute double game, in the end capturing the general as well as the heart of Charrier, a Free French officer. Ronald Howard plays the British intelligence officer who chooses Miss Bardot for the kidnap assignment and Messemer, a distinguished German stage and screen actor, is cast as the unhappy general. The screenplay by Jean Ferry, Jacques Emmanuel and Michel Audiard is based on a story by producer Levy and Gerard Oury. Veteran director Christian-Jaque guided “Babette Goes to War.” (Brigitte Bardot) One of the world’s most popular screen stars, a personification of the phrase “sex-kitten,” Brigitte Bardot now bares a new facet of her talent in Raoul J. Levy’s production of ‘Babette Goes to War,” the Columbia picture co-starring Jacques Charrier and Francis Blanche, Ronald Howard and Hannes Messemer ab thee sees Theatre. In “Babette Goes to War,’ Brigitte proves herself to be an expert light comedienne. So skillful and so delightfully different is her performance in “Babette Goes to War,” filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman Color, that the World War II comedy garnered the Parents’ Magazine Medal. The magazine’s citation says: “A new and delightful Brigitte in an extremely funny farce!” Brigitte plays a naive French country girl sent on a wartime mission, the kidnapping of an important German general from under the very noses of the Gestapo, along with Charrier, her husband in real life. A native Parisian, Miss Bardot turned to modeling in her teens. It was her face and figure on a magazine cover that attracted the attention of Roger Vadim, assistant and collaborator of famed French film director, Marc Allegret. Vadim asked her to take a small part in one of Allegret’s pictures. She did, and thus began a world-famous film career. Her films include ‘And God Created Woman,” ‘La Parisienne,” “Love Is My Profession,’ and “In Case of Accident.” Written for the screen by Jean Ferry, Jacques Emmanuel and Michel Audiard, from a story by Raoul J. Levy and Gerard Oury, “Babette Goes to War” was directed by Christian-Jaque. You've mever scen Brigitte Bardot like this before ! o> V4 Columbia Pictures presents A Raoul J. Levy Production co-starring Jacques Charrier and FRANCIS BLANCHE RONALD HOWARD HANNES MESSEMER Screenplay by JEAN FERRY, JACQUES EMMANUEL, MICHEL AUDIARD Based on a story by RAOUL J. LEVY and GERARD OURY Grabs Directed by Christian-Jaque in CinemaScope and Eastman COLOR Ad No. 104—69 Lines Brigitte Bardot 4 isa comedienne now! Columbia Pictures Presents A Raoul J. Levy Production co-starring JACQUES CHARRIE CINEMASCOPE Eastman COLOR Ad No. 103—42 Lines Brigitte Bardot is a changed woman! You'll see how in“:Babette Goes To War”! A Columbia Pictures Release in Cinemascope and Eastman Color Ad No. 204—122 Lines . Something new has been added to beautiful Brigitte Bardot | You'll see what in “Babette Goes To War A Columbia Pictures Release in Cinemascope and Eastman Color Ad No. 205—114 Lines