In 1956 her hit movie “And God Created Woman” was playing in the Palm Theater in Palmerton. The movie was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency for its sexual content and nudity. American movies simply did not do that.
Of course guys in Palmerton High School heard about the movie, read about it, and decided we had to see it. Although I lived ten miles out of town, I could stay with my Aunt Florence on Lafayette Avenue if I had good cause. So I told my parents I had to go to the library that evening and went to see Ms. Bardot.
There must have been at least ten of us in the theater that night. Everybody lied to their parents. I think we made up a whole row. The Catholic boys simply ignored the condemned rating from the Legion of Decency. Today the film probably would get a PG rating.
I don’t remember the plot, but I do remember Ms. Bardot’s derriere all these decades later.
In 1968 she was used as the first live model for Marianne, the symbol of French liberty. In 1973 Ms. Bardot retired from films and devoted the rest of her life to the cause of animal rights, opposing bull fighting and the consumption of horse meat. She was quite a woman.
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