Cinema: Erasmus Goes to Paris

Dear Brigitte is a comedy about an eight-year-old mathematical genius.

He is sexually precocious.

He has a flaming passion for Brigitte Bardot.

He is played by Billy Mumy. Call him Erasmus, or “Razz,” for short.

See his freckles? Freckles are cute.

Erasmus lives with his Daddy (James Stewart), his Mommy (Glynis Johns) and his sister on a quaint houseboat.

Do you like houseboats?

Daddy is a poet who teaches at the university. He hates Science because The Arts are more human. He doesn’t want his boy to be a mathematical genius.

Erasmus can’t help it, so he starts handicapping horses.

Handicapping means winning money at the race track.

Erasmus wins enough money to finance an Arts foundation.

He wins enough to buy Sister a new dress for the prom.

He even wins enough to go to Paris with Daddy and meet Brigitte Bardot in person.

Daddy calls her charming.

Daddy is a very smart poet.

Do you like the story?

It was made mostly for grownups.

See how they run.

Away.