We're so spoiled now. We’re all just one click of a mouse away from viewing a bevy of beautiful babes on our computers. (Especially here on Suicide Girls!) But imagine a time when skirts were long, skin was hidden and catching even a glimpse of the forbidden female form was nearly impossible. There’s always a certain amount of struggle involved in a young boy’s pursuit to see a naked woman for the first time. In the 1950s it was really tough since there was no such thing as cable TV or Internet or easily attainable dime store girlie rags. But there was Bridget Bardot.


...actress, sex kitten, and international icon, Bardot was also a savior.

And this girl aimed to please. She was not only an alluring accomplished actress, sex kitten, and international icon, Bardot was also a savior. Her bigger than life performances in films like “The Night Heaven Fell,” were a lifesaver to boys growing up in the 1950s.

Bardot was one of the very first women to bare all in mainstream films. Well, foreign films anyway. She is nude in several scenes in "Night" providing more than enough masturbation material for even the most demanding young male. I admire the boys who went to great lengths to see an arthouse movie in the fifties, just to see a naked Brigitte Bardot. Think of what these boys had to go through in their quest to cast their eyes upon Bardot’s holy naked visage. The sacrifices made by these kids who had to suffer through love scenes, subtitles and melodrama just to see that rare glimpse of nudity is admirable. These boys also had to work very hard to imprint this image in their mind so when they were alone, that totally nude Bardot dancing in their brain paved the way for a perfect evening. Bardot’s image burned into their memory became their salvation in times of need. “The Night Heaven Fell” is a reminder that kids in those days had it rough.


...she simply oozed sex.

Bardot became an international star with the 1956 worldwide release of “…And God Created Woman” in which she simply oozed sex. “The Night Heaven Fell” was her third collaboration with then-husband Roger Vadim. “Heaven” is campy melodrama in prime form. Bardot’s character Ursula may seem innocent, but she’s just as sexy as her turn as a bed-hopping bachelorette in “God.” The 1958 film featured a soap opera plot like many films of the period. Bardot falls madly in love with the exotic Spaniard Lamberto (Stephen Boyd) who tragically murders her uncle. In a strangely dramatic, though not surprising turn of events, Bardot’s aunt (Alida Valli) also confesses her love for Lamberto. And what’s a great melodrama without a pet pig? When the two lovers live on the lam in the town’s surrounding caves, Bardot pleads for the life of her precious little piggy when Lamberto endeavors to eat the swine. “Heaven” is textbook melodrama, as entertaining as it is unbelievable. And even worse for those unaccustomed to foreign films, the movie is in French with English subtitles. All this adds up to a film that would appeal to young boys about as much as taking a bath or using soap for mouthwash. “Heaven’s” saving grace is Bardot’s breasts. Well and her bare back, behind, long legs, tight tummy, the whole package! There is something nostalgic about seeing Bardot in all her splendor without a stitch of clothing. It’s reminiscent of a time when a naked back or thigh was considered taboo. And that rare sight was enough to drive a young boy into a frenzy. Or at least prop him up on his bed like a bicycle with a kickstand.


Happy B-Day BB! September 28th, 72 years young.

I really do wish I could erase the sight of all the naked beauties I’ve seen in my time. Delete all those erotic movie moments from my mind if only to experience the thrill of the first time my eyes gazed upon a bare-breasted Bardot. Seeing films like “Heaven” again is a simple reminder that the first time is truly the best. And I’m glad I had my first with Bardot. Well, at least in the not-so-innocence of my overactive boyhood imagination.

Gore gone!

Chris_Gore is an author, a filmmaker, the creator of Film Threat, and would some day like to visit a nude beach.