Cinema: BB

According to the French, "BB"—short for Brigitte Bardot—is going to replace MM as a symbol of sex. Brown-haired Brigitte, 23, is slender but softly rounded. From the neck up, though, she looks about twelve years old, and bears a striking resemblance to Shirley Temple at that age. Her movies have smashed attendance records from Norway to the Middle East, and Hollywood has bid high for her services. So far. Brigitte has preferred Paris, where she gets about 30 million francs (more than $70,000) for every picture.

Last week, with La Bardot's most notorious film...

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