Dear Brigitte (1965)Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own. Director:Henry Koster |
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Dear Brigitte (1965)Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own. Director:Henry Koster |
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| James Stewart | ... |
Professor Robert Leaf
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| Fabian | ... |
Kenneth 'Kenny' Taylor
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| Glynis Johns | ... |
Vina Leaf
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Cindy Carol | ... |
Pandora 'Panny' Leaf
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| Bill Mumy | ... |
Erasmus 'Ras' Leaf
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| John Williams | ... |
Peregrine Upjohn
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| Jack Kruschen | ... |
Doctor Volker
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Charles Robinson | ... |
George
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| Howard Freeman | ... |
Dean Sawyer
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Jane Wald | ... |
Terry, George's Wife
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Alice Pearce | ... |
Unemployment Office Clerk
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Jesse White | ... |
Cliff Argyle the Bookie
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Gene O'Donnell | ... |
Police Lt. Rink
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Orville Sherman | ... |
Von Schlogg
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Maida Severn | ... |
Miss Eva, Ras' Teacher
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Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own. Written by <ghelton@airmail.net>
Read the book, "Erasmus With Freckles," and see how it compares to the movie, "Dear Brigitte." While I enjoy anything with James Stewart and have been a Bill Mumy fan for most of my life, I can honestly say this is one time when the book shines better than the film. I have no problem with the performances in the movie, mark you ... I merely don't like it when screenwriters take a good book and make a movie out of it that is very little like the original. The family is bigger and somewhat goofier ... and the boat (and the Leaf's neighbors) play a much larger role. I couldn't find Ed Wynn's character anywhere in the novel. Seems a shame to ruin such a good novel by turning it into this movie -- the movie's fine, it's just not the story originally told.