I stumbled upon this image recently, a meeting of two French starlets with amazingly tiny waists: Isabelle Corey who had then just been in my favorite French movie of all time, Bob le flambeur, and upcoming sex star Brigitte Bardot. This was taken on May 12, 1956, during the Cannes Film Festival.

Of course, Brigitte was on her way to change the face of screen eroticism forever while Isabelle would star in only a handful of films (mostly in Italy) until 1961 or so.
(Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images)

The first movie that ever gave me an erotic thrill (even when just seeing its trailer on television in the early 70s!) remains Les pétroleuses, a titanic meeting between two of Europe’s biggest sex-symbols: Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Cardinale. Mainly known as a more or less dumb comedy, its most memorable scene is the slugfest in an oil filed between BB and CC. Oddly, this film doesn’t seem to exist yet as a Region 1 DVD.

As for this poster, well I just adore seeing these two sexy stars posing in typical masculine western clothing while still remaining gorgeous.