Glenda Jackson as Sarah Bernhardt in film scene

Oct. 10, 1975 - Sarah Goes Up in A Balloon. Actress Glenda Jackson portraying the great actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in the lavish Reader's Digest film Sarah, now in production in England, took off in a balloon from a park near London this week. In the film the scene takes place in Paris in 1870s when Sarah, then a rebellious young actress with the Comedie Francaise, decided to go ballooning in the Bois de Boulogne but was carried off course by strong winds, missed three performances and was fired. Historically, Bernhardt took off from the Bois in 1878, seven years after the Siege of Paris (1870-71) during the Franco Prussian war when ballooning was not a hobby but a vital element in the city's survival. OPS: Glenda Jackson portraying Sarah Bernhardt is accompanied by Anthony Smith (L), an experienced balloon pilot, and her co star Daniel Massey who portrays Sardou, the 19th century playwright who created many of Sarah's most popular successes, before taking off in the balloon during the filming this week

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