Modern-day witches cast a silver-screen spell in two utterly enchanting romantic comedies. Fresh from their pairing in VERTIGO, stars Kim Novak and James Stewart reunited for BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE, featuring black-magic beatniks, some serious queer subtext, and a memorable cat named Pyewacket. Then, Veronica Lake uses her otherworldly charms to ensnare Fredric March in René Clair’s I MARRIED A WITCH, a delightful screwball confection bursting with playful special effects and sparkling wit. Fun fact: both films were key influences on the classic sitcom “Bewitched.”
Directed by René Clair • 1942 • United States
Starring Veronica Lake, Fredric March, Susan Hayward
Veronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural screwball classic. Many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the Salem puritan who sent her ...
Directed by Richard Quine • 1958 • United States
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon
The same year that they costarred in Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO, James Stewart and Kim Novak teamed up for this imaginative romantic comedy based on the Broadway hit. Novak is Gillian Holroyd, a norma...
