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Bell Book and Candle (1958)
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Release Date:
January 1959 (USA)
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A bewitching comedy about an enchanting subject!
Plot:
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancee, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 2 nominations
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Bewitching Romantic Comedy -- Sunday Afternoon Delight!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | James Stewart | ... | Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson |
 | Kim Novak | ... | Gillian 'Gil' Holroyd |
 | Jack Lemmon | ... | Nicky Holroyd |
 | Ernie Kovacs | ... | Sidney Redlitch |
 | Hermione Gingold | ... | Bianca de Passe |
 | Elsa Lanchester | ... | Aunt Queenie Holroyd |
| Janice Rule | ... | Merle Kittridge |
| Philippe Clay | ... | French Singer at the Zodiac Club |
| Bek Nelson | ... | Tina - Shep's Secretary |
| Howard McNear | ... | Andy White - Shep's Co-Publisher |
| The Brothers Candoli | ... | Musicians at the Zodiac Club |
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Also Known As:
Bell, Book and Candle (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
106 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)
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Canada:PG (Ontario) |
USA:Approved (PCA #19072) |
USA:PG (TV rating) |
Finland:S |
UK:U |
West Germany:12
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The play opened on Broadway in New York City on 11/14/50 and closed on 6/2/51 after 233 performances. The opening-night cast consisted of Rex Harrison as Shepherd Henderson, Lilli Palmer as Gillian Holroyd, Jean Adair as Miss Queeny Holroyd, Larry Gates as Sidney Redlitch and Scott McKay as Nicky Holroyd. There were no other characters in the play.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene in which Gil makes a pot of tea, she puts six or seven spoons of loose black tea into a small two-cup pot. This would result in tea as thick as tar and about as palatable.
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Quotes:
Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson:
That girl you know, Gillian Holroyd, she's one.
Merle Kittridge: A witch?
Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson: Yes!
Merle Kittridge: Shep, you just never learned to spell.
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Merle Kittridge: A witch?
Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson: Yes!
Merle Kittridge: Shep, you just never learned to spell.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Jack Benny Program: Ernie Kovacs Show (#9.10)" (1959)
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Soundtrack:
Deck the Halls
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Why would Nicky offer to expose himself as a warlock to Sidney Redlitch?Is "Bell Book and Candle" based on a book?
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Kim Novac is wonderful as the 'good witch' falling in love with mortal James Stewart. The special treat with this film is that there is a complete 'underground society' (literally) of witches and warlocks, of whom we get to know Elsa Lanchester and Jack Lemon, both recommending Kim Novak quickly forget her romance with the mortal man.
This film is a visual feast with some tidbits of 1950s Jazz music in the score. Complete with black cat, spell-book and magic tricks. Who can blame Jimmy Stewart for falling for Kim Novak's spell? The International cast of supporting actors includes an authentic Parisian Night Club Act, as well as the ultra-eccentric Hermione Gingold (of Gigi/Moulin Rouge fame). Elsa Lancaster is an absolute delight as the intuition-plagued Auntie Queenie. Don't miss this bewitching piece of light entertainment!