I saw Sullivan's Travels (1941) for the first time recently, and one of its most irresistible features was Veronica Lake, who played the street-smart, attractive "Girl," commanding attention in her every scene. In I Married a Witch she's front and centre again, this time as a playful, mischievous and exasperating witch named Jennifer. She appears impossibly care-free when protagonist Wallace Wooley tries to rescue her from a burning building, and is odd and attention-grabbing in telling strangers that she had no clothes prior to the fire. Wooley keeps trying to get rid of her only for her to keep appearing again and again. People see her with him in awkward positions. The scandal may cost Wooley an election- just like Charles Foster Kane, he is "exposed" as having an affair with the girl.
Jennifer soon falls in love with Wooley after drinking her own love potion. She magically gives him every vote in the election. (Indeed, it's kind of disturbing to see the democratic process subverted like that). Jennifer's sorcerer father also tries to make Wooley look like a murderer. Beyond dark moments like these, I Married a Witch is mainly light-hearted, colourful and often amusing. The film, mainly because of Lake, never lacks charm.
Jennifer soon falls in love with Wooley after drinking her own love potion. She magically gives him every vote in the election. (Indeed, it's kind of disturbing to see the democratic process subverted like that). Jennifer's sorcerer father also tries to make Wooley look like a murderer. Beyond dark moments like these, I Married a Witch is mainly light-hearted, colourful and often amusing. The film, mainly because of Lake, never lacks charm.