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A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
John Alban
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
Beverly Andre
- Girl at Country Club
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaSol Saks, creator of Bewitched (1964), stated in an interview for Bewitched (1999) that he drew inspiration both from this film and Bell Book and Candle (1958) in creating the iconic TV series. Columbia Pictures owned the rights to both of those movies. Since it also owned the television studio that was to produce "Bewitched," Saks didn't worry about getting sued.
- Goofs(at around 15 mins) The movie is set in Massachusetts, but as they arrive at the hotel fire, a fire department car has the seal of the City of Los Angeles on the door.
- Quotes
Wooley - civil war incarnation: Where is the nearest recruiting office?
His wife: Oh, running off to war like a coward.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: Long, long ago, when people still believed in witches . . . . .
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "UN CAPPELLO DI PAGLIA DI FIRENZE (1928) + I MARRIED A WITCH (Ho sposato una strega, 1942)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cheyenne: Satonka (1962)
- SoundtracksBridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Music by Richard Wagner
Variations played during the opening credits
Played by the band at the wedding
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This is a fairly humorous story with decent special effects, especially considering it was made over 40 years ago. The key ingredient for success in this film was Veronica Lake. She's known more for her peekaboo blonde locks and for starring with Alan Ladd in several hit movies, but Lake was a good comedienne, too.
Susan Hayward does well playing a snotty woman and Cecil Kellaway always plays an interesting character. Frederic March plays opposite Lake and I wish I hadn't read Lake's biography in which she explains how much she hated March. In made the love scenes lose a lot of impact when I learned how "forced" those scenes were.
Oh, well. It's still a nice, lightweight comedy, nothing special but entertaining for the most part.....but it helps to be a fan of Veronica Lake, which I am.
Susan Hayward does well playing a snotty woman and Cecil Kellaway always plays an interesting character. Frederic March plays opposite Lake and I wish I hadn't read Lake's biography in which she explains how much she hated March. In made the love scenes lose a lot of impact when I learned how "forced" those scenes were.
Oh, well. It's still a nice, lightweight comedy, nothing special but entertaining for the most part.....but it helps to be a fan of Veronica Lake, which I am.
- ccthemovieman-1
- Oct 23, 2006
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- Also known as
- He Married a Witch
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- Gross US & Canada
- $312,700
- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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