Bell, Book and Candle is a 1958 romantic comedy directed by Richard Quine based on the hit broadway play by John Van Druten. It starred James Stewart and Kim Novak in their second on-screen pairing (after the Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo). The film, based on a play written by John Van Druten and adapted by Daniel Taradash, was Stewart's last film as a romantic lead. Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn allowed Novak to appear in Vertigo (as a la...
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Bell, Book and Candle is a 1958 romantic comedy directed by Richard Quine based on the hit broadway play by John Van Druten. It starred James Stewart and Kim Novak in their second on-screen pairing (after the Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo). The film, based on a play written by John Van Druten and adapted by Daniel Taradash, was Stewart's last film as a romantic lead. Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn allowed Novak to appear in Vertigo (as a last-minute replacement for pregnant Vera Miles) in exchange for Stewart appearing in this film with Novak.
Fans of the film point to similarities between it and the earlier I Married A Witch (1942) and especially the 1960s television series Bewitched (produced by Columbia's television division), speculating that this picture may have been an inspiration. The original 1950 play by Van Druten starred Sir Rex Harrison, his then wife Lili Palmer, Jean Adair, and Larry Gates.
Greenwich Village witch Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak), a free spirit with a...
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