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| ACTORS: | James Stewart, Kim Novak |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Richard Quine |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | October, 1958 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia/Tristar Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396013292 |
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Customer Reviews of Bell, Book and Candle
The Last Romantic Days of Jimmy Stewart. In this charming comedy, Jimmy Stewart plays Sheperd Henderson, a somewhat stodgy book publisher and editor. Henderson becomes bewitched on Christmas Eve after he has telephone problems and uses the phone of his lovely downstairs neighbor, Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak). Henderson's life quickly changes after meeting Holroyd and his entire perspective is altered. But is it love or only magic?
Jack Lemmon has an interesting role as Gillian's quirky brother, Nicky. His timing in the role is perfect and he steals much of the show. Elsa Lanchester plays pesky Aunt Queenie and Ernie Kovacs makes a running cameo throughout the film as Sidney Redlitch, a writer who has become famous by authoring books about witches.
BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE is a quite enjoyable film. There isn't much substance, but the movie is written well. The film begins rather slow and mundane, but the pace rapidly quickens. Jimmy Stewart was in his 50's when the movie was made and other than the Broadway play it is based on, it's best known for being Stewart's last "leading romantic man" role and for supposedly being the inspiration for the "Bewitched" television show. Simplied, the movie is a usual romance between a muggle and a witch. However, the performances by Novak, Lemmon, Lanchester, Kovacs and the mere prescence of Stewart make the film a notch above the ordinary.
OF WITCHES AND LOVE
After their teaming just 5 months prior, in the Hitchcock masterpiece VERTIGO, this movie may seem small potatoes, but it's a little charmer with fun performances from all. An entertaining film which offers the exquisite beauty of Kim Novak and the droll talents of the likes of Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Elsa Lanchester (as Gillian's delightfully giddy Aunt Queenie) and Hermoine Gingold. On stage, the Van Druten play had served the then-married Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer well, and, while granted, Novak was no Palmer, she nonetheless offers her own style in this very nice little comedy about witches, magic and spells. For Stewart, it must have been a pleasant and relatively easy assignment, and in the listing of his films, it's interesting as the point where he ceased to be a romantic leading man; in his movies, he would court no more. With the exception of THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, in which he would win and marry Vera Miles, Stewart would either be a married man or a loner. Jimmy was now 50, and he agreed with the critics that it was a little off-putting for actors of that age to be cast opposite much - obviously - younger actresses. The gorgeous colour photography was done by the great James Howe Wong while George Duning (who did the score for TV's THE BIG VALLEY) provided the witty musical score.
An Entertainment
James Stewart and Kim Novak star in this movie about a publisher (Stewart) who crosses paths with a witch (Novak) who is looking for some excitement. There's nothing serious about this film but it is great fun to watch two good actors with chemistry at work. Though the film was release in the late 1950's, the set and some of the language definitely lets you know that the 1960's aren't far away. If you're looking for some lite entertainment and something different, give Bell, Book and Candle a try.