I married a witch movie religion, spiritualism, and occult a 1942 film directed by rene clair, starring fredric march, veronica lake and susan hayward. With fredric march, veronica lake, robert benchley, susan hayward. Watch tcm is the convenient way to watch great classic films when you want, where you want uncut, commercial free. It may be not be one of the classic examples of a hollywood screwball comedy might i recommend his girl friday to anyone interested. The reduced list price makes this bluray easy to recommend. Cecil kellaway, elizabeth patterson, fredric march, robert benchley, susan hayward, veronica lake. A savvy satire of both political and sexual gamesmanship, i married a witch, based on an unfinished novel by topper author thorne smith, would seem to be the perfect union between two brilliant moviemakers. Looking to feast your eyes on i married a witch on your tv, phone, or tablet. A few centuries later, lightning hit a tree causing a branch to break off and freeing the two spirits. The movie features veronica lake, fredric march, susan hayward, robert benchley and cecil kellaway.
Its when two actors who loathe each other in real life have to perform a convincing love scene on film. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Veronica lake, fredric march, and elizabeth patterson in i married a witch 1942 veronica lake, fredric march, and elizabeth patterson in i married a witch 1942. Fredric march veronica lake robert benchley 1942 a politicians campaign for governor is complicated by a seductive witch with romance and revenge on her mind. I married a witch 2008 just as she is about to be burned at the stake for witchcraft, 17th century witch jennifer veronica lake casts a curse on the family of her accuser, dooming all the men. I married a witch is a lesser effort from criterion and quite justifiably so, as its not a particularly artful or significant film. This page was last edited on 29 august 2019, at 02.
The longrunning television series bewitched is probably the bestknown use of witches in romantic comedy, but a film about a beautiful witch attracted to an uptight dope actually beat bewitched to production by over two decades and may have inspired its more popular tv counterpart. Cecil kellaway, elizabeth patterson, fredric march, robert benchley, susan hayward, veronica lake official content from vestron video. Time out london preston sturges produced this enchanting romantic fantasy about an alluring witch lake who is reincarnated, centuries after she was burned at the stake, to exact revenge on the 20thcentury descendant march of her puritan persecutor. Based on the thorne smith novel the passionate witch. I married a witch 2008 stream and watch online moviefone. I married a witch is one hour and seventeen minutes and was released in theaters on october 30, 1942. Based on the thorne smith novel the passionate witch, the rollicking i married a witch can be considered the forerunner of the tv series bewitched, but only on a surface level. In 1672, two witches jennifer and her father daniel were burned by puritan jonathan wooley. And watching i married a witch 1942 starring veronica lake and fredric march, youd never guess that this romantic duo feuded constantly during the making of the film.
The film also features robert benchley, susan hayward and cecil kellaway. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The main story is two witches in colonial salem are burned at the staked and a tree is planted over their ashes to imprison their evil spirits. I married a witch is an underrated halloween gem vanity fair. In revenge, jennifer cursed all future generations of the wooley family, that the sons will always marry the wrong woman and be miserable. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. I married a witch 1942 movie clip youll be a redhead. A witch and her sorcerer father who were burned at the stake several centuries ago return to the present to haunt the descendant of the man who condemned them. I married a witch is an underrated halloween gem if youve seen hocus pocus a million times, consider falling under the spell of this charming 1942 romantic comedy starring veronica lake.
I married a witch article about i married a witch by the. A beautiful 17thcentury witch returns to life to plague politician wallace wooley, descendant of. I married a witch 1942 want to know what great acting is. As a seventeenthcentury witch lake is being burned at the stake, she puts a curse on her accuser march, saying that all. Veronica lake, robert benchley, and fredric march in i married a witch 1942. Imdb takes a look at 5 inspiring documentaries to stream this black history month. A beautiful 17thcentury witch returns to life to plague politician wallace wooley, descendant of her persecutor.
I married a witch is a 1942 romantic comedyfantasy film directed by rene clair, starring fredric march and veronica lake. If your cloud dvr fills up, well make space by deleting your oldest. I married a witch i married a witch, which deals with spirits, is a fantastic type of story that carries some interest on the novelty angles, if nothing else, but on the whole is generally tepid. I married a witch is fantasy romantic comedy movie that was written by robert pirosh, marc connelly, andre rigaudfilm and rene clair, who also directed. As a seventeenthcentury witch lake is being burned at the stake, she puts a curse on her accuser march, saying that all his descendants will be unhappy in marriage.
Veronica lake sings now you see it from this gun for hire 1942 duration. Siskoid 1942s i married a witch is a bit of a puff piece i guess thats a pun based on how much time the witches spend in smoke form, but its an amusing one where we quickly forgive and forget the murders, and the mythology is so close to that of bewitched, my head canon is. Veronica lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural screwball classic. I married a witch stars veronica lake as jennifer, a witch with an origin story more. I married a witch is a 1942 american fantasy romantic comedy film, directed by rene clair, and starring veronica lake as a witch whose plan for revenge goes comically awry, with fredric march as her foil. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing i married a witch near you. Frustrated, she attempts to convince him by doctoring the gubernatorial election in his favor. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print info genre keywords. Search, discover and share your favorite i married a witch gifs. Still, even a lesser criterion effort exceeds what any other studio ever gave or would have given this somewhat forgotten, definitely fun 1940s comedy. Lake is delightfully effective as the malicious woman, whose ideas of punishment are often beautifully absurd. It was nominated for an academy award for best music, and was said to have inspired the popular television show bewitched.
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