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Based on a story by Thorne Smith who died halfway through the project, the book was finished by Norman Matson. Titled: ''The Passionate Witch'', | Based on a story by Thorne Smith who died halfway through the project, the book was finished by Norman Matson. Titled: ''The Passionate Witch'', | ||
the book was a kind of pulp novel of the 1940's. | the book was a kind of pulp novel of the 1940's. | ||
Veronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural screwball classic. Many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the Salem puritan who sent her to the stake, this blonde bombshell with a broomstick finds herself drawn to one of them—a prospective governor (Fredric March) about to marry a spoiled socialite (Susan Hayward). This most delightful of the films the innovative French director René Clair (Le million) made in Hollywood is a comic confection bursting with playful special effects and sparkling witticisms. | |||
The LA Times called the film a "gay amusing film fantasy, in its best moments is contrived with enough hearty laughter." | The LA Times called the film a "gay amusing film fantasy, in its best moments is contrived with enough hearty laughter." | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[http://salem.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2625570?locg=63 Cinema Salem] by Peter Mac, p. 100-104. | |||
Revision as of 11:17, 17 September 2014
I Married a Witch was a film released in Oct. of 1942 starring Veronica Lake an Frederick March. Directed by Rene Clair. Written by Thorne Smith and Norman Matson.
Based on a story by Thorne Smith who died halfway through the project, the book was finished by Norman Matson. Titled: The Passionate Witch, the book was a kind of pulp novel of the 1940's.
Veronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural screwball classic. Many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the Salem puritan who sent her to the stake, this blonde bombshell with a broomstick finds herself drawn to one of them—a prospective governor (Fredric March) about to marry a spoiled socialite (Susan Hayward). This most delightful of the films the innovative French director René Clair (Le million) made in Hollywood is a comic confection bursting with playful special effects and sparkling witticisms.
The LA Times called the film a "gay amusing film fantasy, in its best moments is contrived with enough hearty laughter."
See Also
Cinema Salem by Peter Mac, p. 100-104.
