I Married a Witch

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.