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Bell, Book and Candle is a 1958 American supernatural romantic comedy film directed by Richard Quine from a screenplay by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1950 Broadway play of the same title by John Van Druten and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs.
Bell Book and Candle: Directed by Richard Quine. With James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs. A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead.
- (13K)
- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Richard Quine
- 1958-12-19
The phrase "bell, book, and candle" refers to a Latin Christian method of excommunication by anathema, imposed on a person who had committed an exceptionally grievous sin. Evidently introduced by Pope Zachary around the middle of the 8th century, [1] the rite was once used by the Latin Church .
1958's Bell, Book and Candle re-teams the stars of Hitchcock'sVertigo in a quirky romantic comedy that plays like a do-over to allow Kim Novak and James Stewart a happier finish. Beautiful, mysterious art gallery proprietress Gil Holroyd (Novak) is actually a practicing witch.
- Richard Quine, Irving Moore, Max Stein
- James Stewart
Meet Gillan Holroyd (Kim Novak), Greenwich Village's most seductive sorceress. Powerful, glamorous,and a wee bit bored, Gillian knows that witches can't fall in love.
- 103 min
- 221.8K
- CineClips
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Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is a modern-day witch living in Greenwich Village. Publisher Shep Henderson (James Stewart) moves into the apartment above hers and she becomes interested in him.