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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.
- $2.5 million (estimated U.S./Canada rentals)
- George Duning
- November 11, 1958
- Julian Blaustein
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.
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- 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, the rite was once used by the Roman Catholic Church. Ritual
In the late 1950s, Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is a modern-day witch living in New York City's Greenwich Village. When she encounters charming publisher Shepherd Henderson (James Stewart), she ...
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- James Stewart
- Richard Quine
- Phoenix Pictures
Bell Book and Candle - (Original Trailer) Beautiful witch Kim Novak places a love spell on James Stewart in the comedy Bell Book And Candle (1959) also starring Jack Lemmon.
- Richard Quine, Irving Moore, Max Stein
- James Stewart
bell, book, and candle, in Roman Catholicism, a ceremony formerly used in pronouncing the “major excommunication” or “anathema” (see excommunication). Its origins are not clear, but it dates back certainly to the late 9th century.
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Bell, Book and Candle is a 1950 Broadway play by John Van Druten. The original production was directed by John Van Druten with scenic and lighting design by George C. Jenkins, costumes by Anna Hill Johnstone with additional costumes exclusively designed for actress Lilli Palmer by Valentina.
