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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
Nov 14, 2019. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. 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...
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- James Stewart
- Richard Quine
- Phoenix Pictures
Bell Book And Candle (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Just An Old Bugaboo Shep (James Stewart) has kind-of dragged fianceè Merle (Janice Rule) to the Zodiac in Manhattan to meet new friends Gillian and aunt Queenie (Kim Novak, Elsa Lanchester), whom he does not know are witches, discovering a history, and brother Danny (Jack Lemmon) in the band, in Bell ...
- 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. (play) Gillian Holroyd, a witch, casts a spell over Shepherd Henderson, a publisher. He falls head over heels in love with her, but witches, unfortunately, cannot fall in love. Gillian Holroyd's Apartment in Murray Hill, New York City. Bell, Book and Candle is a 1950 Broadway play by John Van Druten. [1]
