Bell, Book and Candle (1958) | |
Director(s) | Richard Quine |
Producer(s) | Julian Blaustein |
Top Genres | Comedy, Fantasy, Film Adaptation, Romance |
Top Topics | Based on Play, Romance (Comic) |
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Bell, Book and Candle Overview:
Bell, Book and Candle (1958) was a Fantasy - Romance Film directed by Richard Quine and produced by Julian Blaustein.
SYNOPSIS
Great cast in supernatural romantic comedy. When urban witch Novak casts a spell on Stewart to lure him away from a snooty former schoolmate, she finds the spell rebounding due to the intercession of a more powerful witch (Gingold). Lemmon and comic genius Kovacs add lots of laughs.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Academy Awards 1958 --- Ceremony Number 31 (source: AMPAS)
Award | Recipient | Result |
Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Louis Diage | Nominated |
Best Costume Design | Jean Louis | Nominated |
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Quotes from
Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson:
I may sound like a lunatic, but I'm not crazy!
Merle Kittridge: Are you trying to say you're... *jilting* me?
Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson: W-well, that's a very heavy word, Merle. It's a very heavy word. Let's just say that we're... uncoupling.
Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson: She used a cat.
Parrot: Cat!
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Merle Kittridge: Are you trying to say you're... *jilting* me?
Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson: W-well, that's a very heavy word, Merle. It's a very heavy word. Let's just say that we're... uncoupling.
Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson: She used a cat.
Parrot: Cat!
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Facts about
The title "Bell, Book and Candle" is a reference to excommunication, which is performed by bell, book and candle. It is opened with "Ring the bell, open the book, light the candle," and closed with "Ring the bell, close the book, quench the candle."
The play opened on Broadway in New York City at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 14, 1950 and closed on June 2, 1951 after 233 performances. The opening-night cast consisted of Rex Harrison as Shepherd Henderson, Lilli Palmer as Gillian Holroyd, Jean Adair as Miss Queeny Holroyd, Larry Gates as Sidney Redlitch and Scott McKay as Nicky Holroyd. There were no other characters in the play.
James Stewart celebrated his fiftieth birthday during filming.
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The play opened on Broadway in New York City at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 14, 1950 and closed on June 2, 1951 after 233 performances. The opening-night cast consisted of Rex Harrison as Shepherd Henderson, Lilli Palmer as Gillian Holroyd, Jean Adair as Miss Queeny Holroyd, Larry Gates as Sidney Redlitch and Scott McKay as Nicky Holroyd. There were no other characters in the play.
James Stewart celebrated his fiftieth birthday during filming.
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