I Married a Witch Overview:

I Married a Witch (1942) was a Comedy - Fantasy Film directed by René Clair and produced by Buddy G. DeSylva, Preston Sturges and René Clair.

Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringRoy WebbNominated
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Fredric March and Veronic Lake in Rene Clair’s “I Married a Witch”

By Stephen Reginald on Oct 8, 2021 From Classic Movie Man

Fredric March and Veronic Lake in Rene Clair’s “I Married a Witch” I Married a Witch (1942) is a romantic comedy fantasy directed by Rene Clair and starring Fredric March and Veronica Lake. The cinematography is by Ted Tetzlaff, music by Roy Webb, and costumes by Edith Head.Th... Read full article


[BASP] I Married a Witch (1942, Ren? Clair) / Bewitched (2005, Nora Ephron)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 12, 2016 From The Stop Button

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Nineteen I Married a Witch (1942, Ren? Clair) / Bewitched (2005, Nora Ephron) Originally posted: June 27, 2012 Subscribe via iTunes.... Read full article


I Married a Witch (1942)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 31, 2015 From 4 Star Films

Directed by French emigre Rene Clair, I Married a Witch is a surprisingly cheeky comedy for the 1940s. The plot opens up with the Salem Witch Trials where a male and female witch are to be burnt at the stake. However, before dying they cast a curse on the lineage of one Jonathan Wooley (played in Pu... Read full article


I Married a Witch (1942)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 31, 2015 From 4 Star Films

Directed by French emigre Rene Clair, I Married a Witch is a surprisingly cheeky comedy for the 1940s. The plot opens up with the Salem Witch Trials where a male and female witch are?both to be burnt at the stake. However, before dying they cast a curse on the lineage of one Jonathan Wooley (played ... Read full article


I Married a Witch (1942)

on Oct 3, 2014 From Journeys in Classic Film

It was always decided that I’d include I Married a Witch during my Halloween festivities. ?After all, it was the film that brought Veronica Lake into my life. ?To give some context, Sullivan’s Travels cemented my love for Veronica, but I Married a Witch was the first film I ever saw her ... Read full article


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Daniel: Goodbye, Jennifer, be a bad girl.


Jennifer: 'Twould be nice to have lips... lips to whisper lies... lips to kiss man and make him suffer. Father, why cannot I have lips, and eyes, and hair?


J.B. Masterson: Will you try to be a little more pleasant, at least until after the wedding?


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Several cast members listed in studio records did not appear in the movie. These were (with their character names): Reed Hadley (Young Man), Jan Buckingham (Young Woman), Florence Gill (Woman Playing Chess) and Walter Soderling (Man Playing Chess).
Veronica Lake was best known for her iconic hair style of having her right eye covered. Many women copied the style which caused problems since they were working in war plants and their hair kept getting caught in the machinery. Lake was asked to change her style until after the war. When she did she lost her iconic look and her popularity soon faded along with her career.
One of several Paramount Pictures productions purchased by United Artists for theatrical release in 1942-1943 during a product surplus of the former company, and a product shortage of the latter.
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