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 Jul 23, 2025 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 Ren? Clair and starring Fredric March and Veronica Lake. The cinematography is by Ted Tetzlaff, the music by Roy Webb, and the costumes by Edith... Read full article


This Month at the Library : I Married a Witch (1942) - Bewitched, Bothered and Charmed

By FlickChick on Sep 30, 2023 From A Person in the Dark

My local library is kind enough to indulge my desire to share my passion for classic film by allowing me to show a classic film once a month. And once in a while, a few film fans wander in and share the enjoyment.October's Film: I Married a Witch (1942)I admit I approached this film with a kind of b... Read full article


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


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Quotes from

Daniel: Pistol, pistol, let there be/Murder in the first degree


Dr. Dudley White: Oh well, it's late, I've got to be getting into my strait jacket. I'll call a broom.


Daniel: Goodbye, Jennifer, be a bad girl.


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Veronica Lake and Fredric March did not like one another, due in part to some disparaging remarks March made about her. During filming, Lake delighted in playing pranks on March, such as hiding a 40-pound weight under her costume when March had to carry her in his arms. In another scene in which the two were photographed only from the waist up, Lake stuck her foot in March's groin.
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.
Joel McCrea was initially cast as the lead, but declined the role because he didn't want to work again with Veronica Lake, his co-star in Sullivan's Travels.
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