I married a witch is a 1942 american fantasy romantic comedy film, directed by rene clair, and starring veronica lake as a witch whose plan for revenge goes. The main story is two witches in colonial salem are burned at the staked and a tree is planted over their ashes to imprison their evil spirits. It is a horror movie about a suburban housewife joan jan white, who is married to an abusive husband jack bill thunhurst. Veronica lake in a publicity photo for i married a witch 1943. I married a witch 1942 veronica lakefredric marchsusan. Carries some interest on the novelty angles, if nothing else, but on the whole is. The screenplay by robert pirosh and marc connelly and uncredited other writers, including dalton trumbo, is based on.
Quickly passing through the familys unfortunate marital history, the films main plot begins when. Oct 09, 2014 i married a witch trailer 1942 director. I married a witch is a 1942 american fantasy romantic comedy film, directed by rene clair, and starring veronica lake as a witch whose plan for revenge goes comically awry, with fredric march as her foil. Rent i married a witch 1942 on dvd and bluray netflix. I married a witch 1942 movie clip youll be a redhead. It was always decided that id include i married a witch during my halloween festivities. The film had been scheduled to be directed by preston sturges and to be released by its producing studio, paramount. If youre looking for less heavy material, the festival even sports a film for the whole family with the delightful studio ghibli flick. After all, it was the film that brought veronica lake into my life. Rent i married a witch 1942 starring fredric march and veronica lake on dvd and bluray.
Season of the witch film festival heart of the city. A beautiful 17thcentury witch returns to life to plague politician wallace wooley, descendant of. I think the circumstances of life both my own and the growing garbage fire that is the world at large as i write this in midjuly i think that is why i couldnt slip into the comforting, charming world of i married a witch. Most of us have only seen rene clairs movie in seriously compromised, dark copies with rough audio. Mostly lighthearted movies most in technicolor cenema. Puritan witch hunter jonathan wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake. I married a witch 1942 starring fredric march and veronica lake. Her career continued on stage, radio and television throughout much of the 20th century. I married a witch was nominated for a 1943 academy award for best music scoring of a dramatic or. Titanic 1943 is, as the name implies, an adaptation of the real life story of the rms titanic, which sank in the earlymorning hours of april 15, 1912, at the cost of some 1,500 lives. I adore this movie and i adore criterion for releasing a beautiful bluray transfer of it. Oct 14, 2016 hubrisween central letterboxd page you know, this is sort of the perfect halloween movie, if youre not into hardcore scary stuff. I married a witch is fantasy romantic comedy movie that was written by robert pirosh, marc connelly, andre rigaudfilm and rene clair, who also directed.
The idea of the good witch, by the 1940s and 1950s, turned into the sexy witch through this film, and stage hit and film bell, book, and candle 1958 see this previous post. Veronica lake sullivans travels casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in the 1942 supernatural screwball comedy i married a witch. With fredric march, veronica lake, robert benchley, susan hayward. Veronica lake i married a witch, 1942 celebrities with cats. I married a witch is a 1942 american fantasy romantic comedy film, directed by rene clair, and. After several hilarious throughtheyears examples the civil warera fredric march runs off to battle rather than endure his wifes nagging, we are brought up to 1942.
On the eve of his election as governor, candidate wallace fredric march is lured into a burning hotel by newlyembodied witch jennifer veronica lake, in i married a witch, 1942, directed by rene clair. I forgot where i read this but veronica lake was mad at fred march so she tied a 20 pound weights to her for when march had to carry her and apparently made quite a big difference as march was a lot older than her and she was mad at his being a stuck up actor as the story. Topics movie trailers, fantasies, romantic fantasies, screwball comedies, veronica lake, fredric march, robert benchley. Cecil kellaway, elizabeth patterson, fredric march, robert benchley, susan hayward, veronica lake official content from vestron video. A salem witch veronica lake enchants a candidate for governor fredric march about to marry. I married a witch is one hour and seventeen minutes and was released in theaters on october 30, 1942. The movie features veronica lake, fredric march, susan hayward, robert benchley and cecil kellaway. Rene clairs timeless romantic fantasy and screwball comedy. A beautiful 17thcentury witch returns to life to plague politician wallace wooley, descendant of her persecutor.
With films like michael reeves witchfinder general, the violent and lurid potential of the. The most delightful of the films the innovative french director rene clair made in hollywood, i married a witch is a comic confection bursting with playful special. I married a witch full full movie, i married a witch full full movie streaming i married a witch full movie engsub watch i married a witch full english full movie online i married a witch full. With fredric march, veronica lake, robert benchley production company. May 7, 2018 explore filmliebhabers photos on flickr. I married a witch, starring susan hayward,part 6, final by ginger haydon. Siskoid 1942s i married a witch is a bit of a puff piece i guess thats a pun based on how much time the witches spend in smoke form, but its an amusing one where we quickly forgive and forget the murders, and the mythology is so close to that of bewitched, my head canon is basically that this is how samantha and darren met. I married a witch 2008 stream and watch online moviefone. Released october 6th, 2008, i married a witch stars fredric march, veronica lake, robert benchley, susan hayward the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 16 min, and received a score of out of 100.
Opening with an amusing witch trial in 17th century maine, i married a witch, sets its playful and irreverent tone within its first few minutes as a puritanical fredric march, and all his subsequent heirs, are cursed to forever be unlucky in love by the accused witch and her warlock father. I married a witch 1942 veronica lake in i married a witch 1942 i married a witch 1942 veronica lake in i married a witch 1942. What makes this version unique is that it was a german production made by those wacky nazis, right in the middle of world war ii, as a piece of antibritish propaganda. The most delightful of the films the innovative french director rene clair made in hollywood, i married a witch is a comic confection bursting with playful special effects and sparkling. At present, politician wallace wooley, who is running for state governor, is about to marry his sponsors daughter. She won an academy award for her starring role in kitty foyle 1940, but is best remembered for performing during the 1930s in rkos musical films with fred astaire. In the classic movie, many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the salem puritan who sent her to the stake, jennifer lake, the blonde bombshell with the broomstick, finds.
I married a witch fredric march veronica lake robert benchley 1942 a politicians campaign for governor is complicated by a seductive witch with romance and revenge on her mind. I married a witch, starring susan hayward, clip 1 youtube. The movie was released on vhs by warner home video in the u. Siskoid 1942s i married a witch is a bit of a puff piece i guess thats a pun based on how much time the witches spend in smoke form, but its an amusing one where we quickly forgive and forget the murders, and the mythology is so close to that of bewitched, my head canon is. American actress veronica lake passed away on 7th jul 1973 burlington, vermont usa aged 50. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Feb 15, 2016 12 season of the witch 1973 nowadays, season of the witch is mostly interesting because it was made by the legendary zombie horror film maker george a. On the surface, i married a witch is a tale of the supernatural, played for laughs, and uses its premise to poke fun at american politics, the institution of marriage, and new englands puritan ancestors. Oct 3, 2014 i married a witch 1942 fredric marchveronica lake. I married a witch 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A few centuries later, lightning hit a tree causing a branch to break off and freeing the two spirits. Gallery of 33 movie poster and cover images for i married a witch 1942.
Read the full synopsis of i married a witch, 1942, directed by rene clair, with fredric march, veronica lake, robert benchley, at turner classic movies. Veronica lake on the cover of cinemundial magazine, january 1943. In march 1940 cedric hardwicke initiated plans for a movie made without remuneration by british writers, directors and. To give some context, sullivans travels cemented my love for veronica, but i married a witch was the first film i ever saw her in. As she burns at the stake, a 17th century witch, jennifer veronica lake. The criterion collections bluray of i married a witch is licensed from westchester films, which retained the films original nitrate negative and a finegrain duplication element. July 16, 1911 april 25, 1995 was an american actress, dancer and singer. The film was released on dvd and bluray by the criterion collection in the u. Based on the thorne smith novel the passionate witch, the rollicking i married a witch can be considered the forerunner of the tv series bewitched, but only on a surface level. Born constance frances marie ockelman on 14th november, 1922 scorpio in brooklyn, new york city, new york, usa and educated at miami high school, veronica lake is most remembered for i married a witch movie, peekaboo girl. Then threequarters complete, its resolution was written by his friend norman matson and was published in july 1941.
Many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the salem puritan who sent her to the stake, this blonde bombshell with a broomstick finds herself drawn to one of thema prospective governor fredric march about to marry a spoiled socialite susan hayward. Forever and a day is a 1943 american drama film, a collaborative effort employing seven directorsproducers and 22 writers, including an uncredited alfred hitchcock, with an enormous cast of wellknown stars. As she burns at the stake, a 17th century witch, jennifer veronica lake, places a curse on her accuser fredric march, so that from this day forward, all of his descendants each played by him will be unhappy in marriage. I married a witch 1942 is a playful examination of three elements. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. I married a witch was nominated for a 1943 academy award for best music scoring of a dramatic or comedy picture for composer roy webb. Opening with a double witch burning sanctioned by the wooley clan in 1690, the story proceeds swiftly through the centuries up to 1942 where. Watch i married a witch full movie hd free online primewire. Its touch is light, its outlook humorous, its wellmade and imaginative. Oct 3, 2014 i married a witch 1942 fredric marchveronica lake stay safe and healthy. Samantha of the tv hit bewitched followed in due course in the 1960s.