Bell, Book and Candle

Director: Richard Quine

Overview

"Bell, Book and Candle gets a fair DVD reissue from Columbia TriStar Home Video that doesn't offer any additional features to fans of this ""nonconformists as witches"" movie. Thankfully, all the technical aspects of the DVD edition of this late-'50s roma

Product Details

Release Date:	01/26/2010
UPC:	0043396013292
Original Release:	1958
Rating:	NR
Source:	COLUMBIA
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[monaural, Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	271

Special Features

Digitally Remastered Audio & Anamorphic Video; Production Notes; Interactive Menus; Audio: English (Mono) Spanish (Mono); Subtitles: English, Spanish; Vintage Advertising; Talent Files; Theatrical Trailer; Bonus Trailers; Scene Selections

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

James Stewart	Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson
Kim Novak	Gillian 'Gil' Holroyd
Jack Lemmon	Nicky Holroyd
Ernie Kovacs	Sidney Redlitch
Hermione Gingold	Bianca de Passe
Elsa Lanchester	Queenie
Janice Rule	Merle Kittridge
Philippe Clay	French Singer
Bek Nelson	Secretary
Howard McNear	Andy White
Wolfe Barzell	Proprietor
Joe Barry	Exterminator
Gail Bonney	Merle's Maid
Monty Ash	Herb Store Owner
Don Brodie	Cab Driver
James Lanphier	Waldo
Ollie O'Toole	Elevator Operator
John Truax	Cab Driver
George Duning	Composer

Technical Credits

Daniel Taradash

Daniel Taradash	Screenwriter
Julian Blaustein	Producer
Charles Nelson	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Start [2:26]
2. Gillian in a rut [1:24]
3. Being neighborly [2:33]
4. Reporting a sick phone [3:36]
5. Angry with Queenie [5:00]
6. The Zodiac Club [1:31]
7. Charming little number [2:20]
8. Former classmates [3:29]
9. Walking home [1:51]
10. Exchanging gifts [1:53]
11. Summoning [2:34]
12. Brandy with Gillian [5:10]
13. Spellbound [4:17]
14. Breaking the news [3:02]
15. Sidney Retlich [5:06]
16. A drink with friends [4:18]
17. A collaborator [5:40]
18. Shep propeses [6:08]
19. Absolute trash [3:34]
20. Telling Shep [9:09]
21. Hard to break up [5:59]
22. Breaking the chains [3:54]
23. Shep moves out [4:02]
24. Warning Merle [1:47]
25. Pyewacket runs away [1:30]
26. Real tears [2:54]
27. Familiar familiar [1:41]
28. Flowers of the Sea [5:19]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play Movie
Aspect Ratio Selection
Widescreen
Full Screen
Audio Set-up
Subtitles
Special Features
Talent Files
Rihard Quine
James Stewart
Kim Novak
Jack Lemmon
Theatrical Trailers
Bell, Book And Candle
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
The Man From Laramie
Vintage Advertising

Editorial Reviews

The attitudes in this comic fantasy are very much those of a 1950s establishment mindset: Kim Novak's character loses her supernatural powers when she falls in love, and she doesn't mind losing her wiles if it means marriage and a placid domestic life with beau James Stewart. Nonetheless, the film has excellent production values, charismatic performances, and sprightly dialogue. It represented a change of pace for Novak and Stewart after their previous teaming, earlier that year, in the decidedly non-comic Vertigo. Much of the film's strength comes from their screen chemistry, though some of the witty sophistication of John Van Druten's stage play is lost in the translation to the big screen. Supporting performers Ernie Kovacs and Jack Lemmon have fine moments, as does Hermione Gingold.