Bewitched creator Sol Saks cited Bell, Book and Candle and I Married a Witch as inspirations for his classic TV series. This screwball witch comedy from France is a classic. The movie is based on the book The Passionate Witch by Thorne Smith, and the plot is about a witch trying to take revenge against the descendant of a Salem Puritan bloodline that once wrecked her witch heritage.Instead of taking revenge, though, she starts to fall in love, and hilarity ensures. I Married a Witch (movie) (religion, spiritualism, and occult) A 1942 film directed by René Clair, starring Fredric March, Veronica Lake and Susan Hayward. It’s easy to fall under its spell. Susan Hayward was born Edythe Marrenner on June 30, 1917, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, the youngest of three children to Ellen (née Pearson; 1888–1958) and Walter Marrenner (1879–1938). It’s easy to fall under its spell. "I Married a Witch" is a daffy romantic fantasy that doesn't quite go off the rails toward the end but does make a person start wondering what you could do with a remake - the sort where you keep all the good jokes and maybe find someone who can pull them off as well as Veronica Lake but also follow the story where it leads a modern viewer. As a seventeenth-century witch (Lake) is being burned at the stake, she puts a curse on her accuser (March), saying that all … She started getting better roles after that like a supporting role in the Cecil B. DeMille’s epic ‘Reap the Wild Wind’ in 1942 starring John Wayne and Paulette Goddard, a comedy ‘I Married a Witch’ in 1942 with Veronica Lake in the lead role and a World War II drama ‘The Fighting Seabees’ in 1944 opposite John Wayne which made her very popular. "Bewitched" ran for eight seasons and 254 episodes beginning in 1964 and was the story of a witch married to an ordinary man, whom she does not inform of her special powers until after their wedding. I Married a Witch wasn't the only story that charmed Sol Saks while he was developing Bewitched.As Harpies Bizarre explains, he was equally inspired by the 1950 John Van Druten play, Bell, Book and Candle, as well as the 1958 film adaptation of the work (directed by Richard Quine). In Suspiria, Luca Guadagnino’s inspired remake of the 1977 horror classic, witches drape every surface. I Married a Witch: A wacky comedy from the 1940s. I Married a Witch is more rom-com than horror, a love story with a healthy serving of cauldrons and broomsticks. Her mother was of Swedish descent. Her paternal grandmother, Katherine Harrigan, was an actress from County Cork, Ireland. Early life. Interestingly, I’ve gotten quite a few comments about my Rebecca recast, and figured it might be time to dust off this feature! Mia moglie è una strega-Wikipedia It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife. Kristen ReCasts the Classics: I Married a Witch It’s been awhile since I’ve recast any classics, the last one being about the Guys and Dolls remake. Bewitched is an American fantasy sitcom television series, originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. Another romantic comedy about a witch and a mortal — in this case, Kim Novak as Gillian Holroyd and Jimmy Stewart as her neighbor and crush, Shep Henderson, whom she tries to woo with magic. Often described as a remake of I Married a Witch by René Clair, Castellano & Pipolo denied that the film was a remake, stating that the film was not a "remake, a retelling, or a rip-off" stating the film was more of an attempt at an American fantastique type film comparing it to Mary Poppins or The Love Bug.