I Married a Witch [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

I Married a Witch [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Rene Clair Cast: Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake
, Fredric March
Fredric March
, Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward
, Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley
Rene Clair
I Married a Witch [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

I Married a Witch [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Rene Clair Cast: Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake
, Fredric March
Fredric March
, Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward
, Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley
Rene Clair

Blu-ray (Black & White)

$29.99 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
    Choose Expedited Shipping at checkout for delivery by Thursday, April 4
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores

Related collections and offers


Overview

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. After several hilarious through-the-years examples (the Civil War-era Fredric March runs off to battle rather than endure his wife's nagging), we are brought up to 1942. Wallace Wooley (March) is a gubernatorial candidate, preparing to wed snooty socialite Estelle Masterson (Susan Hayward) -- the well-to-do daughter of a publisher who is backing him. A bolt of lightning strikes the tree where Jennifer had been executed three centuries earlier, thereby freeing the spirits of Jennifer and her warlock father, Daniel (Cecil Kellaway). Wallace meets Jennifer when she materializes in a burning building, obliging him to save her life. The revivified sorceress does everything in her power to induce Wallace to fall in love with her -- even destroying the ceremony in which the wedding is supposed to take place. The attempts succeed, and the two marry, but on their wedding night, Wallace refuses to believe Jennifer's claims that she is a witch. Frustrated, she attempts to convince him by doctoring the gubernatorial election -- in his favor. 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. The film had been scheduled to be directed by Preston Sturges and to be released by its producing studio, Paramount; the end result was helmed by René Clair (his second Hollywood film), and was distributed by United Artists.

Product Details

Release Date: 10/08/2013
UPC: 0715515110914
Original Release: 1942
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:17:00
Sales rank: 8,898

Special Features

Audio interview with director René Clair; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Veronica Lake Jennifer
Fredric March Wallace Wooley
Susan Hayward Estelle Masterson
Robert Benchley Dr. Dudley White
Cecil Kellaway Daniel
Eily Malyon Tabitha
Elizabeth Patterson Margaret
Robert Warwick J.B. Masterson
Nora Cecil Harriet
Emory Parnell Allen
Helen St. Rayner Vocalist
Aldrich Bowker Henry, Justice of the Peace
Emma Dunn Wife of the Justice of the Peace,Prison Guard
Harry Tyler Prisoner
Ralph Peters Prisoner
Charles Moore Rufus,Martha
Ann Carter Jennifer Jr., the Daughter
Broderick Crawford Actor
George Guhl Fred the Policeman
Wade Boteler Policeman
Eddy Chandler Motorcycle Cop
Jack Gardner Radio Voice
Jack Luden Ambulance Driver
Mickey Rentschler Young Folks at Country Club
Monte Blue Doorman
Lee Shumway Fireman
Billy Bevan Puritan Vendor
Charley Bates Woolley Jr.
Marie Blake Puritan
Reed Hadley Young Man
Florence Gill Woman Playing Chess
Robert Greig Town Crier
Mary Field Nancy Wooley
Al Bridge Prison Guard,Prison Guard
Kathryn Sheldon Elderly Wife
Charles Bates Wooley Son
William Haade Policeman
Frank Mills Joe the Cabbie
Billy Bletcher Photographer
Ernie Shields Waiter
Gordon DeMain Man with Masterson
Georgia Backus Older Woman
Arthur Stuart Hull Guest
Chester Conklin Bartender
Roy Webb Composer

Technical Credits
Rene Clair Director,Producer
Gordon Jennings Special Effects
Preston Sturges Producer
From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews