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Bell, Book and Candle is a 1958 American supernatural romantic comedy film directed by Richard Quine from a screenplay by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1950 Broadway play of the same title by John Van Druten and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs.
The phrase "bell, book, and candle" refers to a Latin Christian method of excommunication by anathema, imposed on a person who had committed an exceptionally grievous sin. Evidently introduced by Pope Zachary around the middle of the 8th century, the rite was once used by the Latin Church. Ritual
Bell Book and Candle: Directed by Richard Quine. With James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs. A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead.
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- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Richard Quine
- 1958-12-19
CineClips. 763K subscribers. 224K views 6 months ago #JamesStewart #BellBookandCandle #KimNovak. Meet Gillan Holroyd (Kim Novak), Greenwich Village's most seductive sorceress. Powerful,...
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A 1958 comedy about a modern-day witch who falls in love with a publisher after casting a love spell on him. Read critics and audience reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to stream or buy the film.
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- James Stewart
- Richard Quine
- Phoenix Pictures
The phrase ‘bell, book and candle’ is the final line of an incantation denoting excommunication from the Catholic church. What's the origin of the phrase 'Bell, book and candle'? In the excommunication ceremony officials close the book, quench the candle and toll a bell, as for someone who had died.
Dec 27, 2017 · Bell, Book and Candle was released on Christmas Day 1958, and was a hit. Today we’d call it a romcom, as Gillian sets her sights on Stewart’s New York publishing executive Shep Henderson,...
