What Movie Related Book Have You Read Lately?

[LostHorizons]

Bewitched was inspired by I Married A Witch and Bell, Book and, Candle.

In Bewitched though neither the man or the woman falls in love as the result of magic --- which was the case in I Married A Witch and (I think) Bell, Book and Candle.

In I Married A Witch,Veronica Lake's character was trying to put the love spell on Fredric March's character but ended up hexing herself!

The one major difference with Bewitched is that the witch doesn't lose her powers if she falls in love. Of course, the producers had to make this change since the major plot device of the show is when the witch has to use her powers (but only, when necessary, well,, based on what she tells Darrin).

Both movies end with the witch no longer having powers but feeling being is love is better (which is a very romantic concept).

Did Veronica Lake's character lose her powers in I MARRIED A WITCH?
It's been awhile since I've seen it so I don't remember.
I remember at the end Fredric March and Veronica Lake are a married couple with children and are sitting in their living room with the Veronica Lake character knitting or something like that.
I also don't remember if she ever falls in love with Fredric March's character "for real" or if it's just the effect of the love potion.

Lake’s character gives up her powers but their daughter runs in with a witch hat and broom and runs around making noises and the husband says something to the effect of “not again!” That’s a really cute movie.

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I just finished reading Making Movies" by Director Sidney Lumet. Great look at various steps involved in making movies. While he started directing towards the end of the studio system the book is a fascinating look behind the scenes of movie making in the '60s and later from the director who gave us among other films 12 ANGRY MEN, SERPICO, NETWORK, and DOG DAY AFTERNOON.

[HoldenIsHere]

I just finished reading Making Movies" by Director Sidney Lumet. Great look at various steps involved in making movies. While he started directing towards the end of the studio system the book is a fascinating look behind the scenes of movie making in the '60s and later from the director who gave us among other films 12 ANGRY MEN, SERPICO, NETWORK, and DOG DAY AFTERNOON.

Sidney Lumet is one of my favorite movie directors.
I haven't seen all of his movies, but there hasn't been one I have seen that I haven't enjoyed on some level, even if the subject matter was disturbing, as was the case with EQUUS.

My favorite movies of his (ones I have seen multiple times) are:
RUNNING ON EMPTY (probably my #1 favorite Lumet movie)
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
THE FUGITIVE KIND
MURDER ON THR ORIENT EXPRESS
12 ANGRY MEN
DEATHTRAP

Others I have seen and have enjoyed/admired:
NETWORK
THE VERDICT
THE MORNING AFTER
EQUUS
THE WIZ
LAST OF THE MOBILE HOT SHOTS (aka BLOOD KIN)

[HoldenIsHere]

The one major difference with Bewitched is that the witch doesn't lose her powers if she falls in love. Of course, the producers had to make this change since the major plot device of the show is when the witch has to use her powers (but only, when necessary, well,, based on what she tells Darrin).

Both movies end with the witch no longer having powers but feeling being is love is better (which is a very romantic concept).

Did Veronica Lake's character lose her powers in I MARRIED A WITCH?
It's been awhile since I've seen it so I don't remember.
I remember at the end Fredric March and Veronica Lake are a married couple with children and are sitting in their living room with the Veronica Lake character knitting or something like that.
I also don't remember if she ever falls in love with Fredric March's character "for real" or if it's just the effect of the love potion.

Lake’s character gives up her powers but their daughter runs in with a witch hat and broom and runs around making noises and the husband says something to the effect of “not again!” That’s a really cute movie.

Thanks for the information. I didn't remember if Veronica Lake's character gave up her powers, but I did remember the part about the daughter running around with a broom at the end and Veronica Lake and Fredric March looking at each other with "Oh no!" expressions.
I also remember that Lake's character's warlock father was trapped in a liquor bottle that's seen at the end of the movie locked in a shelf over the fireplace.
I MAARRIED A WITCH is a really fun movie that I need to re-watch again.

The part about the daughter with the broom reminded me of the episode of BEWITCHED from the first season called "... And Something Makes Three" where Darrin thinks Samantha is pregnant (it was actually Louise Tate who was expecting) and he imagines what their children would be like. In that episode, Maureen McCormick (best known for her role as Marcia Brady on THE BRADY BUNCH) plays one of the witch daughters named "Little Endora." In Darrin's fantasy, Little Endora turns her brother Maurice into a plant for taking her candy and teasing her.
Maureen McCormick would later appear in the second season episode "Trick or Treat" where Samantha's mother Endora (played by Agnes Moorehead) takes the form of a trick-or-treating little girl on Halloween to put a hex on Darrin.
Samantha is pregnant in that episode and is wearing maternity clothes. She'd give birth to her daughter eleven episodes later in "... And Then There Were Three."

[TikiSoo]

Omigod that picture is so funny! Those expressions!
I didn't appreciate Dick York as a kid, wondered why such a pretty girl would be attracted to him. I know now-he's hilarious!

[HoldenIsHere]

Omigod that picture is so funny! Those expressions!
I didn't appreciate Dick York as a kid, wondered why such a pretty girl would be attracted to him. I know now-he's hilarious!

The "Trick Or Treat" episode of BEWITCHED has become part of our annual Halloween viewing. This year we watched all five of the BEWITCHED Halloween episodes. We enjoy them all.

The sweetie's favorite Darrin reaction occurs in the pre-closing credits tag in the "Trick Or Treat" episode. It was a contender for a lap top PC screen saver:

[TikiSoo]

UGH, I have a book to warn you all from buying: Steve McQueen King Of Cool Tales Of A Lurid Life by Darwin Porter.

MrTiki picked this up at a thrift store thinking I’d like it, oy.
Just the cover-all photos of McQueen shirtless in beefcake poses- tells you what the author is focused on.
I randomly open the book periodically and have never fallen on any of it’s 400+ pages without reading about McQueen's sordid exploits. I can’t believe anyone would’ve wasted their time researching this.
I can’t imagine anyone cares.