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I Married a Witch Overview:

I Married a Witch (1942) was a Comedy - Fantasy Film directed by René Clair and produced by Buddy G. DeSylva, Preston Sturges and René Clair.

Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringRoy WebbNominated
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I Married a Witch BlogHub Articles:

This Month at the Library : I Married a Witch (1942) - Bewitched, Bothered and Charmed

By FlickChick on Sep 30, 2023 From A Person in the Dark

My local library is kind enough to indulge my desire to share my passion for classic film by allowing me to show a classic film once a month. And once in a while, a few film fans wander in and share the enjoyment.October's Film: I Married a Witch (1942)I admit I approached this film with a kind of b... Read full article

Fredric March and Veronic Lake in Rene Clair’s “I Married a Witch”

By Stephen Reginald on Oct 8, 2021 From Classic Movie Man

Fredric March and Veronic Lake in Rene Clair’s “I Married a Witch” I Married a Witch (1942) is a romantic comedy fantasy directed by Rene Clair and starring Fredric March and Veronica Lake. The cinematography is by Ted Tetzlaff, music by Roy Webb, and costumes by Edith Head.Th... Read full article

[BASP] I Married a Witch (1942, René Clair) / Bewitched (2005, Nora Ephron)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 12, 2016 From The Stop Button

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Nineteen I Married a Witch (1942, René Clair) / Bewitched (2005, Nora Ephron) Originally posted: June 27, 2012 Subscribe via iTunes.... Read full article

I Married a Witch (1942)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 31, 2015 From 4 Star Films

Directed by French emigre Rene Clair, I Married a Witch is a surprisingly cheeky comedy for the 1940s. The plot opens up with the Salem Witch Trials where a male and female witch are to be burnt at the stake. However, before dying they cast a curse on the lineage of one Jonathan Wooley (played in Pu... Read full article

I Married a Witch (1942)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 31, 2015 From 4 Star Films

Directed by French emigre Rene Clair, I Married a Witch is a surprisingly cheeky comedy for the 1940s. The plot opens up with the Salem Witch Trials where a male and female witch are both to be burnt at the stake. However, before dying they cast a curse on the lineage of one Jonathan Wooley (played... Read full article

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I Married a Witch Quotes:

Dr. Dudley White: It's OK. He fell out of the window.
Jennifer: Ever hear of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? That was our crowd.
Dr. Dudley White: Oh well, it's late, I've got to be getting into my strait jacket. I'll call a broom.
Daniel: Goodbye, Jennifer, be a bad girl.
Jennifer: 'Twould be nice to have lips... lips to whisper lies... lips to kiss man and make him suffer. Father, why cannot I have lips, and eyes, and hair?
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I Married a Witch Facts
Many scenes had to be reshot because of the unprofessional behavior of Veronica Lake. Fredric March, her co-star, found her annoying and started to call the movie "I Married a Bitch". Other Lake co-stars held her in the same low esteem.
Joel McCrea was initially cast as the lead, but declined the role because he didn't want to work again with Veronica Lake, his co-star in Sullivan's Travels.
Sol Sacks, creator of Bewitched, stated in an interview for "True Hollywood Story: Bewitched" that he drew inspiration both from "I Married a Witch" and "Bell, Book and Candle" (1958) in creating the iconic TV series. Columbia Pictures owned the rights to both of those movies. As it also owned the television studio that was to produce "Bewitched," Sacks didn't worry about getting sued.
Dalton Trumbo was a contributing writer, but left because his interpretation of the novel differed from producer Preston Sturges. Sturges also left the production (and declined onscreen credit) because of artistic differences with director René Clair
One of several Paramount Pictures productions purchased by United Artists for theatrical release in 1942-1943 during a product surplus of the former company, and a product shortage of the latter.
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