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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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, Ren? 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, Ren? 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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Quotes from

Daniel: Goodbye, Jennifer, be a bad girl.


J.B. Masterson: Will you try to be a little more pleasant, at least until after the wedding?


Wallace Wooley: I'm afraid you've got a hangover.
Daniel: Don't tell me what I've got! I invented the hangover. It was in 1892... B.C.


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Facts about

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.
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
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.
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