Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Bill Walsh for Walt Disney Productions. It is loosely based upon the books The Magic Bedknob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons (1944) and Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947) by English children’s author Mary Norton. The film stars Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, John Ericson, and introduces Ian Weighill, Cindy O’Callaghan, and Roy Snart.
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Another piece of childhood nostalgia here with this musical film about witches in Nazi Germany. We find ourselves in an out of the way English sea side town, where many victims find themselves being evacuated after the London bombings. Here we find a lovely lady named Ms. Price holding her own and taking a witchery by mail course in an attempt to help her country. She suddenly beset with three children to take care of and a very abrupt end to her witchery by mail course.
And so begins an adventure into the unknown, through the streets of London, to the fantastical island of Naboombu, and back to the little town of Pepperinge Eye. With musical introductions and explanations along to the way of course.
I love the cast here, Angela Lansbury is so wonderful to watch on screen, the same with David Tomlinson.
My Rating: ★ ★ ★
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