Bell, Book and Candle (1958) is a sparkling, exotic and intelligent comedy based on John Van Druten's original play about the unlikely subject of witchcraft in Manhattan. In his last romantic lead role, James Stewart is publisher Shep Henderson, sucked into the underworld of Greenwich Village by the extraordinarily beautiful Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak). Their liaison kicks off when Gillian employs her skills to indulge in a bit of fun. By the time Shep gets wise and rejects the artificial premise for a relationship, she has sacrificed her powers to emotional awakening and all is set for a happy ending. Largely thanks to an eccentric supporting cast, which includes Jack Lemmon as Gillian's warlock brother, Hermione Gingold as a fruity nightclub owner and Elsa Lanchester as Gillian's dotty aunt, the film has a delightfully off-centre quality. It's also a bittersweet allegory about being different. "We forfeit everything and then we end up in a little world of separateness from everyone", sighs Gillian. Novak is at the height of her beauty and here, as in her other 1958 triumph Vertigo (also with Stewart), her other-worldly quality fits the character so perfectly that her thespian limitations are well disguised. It's entrancing in every sense. On the DVD: Bell, Book and Candle's vibrant Technicolor explodes from the screen in this DVD release, which is enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions. Everything looks fresh and new--particularly the exotic nightclub scenes--and the mono soundtrack has lasted well. Extras include selected filmographies and original trailers, and detailed background in the booklet notes. --Piers Ford
Invisible Ghost: Actor Bela Lugosi born in Lugas Hungary on October 20 1882 was the screens most notorious personification of evil - at the peak of his career in the early 30's he helped usher in an era of new popularity for the horror genre. In this film a man carries out a series of grisly stranglings whilst under hypnosis by his insane and domineering wife... Scared To Death: The pieces of a puzzling murder are revealed to us one by one in this frightening story
The return of The Open to Carnoustie after a gap of 8 years saw arguably the greatest Championship of the modern era won by Irishman Padraig Harrington in a tense four hole play-off against Spaniard Sergio Garcia. The four days of golf saw high drama course records and some of the most sparkling golf ever seen on an Open Championship course as Harrington secured the first win of a major tournament by a European for 8 years and the first time in 60 years that an Irishman captured the Claret Jug.This film not only tells the story of Harrington's emotional win over the world's finest players but also provides the official and definitive record of the drama and excitement that surrounded The 136th Open Championship.
The Official DVD of the 133rd Open Championship. For the second year running an unknown American walked away with The Open Championship. Todd Hamilton claimed the ancient trophy in a four-hole play-off with Ernie Els after they had tied on 10 under par 274. The unknown American had held on grimly to his overnight lead throughout a day of greatly fluctuating fortunes as six of the leading players in the world rankings tried to dislodge him. He faltered only at the last hitting his t
It's hilarity in both theaters with Umbrella's latest addition to their 'All-Star Comedy Capers Double Feature' series!Operation Mad Bill (1957)In post-WW2 France, U.S. Army hospital private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit one another on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organising unauthorised dances and influencing their C.O.The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1969)During WW2, Lt. Rip Crandall, who was a yachtsman before the war, takes command of the USS Echo, a sailing ship, for a secret mission in waters patrolled by Japanese warships.
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