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Actors: Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Bell, Book, and Candle |
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Jimmy Stewart, an editor, rents an apartment over the shop run by beautiful witch Kim Novak. When she finds that he's engaged to an old nemesis from her college days, she casts a spell to make him fall in love with her. But if a witch falls in love, she loses her powers. Her life is complicated by her brother, greedy warlock Jack Lemmon, and her aunt, bumbling witch Elsa Lanchester, as well as Ernie Kovacs as a mostly uniformed writer who specializes in witchcraft--and who, of course, Jimmy Stewart is eager to publish.
--Elizabeth Jewell, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Bell, Book, and Candle |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
Fantasy/Magic?
Yes
Fantasy element:
- Getting wishes granted
Lover is...
- magical being
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- editor/publisher
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an entire race
Profession/status:
- mage/magician
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can talk to animals
- fire/thunder/weather cntrl
- can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Any profanity?
- None
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