Talk:I Married a Witch
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The Bewitched section
editSteven J. Anderson removed the section about the relationship of this film to Bewitched. I don't disagree with the removal -- I almost did it myself when I was working on the article a couple of months ago, but decided to let it go -- but I thought I'd put the section here for reference, since a citation which established the existence of the "common belief" would probably be sufficient to reinsert it.
==Possible inspiration for Bewitched== + - It is a common belief that the popular 1960s television series Bewitched was inspired by this film. Sol Saks, the creator of Bewitched, neither confirmed nor denied this in his book, The Craft of Comedy Writing. He said that "the idea of a witch living as a mortal…has been used in Greek mythology, in fairy tales, in novels, on the stage, and in motion pictures. The only real originality, I’m quite willing to confess, was that Bewitched was the first to adapt the concept successfully to the television screen."[1] Coincidentally, Cecil Kellaway appeared in one episode of Bewitched as Santa Claus in 1964.[2]
Actually, Sol Sacks, creator of "Bewitched" (1964), 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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.149.224 (talk) 21:40, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Correction
editCurrent text states Patricia Morrison was considered for the role of Estelle. It was Patricia Morison, the actress (spelling needs to be corrected)69.181.216.226 (talk) 01:41, 31 October 2010 (UTC) rom 10/30/10.
- Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:13, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Timing of the curse
editUh... I haven't seen the movie, but it seems unlikely that Jennifer cursed Wooley AFTER being burned at the stake and having her ashes buried, which is what the first paragraph of the "Plot" section seems to indicate. Perhaps the words "In revenge" should be changed to "Before her execution"? — Embram (talk) 13:01, 16 July 2022 (UTC)