Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
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(Richard Quine, US 1958, 106 min., 35mm)
A charming, radiant Kim Novak plays Gillian, a genuine but good witch, who casts a spell on oblivious publisher Shepard (James Stewart) to make him leave his fiancée and fall in love with her. The stellar cast includes Jack Lemmon as Novak's zany warlock brother, and Ernie Kovacs as a pompous writer. Fresh off of the intense, tragic Vertigo, Novak and Stewart re-teamed for this delightful comedy, displaying just as much screen chemistry and serving as the inspiration for the 1960s sitcom Bewitched. Here, cinematographer (and George Eastman Award honoree) James Wong Howe works with the Technicolor aesthetic to create fantastical, ethereal compositions.