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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
You'll beWITCHED! You'll beDAZZLED! You'll be swept into a world of enchantment BEYOND ANYTHING BEFORE!
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
- Original title
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $20,000,000
- Revenue
- $17,900,000
CinemaSerf
Nov 26, 2022 · via TMDB
It's very much in the vein of "Mary Poppins" (1964) this, with a very similar style of live-action and animated sequences used to tell a slightly more menacing story. When three siblings arrive in a rural English village, evacuated from London during the Blitz of WWII, they are placed with the rather eccentric and definitely unwilling "Miss Price" (Angela Lansbury). Things start to look up for all concerned though when the kids discover that she is a trainee witch, and when they meet "Emelius" (David Tomlinson) they embark on some adventures using their magical bed as their vehicle in the search for the missing part of a substitutiary locomotion spell that might just thwart the Nazis. As with "Poppins", the music and lyrics come from the Sherman twins and "Beautiful Briny" and "Portobello Road" are probably the two best from their not so catchy soundtrack this time. Lansbury and Tomlinson work well together with the former on good form as the ostensibly prim and proper, but actually quite feisty and mischievous would-be witch. The three youngsters also perform well, especially the youngest "Paul" (Roy Snart) who just won't let anyone else near the knob that controls the bed! A smattering of familiar faces help to keep the story bobbing along nicely and the animations, tough not so frequent as I would have liked, blend in well with some fun action scenes - especially at the end - and make for an enjoyable, feel-good, family movie.
Gimly
Mar 18, 2018 · via TMDB
When I was younger, I used to spend a lot of my life alone in a studio with one of those tiny little 15cm TVs you wouldn't be caught dead with nowadays, plugged in to a VCR player, and exactly three movies on VHS. One of those three movies (the best of those three) was _Bedknobs and Broomsticks_. I watched it multiple times a day, every day, for months at a time. A period piece musical that saw orphans and their witch-friend get an army of sentient suits of armour to fight the Nazis... Is it any bloody wonder I turned out the way I did? Great movie though. Wouldn't kill me to see a remake with modern technology. So long as it kept the vibe and setting of the original. _Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._
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Angela Lansbury
Miss Price
David Tomlinson
Emelius
Roddy McDowall
Mr. Jelk
Sam Jaffe
Bookman
John Ericson
Col. Heller
Bruce Forsyth
Swinburne
Ian Weighill
Charlie
Arthur Gould-Porter
Capt. Greer
Reginald Owen
Gen. Teagler
Cyril Delevanti
Elderly Farmer
John Orchard
Plaster Vendor
Bob Holt
Codfish (voice)
Lennie Weinrib
Secretary Bird / Lion (voice)
Dal McKennon
Bear (voice)
Conrad Bachmann
German Soldier (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Don Barclay
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Jack Berle
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Anthony Eustrel
Vendor (uncredited)
Morgan Farley
Old Piano Player (uncredited)
Delos Jewkes
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Arthur Malet
Mr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited)
Barbara Morrison
Vendor with Hat and Boa (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Jack Raine
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Director
Bill Walsh
Producer
Irwin Kostal
Original Music Composer
Richard M. Sherman
Songs
Robert B. Sherman
Songs
Milt Kahl
Animation
Bill Walsh
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Don DaGradi
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