Get into the spirit of the season with an alternative holiday comedy!
In BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (1958), Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is feeling stuck in a rut. It's Christmastime, and she wants something different than "the same old thing day after day. Same old people." New Yorker Gillian is a witch from an old Massachusetts family, so she asks her familiar Pyewacket, a Siamese cat, to give her "something for Christmas." Is that her new neighbor, publisher Shep Henderson (James Stewart)? How long will it take him to realize the Greenwich Village bohemian is even more different than she seems?
This film immediately reunites Novak and Stewart after their leading roles in Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO (1958). Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn was counting on their proven onscreen chemistry, and it is fully evident. They're supported by Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, and Elsa Lanchester. The persona of each melds with their roles and makes their characters more fleshed out and fun. Gorgeous and talkative Pyewacket, played by multiple cats, is one of the memorable movie felines.
The film's legacy lives on in helping to inspire one of the great hits of classic television. Come find out which and see why! Feel free to bring a festive attitude and share your favorite holiday watches, traditional or not.
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, & Elsa Lanchester
Directed by Richard Quine
Movie Length: 106 minutes
Color: Color
Doors open at 5:15 PM, and the film starts at 5:30 PM.
The club meets in the library's Rita E. Steele Auditorium. All are welcome! You do not have to live in Fairhaven to join or attend events. Both are FREE to the public.
To easily access the auditorium, please enter the library through the Walnut Street doors. There are both stairs and an accessibility ramp outside of this entrance. The auditorium is the first room to the right after you enter.
Can't make this meeting? Join us another month! The club meets the second Monday of the month, excluding holidays, to watch and discuss classic movies.
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