Wow---Great episodes today!

[Birdie]

It is a late night for me and I just finished watching todays episodes.  I never saw them on the original run.  I loved them.  It was just a bit disappointing to see the shadow of the string when the bat did his dirty deed.  Angie was great delievering her curse.  When I was watching her tonight she kind of reminded me of Kim Novak in Bell, Book and Candle.  Mr Frid wa in top form,  I am very tired and hope this makes since.  

Went out for a family dinner--in a snow storm.  I won't blame my ramblings on the wine we drank.  On a Wednesday night!  

Birdie--who's brother in law kept pouring more wine into her glass.  

[Josette]

It always surprises me when Barnabas hurries to shoot her and then rushes to pull the pins out of the doll.  Usually the implication is that only the one who performed the spell can undo it.  Even if his pulling out the pins would work, could he have been that certain of it?  In the event that only she could undo it, clearly she wouldn't once he had shot her.  Fortunately, it worked, but it always seems like such a risk to me!!

[VAM]

 Angie was great delievering her curse.  When I was watching her tonight she kind of reminded me of Kim Novak in Bell, Book and Candle.  Mr Frid wa in top form,  

 
 

Birdie,

 I don't know about the Kim Novak comparison (not familiar territory) but I could not agree more-delivery was just perfect!

[Raineypark]

Sorry to disagree Birdie, but IMHO, Lara Parker is NO Kim Novak.

Lara Parker is very beautiful and equally talented, but I never found Angelique to be particularly sexy.  

Kim Novack's witch in "Bell, Book and Candle", on the other hand,  is the personification of female sexuality as powerful magic.  That is, in fact, the moral of the story....even after she looses her powers by falling in love, Jimmy Stewart is still madly in love with her.  She never needed more "Craft" than a woman is born with!

I have no doubt that someone involved in the DS Production was thinking of that movie and Ms. Novacks' perfomance when Lara Parker was chosen for the part of Angelique, and I certainly encourage any DS fan who has never seen it to rent the movie and see for themselves.

It's very evocative of the 1950's "Beat Generation" jazz scene, and hilariously funny in parts....Jack Lemmon is a scream as the bongo-playing warlock brother!  And if you're into Retro furnishings, you're going to want every stick of furniture on every set in the movie!!

Raineypark....who thinks "Bell, Book and Candle" is rivaled only by "Practical Magic" among witchcraft movies for sheer visual joy.

[AllenCollins]

Dont know about the Kim Novak comparison but I always found Angelique extremely sexy, (I guess that just the red blooded American male talkin')

B

[Luciaphile]

Raineypark....who thinks "Bell, Book and Candle" is rivaled only by "Practical Magic" among witchcraft movies for sheer visual joy.

Any takers for Rene Clair's "I Married a Witch" ?  Wonderful little comedy  

Luciaphil

[Raineypark]

Is that the one with Veronica Lake?
Raineypark

[Luciaphile]

Is that the one with Veronica Lake?
Raineypark

Veronica Lake, Frederic March, Cecil Kellaway, Robert Benchley

March plays the descendent of a Puritan who helped to persecute Lake and her father as witches.  Freed at last, Lake and her father set out to revenge themselves on March.  Very, very funny.

Luciaphil

[Midnite]

How about a comparison to "Burn Witch Burn" with Janet Blair?  It only came out on video in the past year or two, and the "behind ever great man is one HELL of a woman!" on the video box is a hoot.

If you haven't read the 50's book that BWB is based on-- "Conjure Wife" by Fritz Leiber-- it's about what ensues when a professor discovers that his wife is a witch and insists that she clean house (and I don't mean dusting and vacuuming).

Much less wonderful is Hammer's "The Witches" with Joan Fontaine, though it certainly has its moments.