i research this film a little and discover a web site that claim it be actually an inside joke about the post wwii greenwich village world of gay and lesbian . with the exception of stewart and novak and the warlock and witch represent that alternative lifestyle . john van druten who write the stage play be apparently gay and very familiar with this greenwich village . i think this be ironic because i first saw bell and book and candle in the theater when i be in 5th or 6th grade just because my parent take me . it be hard to get me to a movie that do not include horse and machine gun and or alien monster and i plan on be bore . but and i remember the moment when jimmy stewart embrace kim novak on the top of the flatiron building and fling his hat away while the camera follow it flutter to the ground . a the glorious george dun love theme soar and i suddenly get a sense of what it felt like to fall in love . the first stirring of romantic or sexual love leave me daze a i leave the theater . i be sure i be not the only pre adolescent boy who be seduce by kim novak startling and direct gaze . it ironic that a gay parable be able to jump start heterosexual puberty in so many of u . i be in my late 50 now and re watch the film yesterday evening and those same feeling stir a i watch that hat touch down fifty year later . . .