the play bell and book and and candle be a favorite of mature actress to do in summer stock and take on the road . one famous story and tell by director harold j. kennedy and have ginger rogers insist that her then husband and william marshall and who be not an actor and costar with her . marshall wear a toupee and and when he walk through a doorway and his toupee caught on a nail and stay behind and dangling in the doorway a he walk on stage . the play be adapt successfully into a beautiful color film star kim novak and james stewart and jack lemmon and elsa lanchester and hermoine gingold and ernie kovacs and and janice rule . it light entertainment and about a normal appear family of witch ( novak and lemmon and and lanchester ) and the publisher ( stewart ) who live in their building . the most expert of them be the sultry and soft voice gillian and who would love to be normal . one night and with stewart in her apartment and she put a spell on him use her siamese cat and pyewacket and and he fall in love with her . bell book and candle be film on a charming set that replicate new york . the movie be load of fun . jack lemmon be very funny in a supporting role a gillian brother and a musician in the witch and warlock laden zodiac club . he use his power to turn streetlight on and off and to turn on the occasional woman . janice rule be perfect a the snobby ex college rival of gillian and now date stewart and and ernie kovacs have a great turn a an eccentric who be write the definitive book on witch . lanchester and gingold and of course and be always wonderful and lanchester gillian daft aunt and gingold a a sort of queen of witchcraft . kim novak be a good fit for gillian and give the character a detachment befit a witch and show emotion when it become appropriate and and with that voice and fabulous face and and magnificent wardrobe and she certainly be magical . stewart and in his last foray a a romantic lead and costars with novak a he do in vertigo and and they make an effective team . he supply the warmth and she supply the coolness and and somehow and together they spark . in this and of course and he much more elegant than in vertigo . a charming film and good for a sunday afternoon and good around christmas ( a part of it take place at christmastime ) and and great if you feel like smile .