
Before there was Harry Potter there was Eglantine Price, the unlikely heroine of Walt Disney’s war time musical tale of witchcraft and wizardry,
Bedknobs and Broomsticks. As the London Blitz wears on, a determined Eglantine busies herself in her country home studying to become an apprentice witch in order to help the war effort. Her studies are interrupted, however, when she is compelled to take in three mischievous orphans. Together they end up on wild adventure buoyed by the top notch effects artistry and animation of same team behind Mary Poppins. The show features the restored version of Bedknobs and Broomsticks with two musical numbers cut from the original release and an extended take of the "Portobello Road" sequence.
Note: appropriate for ages 6+.
Based on the book by Mary Norton. Producer: Bill Walsh. Cinematographer: Frank Phillips. Editor: Cotton Warburton. Cast: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe. 35mm, 139 min.