I Married a Witch

US (1942): Comedy/Romance/Fantasy

After a ancestor of Wallace Wooley (Fredric March) has burned Jennifer (Veronica Lake), a witch and her father, they cursed his whole family, that the sons will always get the wrong wife. In the 20th century, the witch comes back to give Wallace Wooley a love drink, so he falls in love with her the night before his wedding to Estelle Masterson (Susan Hayward), but she gets the drink herself and falls in love with him. So the problems start for everybody: She has fallen in love, her father doesn't want her to marry Wallace, Estelle doesn't want to marry Wallace, Wallace stars falling in love with Jennifer, but he had to marry Estelle because he wants to become Senator, but he noticed that she isn't the right girl for him. René Clair directs this UA release; cast also includes Robert Benchley, Cecil Kellaway, Elizabeth Patterson and Robert Warwick. (IMDb)


· Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1942: Roy Webb

1 nomination