as part of Classics Night
Starlight Classics Night! **Introduction by Samantha Ladwig, owner of the Imprint Bookstore.**
Veronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural screwball classic. Many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the Salem puritan who sent her to the stake, this blonde bombshell with a broomstick finds herself drawn to one of them - a prospective governor (Frederic March) about to marry a spoiled socialite (Susan Hayward). I Married a Witch is a comic confection bursting with playful special effects and sparkling witticisms.*
"If you’ve seen Hocus Pocus a million times, consider falling under the spell of this charming 1942 romantic comedy starring Veronica Lake." - Vanity Fair
"Lake is delightfully effective as the malicious woman, whose ideas of punishment are often beautifully absurd, and March provides an excellent foil." - Time Out
*Summary borrowed from Criterion Collection