Directed by Rene Clair
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
I usually like Veronica Lake but think she is terribly miscast in this romantic comedy. She plays a childlike, possessive witch who falls in love with mortal Fredric March on the eve of his wedding with Susan Hayward. Her father is an angry warlock who was burned by March's ancestors and is out for revenge. Lake's coy, demeaning manor towards March should offend the modern senses of any female watching this. She stoops to placing herself in a burning hotel forcing March to rescue her to win his affection. Once she has him, she spends her time warming his slippers and sabotaging his wedding. Samantha Stephens would be appalled.
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