Bedknobs and broomsticks is a muchloved favourite featuring a huge array of stars, including the legendary sir bruce forsyth. Yes, i told him, and that when i was a little girl that i had read it. In the magic bedknob, carey, charles and paul 6 find prim miss price injured by falling off her broomstick. The witch has plans to save england from the nazis by casting a special spell, which she. Angela lansbury miss eglantine price, david tomlinson professor emelius browne, roddy mcdowall mr. What was the cat called in bedknobs and broomsticks answers. Bedknobs and broomsticks ost 01 overture the old home guard. Bedknobs and broomsticks is one of the moredelightful live action musicals in the disney canon. Angela lansbury, david tomlinson, roddy mcdowall, sam jaffe, john. Bedknobs and broomsticks often feels like a pale imitation of a certain magical guardian and her wards, but a spoonful of angela lansburys witty. The children, who are named carrie, paul and charlie. One weekend, while the premium channels were free, i also caught bedknobs and broomsticks on the disney channel. Big golden book bedknobs and broomsticks bedknobs and broomsticks, angela. The beautiful briny from bedknobs and broomsticks david tomlinson angela lansbury the sherman brothers songbook.
Angela lansbury, david tomlinson, sam jaffe, et al. Browne is staying, miss price finds half of a book called the spells of astoroth. How old was angela lansbury during the filming of bedknobs. Disney legends angela lansbury and david tomlinson star in this beloved film about an apprentice witch who reluctantly takes in three orphan children. Bedknobs and broomsticks by robert stevenson angela lansbury. Directed by robert stevenson, loosely based on the book by mary norton. Bedknobs and broomsticks angela lansbury walt disney animation orig. Here was a movie i could enjoy, focused more on a similar technical wizardry, rather than animated characters singing and dancing. Bedknobs and broomsticks when a mailorder apprentice witch angela lansbury is saddled with three sibling refugees from london during world war ii, the outlook is grim. But the kids soon discover her secret and sign on for adventure in the name of england. The first story, the magic bed knob, had been released in 1943, and told the tale of three children who met a witch named eglantine who lived nextdoor to their aunt. Heller bruce forsyth swinburne cindy ocallaghan carrie reginald owen gen.
The disney classic bedknobs and broomsticks is a whimsical adventure. Now is the perfect time to sit down and watch bedknobs. Bedknobs and broomsticks enchanted musical edition. Jelk, sam jaffe bookman, john ericson colonel heller, bruce forsyth swinburne, tessie oshea mrs. Potts in beauty and the beast, she was performing magic as miss eglantine price in bedknobs and broomsticks. For their silence, she bespells a bedknob to carry them whereever and whenever. See more ideas about bedknobs and broomsticks, disney and angela lansbury. Teagler cyril delevanti german sergeant hank worden militiaman roy smart paul tessie oshea mrs.
If you want the extended version talked about in the extras please buy the bedknobs and broomsticks dvd that was released in 2009 instead of the bluray released in 2014. Miss eglantine price angela lansbury is an apprentice witch who takes in three children during world war ii, only to have the war threaten the small town where she lives. Even though david tomlinson was still alive when the film was being reconstructed, he was in illhealth, and. Professor emelius browne is the deuteragonist of disneys 1971 musical hybrid film bedknobs and broomsticks. I told him that it was a totally different story from the movie, but that it was entertaining in its own way. October is a special month for bedknobs and broomsticks not only did. David tomlinson s emelius is lifted up by a string in the first photo but eventually, the string becomes the lion kings hand. Movies ac this category is for questions and answers related to bedknobs and broomsticks, as asked by users of. Bedknobs and broomsticks was produced several years after walt disneys death and released in the fall of 1971. Sadly, the man turns out to be a cheap con artist played by david tomlinson, aka. Bedknobs and broomsticks original soundtrack disney. Experience the extraordinary animation, enchanting music and academy awardwinning special effects 1971. This insertion sex collection created by cerebraldebris contains bedknobs and broomsticks videos.
Sherman, irwin kostal, angela lansbury, david tomlinson bedknobs and broomsticks. Bedknobs and broomsticks 1971 works archive of our own. Angela landsbury and david tomlinson star in disneys. Bedknobs and broomsticks is a 1971 american hybrid musical fantasy film directed by robert. The courses he sent came from a book he found that was missing its. Bedknobs and broomsticks is the new disney production from the. Angela lansbury eglantine price, david tomlinson mr.
Why we never see ian weighill and the cast of bedknobs and. David tomlinson was not the first actor signed to play professor emelius browne. Theres little reason to question whether disneys liveaction classic, bedknobs and broomsticks based on the book series started in 1943 by mary. Even though david tomlinson was still alive when the film was being reconstructed, he was in ill health, and. In an effort to keep the children safe, the three rawlins siblings are sent to live with an older woman named eglantine price. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. Watch bedknobs and broomsticks online 1971 movie yidio. The children catch miss price doing one of her spells, and a gripping adventure follows.
With angela lansbury, david tomlinson, roddy mcdowall, sam jaffe. The uk premiere was on october 7, 1971, a week before angela lansburys 46th birthday born october 16, 1925. I told him that it was a totally different story from the movie, but that it was entertaining in its. Robert stevenson bedknobs and broomsticks, 30th anniversary edition by angela lansbury.
Bedknobs and broomsticks is the new disney production from the team that made mary poppins, and it has the same technical skill and professional polish. Once eglantine manages to perfect her substitutiary locomotion spellcausing all the armor in her small coastal towns museum to come to life and face the nazisshe takes to the air to make sure her. Based on the book by mary norton also the author of the borrowers, bedknobs and broomsticks is the story of three children evacuated from london during world war ii who find themselves looked after by an apprentice witch, miss price angela lansbury. The story takes place in england when the country is at war. As it turned out, bedknobs was frequently compared to mary poppins probably thanks to several striking similarities between the two productions, notably the presence in the cast of david tomlinson, the use of cockney children as central characters, and the inclusion of sequences. It doesnt have much of a heart, though, and toward the end you wonder why the poppins team thought kids would like it much. Bedknobs and broomsticks is a 1971 american musical fantasy film produced by walt disney productions and released by buena vista distribution company in north america on december, 1971. Bedknobs and broomsticks enchanted musical edition dvd. Best effects, special visual effects of disneys beloved classic bedknobs and broomsticks now fully restored and remastered in this enchanted musical edition with dazzling new bonus features. Landsbury and animation combine with witchcraft, war and old books to bring. The film has a fairly good cast, which includes angela lansbury, david tomlinson, and roddy mcdowall, and features several fun.
There were a few i enjoyed, but my obsessions were ghostbusters, back to the future and star wars. Bedknobs and broomsticks is a 1971 american hybrid musical fantasy film directed by robert stevenson, produced by bill walsh and released by walt disney productions and distributed by buena vista distribution company in north america on december, 1971. David cecil macalister tomlinson 7 may 1917 24 june 2000 was an english stage, film and television actor and comedian. An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of britain in world war ii. No, the cat on bed knobs and broomsticks was not real for the most part. Long before angela lansbury was the victim of magic as humanturnedteapot mrs. Not only a book, but that an author i had read before, mary norton who wrote the borrowers, was the author. Bedknobs and broomsticks was produced several years after walt. But his neighbors want to burn him at the stake for disappearing in the great fire of london. Bedknobs and broomsticks cast and crew cast photos and.
Owen, david tomlinson, sam jaffe, frank phillips, irwin kostal. The next book, 1957s bonfires and broomsticks, had the children look up the witch again, and together they went back in time to 1666, where they met a fake magician named. When she receives a letter from the correspondence college of witchcraft in london, she and the children fly on a bed by way of a magical bedknob to london to meet the headmaster of the defunct school, emelius browne david tomlinson. This welcome reissue of the soundtrack album is a mustown for all fans of the movie. In bonfires and broomsticks two years later, they bring necromancer emelius jones to visit.
Bedknobs and broomsticks is one of my favorite disney movies and i was so very excited to find out there was a book before the movie. See more ideas about bedknobs and broomsticks, disney movies and angela lansbury. Bedknobs and broomsticks by robert stevenson angela. Hobday, ian weighill charlie rawlins, roy snart paul. One way to describe the new bluray release of the disneysherman brothers musical fantasy bedknobs and broomsticks might be similar to a. The film, which combines live action and animation, stars angela lansbury and david tomlinson. Having been described as both a leading man and a character actor, he is primarily remembered for his roles as authority figure george banks in mary poppins, fraudulent magician professor emelius browne in bedknobs and broomsticks and as hapless antagonist peter. Its been decades since anyone has declaimed the magic words with all of the dramatic flair required, but that was before sherlock picked up the book and started reading. Also starring david tomlinson, roddy mcdowall, cindy ocallaghan, roy snart, and. In bedknobs and broomsticks, all of the characters in it are certifiable. Bedknobs and broomsticks is a musical fantasycomedy. The head of the school is professor emelius browne, played by david tomlinson.
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