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BELL BOOK AND CANDLE (1958) James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs
Dir.: Richard Quine 8:30 PM PT

A beautiful witch puts a love spell on an unsuspecting publisher.

1h 43m | Comedy | TV-PG

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"I am a camera, with its shutter open, quite passive. Some day all of this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed." ("I am a Camera")

🎭 #JohnVanDruten, English playwright and #theatre director, #DOTD 19 December 1957. #Literature

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A black and white photo of a woman with medium-length dark hair, in profile, leaning her cheek on her left hand. Caption reads: "Swedish Star – Viveca Lindfors makes her American stage debut in 'I've Got Sixpence,' a new drama by John van Druten opening tomorrow at the Walnut."

This is one of those days when I come across an item by chance in newspaper archives, and then I think immediately: "Oooh, I know somebody who will LOVE this. . . "

Turns out, #Philadelphia saw Viveca Lindfors' debut on the American stage, in a #johnvandruten play.
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4 frames from a film I love. George Cukor's "Gaslight". #movies #films #gaslight #ingridbergman #charlesboyer #angelalansbury #josephcotten #maywhitty #JohnVanDruten #WalterReisch #JohnLBalderston #JosephRuttenberg #BronisławKaper #barbaraeverest

John van Druten English playwright John van Druten was BOTD in 1901. Born in London to Dutch immigrant parents, he was educated at University College School and studied law at the University of London. After worki…

English playwright John van Druten, best known for his 1951 play “I Am a Camera”, based on #ChristopherIsherwood’s Berlin diaries, was BOTD in 1901. #johnvandruten #bornonthisday #iamacamera #supergays

“I am a camera, with its shutter open, quite passive. Some day all of this will have to be will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed.”

✒️ #JohnVanDruten, English playwright (I am a Camera), was #BOTD 1 June 1901. #Theatre

4 frames from a film I love. George Cukor's "Gaslight". #movies #films #gaslight #georgecukor #gaslight #charlesboyer #ingridbergman #angelalansbury #josephcotten #josephruttenberg #bronislawkaper #johnvandruten #walterreisch #johnlbalderston

I think if I were a woman I'd wear coffee as a perfume.
– John Van Druten

#coffeequote #JohnVanDruten #coffeesky

"I am a camera, with its shutter open, quite passive. Some day all of this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed." ("I am a Camera")

🎭 #JohnVanDruten, English playwright and #theatre director, #DOTD 19 December 1957. #Literature