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Various Salem Witch Trials movies and TV shows have explored one of the most fascinating and horror-centric events in American history. Witchcraft is a popular topic in the realm of horror and fantasy, but the subject is made all the more impactful when it's based on real occurrences. Many have heard stories about the historical events that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, and several movies and TV shows use the infamous Salem Witch Trials as either a backdrop or plot point.

The Salem Witch Trials were a period from 1692 until 1693 in which Massachusetts townspeople were put on trial after being accused of witchcraft. There have been many documentaries made about women who were killed. This period has inspired many on-screen works concerning magic, witchcraft, and the supernatural. Movies that effectively pay homage to the Salem Witch Trials use the historical event as a leaping-off point for even more terror...

They’re non-corporeal cut-ups, rich ghosts on the town with nothing better to do than spice up the love life of Roland Young’s harried, henpecked bank president. Hal Roach’s screwball hit did good things for everybody concerned, especially star Cary Grant and bit player Arthur Lake. But the show’s nostalgic heart is Billie Burke, of the tinkly-glass voice. Also starring platinum blonde Constance Bennett, Alan Mowbray and Eugene Pallette.

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1937 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame / 97 min. / Street Date October, 2017 / 20.99

Starring: Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Arthur Lake, Hedda Hopper, Virginia Sale, Theodore von Eltz, J. Farrell MacDonald, Elaine Shepard, Ward Bond, Hoagy Carmichael, Lana Turner, Russell Wade, Claire Windsor.

Cinematography: Norbert Brodine

Film Editor: William Terhune

Art Director: William Stevens

Original Music: Marvin Hatley

Written by Jack Jevne, Eric Hatch, Eddie Moran from a novel by Thorne Smith...

'Saint Joan': Constance Cummings as the George Bernard Shaw heroine. Constance Cummings on stage: From sex-change farce and Emma Bovary to Juliet and 'Saint Joan' (See previous post: “Constance Cummings: Frank Capra, Mae West and Columbia Lawsuit.”) In the mid-1930s, Constance Cummings landed the title roles in two of husband Benn W. Levy's stage adaptations: Levy and Hubert Griffith's Young Madame Conti (1936), starring Cummings as a demimondaine who falls in love with a villainous character. She ends up killing him – or does she? Adapted from Bruno Frank's German-language original, Young Madame Conti was presented on both sides of the Atlantic; on Broadway, it had a brief run in spring 1937 at the Music Box Theatre. Based on the Gustave Flaubert novel, the Theatre Guild-produced Madame Bovary (1937) was staged in late fall at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre. Referring to the London production of Young Madame Conti, The...

A Criterion Grab Bag! kicks off this week at Trailers from Hell, with director and Tfh creator Joe Dante introducing "I Married a Witch."A savvy satire of both political and sexual gamesmanship, I Married A Witch, based on an unfinished novel by Topper author Thorne Smith, would seem to be the perfect union between two brilliant moviemakers, Rene Clair and Preston Sturges (Clair directed, Sturges produced). It’s full of his stock company of character actors but Sturges left the production due to artistic differences. Despite having its concepts ripped off by lesser productions over the years, this remains a strikingly modern and hilarious movie that hopefully will find new audiences through Criterion’s stellar digital transfer.

A savvy satire of both political and sexual gamesmanship, I Married A Witch, based on an unfinished novel by Topper author Thorne Smith, would seem to be the perfect union between two brilliant moviemakers, Rene Clair and Preston Sturges (Clair directed, Sturges produced). It’s full of his stock company of character actors but Sturges left the production due to artistic differences. Despite having its concepts ripped off by lesser productions over the years, this remains a strikingly modern and hilarious movie that hopefully will find new audiences through Criterion’s stellar digital transfer.

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The following films will not be included on the list:

The Harry Potter films (simply because there are far too many)

The Devils (Some often consider the film’s plot similar to a witch hunt, but it’s really the cruel depiction of religion in general that drives the film.)

Rosemary’s Baby (this film revolves around a cult and the devil, not a witch)

The Evil Dead (Yes, Ash refers to the lady in the cellar as a witch, but she is really a demon summoned by reading the book of the dead)

#13- The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

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Director: George Miller

Tagline: “Something wicked this way comes.”

Screenwriter Michael Cristofer adapted the script (loosely) from the best-selling novel by John Updike about a trio of divorced or widowed ladies living in a small New England town who subconsciously conjure up the Devil himself. The comparison to Practical Magic...

Ally McBeal bosses are so impressed with Friends star Matthew Perry's guest appearance, they've invited him back for more. Creator David E. Kelley is determined to ensure the last few shows of the legal comedy's current season are hits, so he's piling up the guests - for what might be the program's last episodes. Heather Locklear, Vanessa Williams and Lara Flynn Boyle are also set for cameos, while former stars Lisa Nicole Carson and Courtney Thorne-Smith will return for the finale. As for the future of the show, a spokesman for Ally McBeal says, "A decision has yet to be made."...

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