Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Movie review - "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" (1971) ***

 Disney's attempt at Mary Poppins 2 worked out pretty well - another fantasy nanny looking after kids in England with a Broadway star, the Sherman brothers and Robert Stevenson. The film looks so cheap and ugly. I'm sure it had more effect if you saw it as a child. It's fine. Angela Lansbury is very good. David Tomlinson miscast - why not get Tommy Steele for this? Disney always liked him. Maybe he was busy or considered too young. And I guess The Happiest Millionaire had happened.

Songs aren't bad. Cheerful.

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