The movie is based on a pair of children's books by British author Mary Norton. The first, The Magic Bedknob (1943), is about ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The movie of Bedknobs and Broomsticks followed three siblings, Charlie, Carrie, and Paul Rawlins, ...

Okay, here’s a real current piece of comedy. I know Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins is a friend of mine. You, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, are no Mary Poppins. Even in your so-called “Enchanted Musical ...

Congratulations to Disney classic Bedknobs and Broomsticks, not just for making it to the half-century mark, but for having a tone of oddball whimsy that feels just as weird today as it probably did ...

“Where did all the happy endings go? Where can all the good times be?” The musical finally saw the light of day over 25 years after Walt Disney first purchased the movie rights to Norton’s book, but ...

Bedknobs and Broomsticks, the Disney classic, has arrived on Disney DVD in an all-new special edition. Starring Angela Lansbury, this sing-a-long classic is long overdue to be introduced to the kids ...

In 2014, Angela Lansbury made an entrance on an iron bedstead in a marketplace in East London, and was given a standing ovation by hundreds of adoring fans. It was a cameo surreal enough to make you ...

This stage update adds new songs to the much-loved movie caper but despite deft illusions it lacks sparkle and eccentricity Well, hocus pocus and substitutiary locomotion! Half a century after the ...

There were so many movies that shaped my childhood — “The Witches,” “Neverending Story,” “Adventures in Babysitting” — and whenever I watch them today I’m struck by how inappropriate they truly are ...

There's little reason to question whether Disney's live-action classic, Bedknobs and Broomsticks (based on the book series started in 1943 by Mary Norton) had an influence on J.K. Rowling when she sat ...

Bedknobs and Broomsticks has a special place in my heart ever since my late dad took me to see Angela Lansbury's Disney classic at my local Odeon cinema in south London in 1972. I was but four years ...