gentle easygoing s comedy kim novak belongs coven witches manhattan puts spell neighbor jimmy stewart boredom eventually falls love him losing powers see witches permitted hot blood love elsa lanchester novaks aunt also witch jack lemmon brother ditto hermione gingold chief witch ernie kovacks sidney redlich author specializes writing witchesbr br i described s comedy could hardly mistaken anything else everything smooth polished set decoration wardrobe plot performances direction take character ernie kovacks hes referred a drunk nut heres movie demonstrates traits asks second drink and though always wears jacket tie like gentlemen hair bit long tousled thats strictly s version drunk nut nothing place everything tidy free dust soles jimmy stewarts shoes barely scuffedbr br and zodiac club witches hang out called a low dive yet clean dark place polite waiters quintet musicians neatly dressed clientle potted plants bare brick walls idea low dive  even greenwich village  idea dive greenwich village juliuss white horse tavern san remo swing rendezvous defunct lesbian hangout zodiac club high dive compared thesebr br the kookiness always hear muted todays standards mean kim novak odd runs around apartment bare feet wears lot black clothes like beatniks period didbr br but never mind that enjoyable romantic comedy kim novak effective gillian runs primitive art shop uptrodden strange beauty bulky ethereal time glides rather walks wispy presence eyebrows seem drawn set plastic french curves jimmy stewart quite good bewildered bewitched victim s usually played light roles postwar years much s tortured protagonist puts early experience comedy good use could resist laughing hermione gingold forces wear shawl drink hideous concoction putrid fluid order cure novaks spell good see stooge instead angry indignant man principle danger becoming richard quine directs movie quietly without fireworks special effects interesting things play had note scene novak casts spell stewart siamese cats face ears seem merge novaks startling eyesbr br ernie kovacks s wellknown television personality never anything quite like ernie kovacks show  after brings word surrealism mind could stage five minutes worth wordless indescribable tricks unpopulated room bartoks concerto orchestra background unimpeachable sketch using character percy dovetail effete poet credits kind skip condoli brothers thats rather casual two guys  pete conte  virtuoso trumpeters independent careers jazz ensembles conte later member doc severisons band johnny carsons late showbr br the third act kind bogs little becomes romantic comedy never dull whole film rolls along neatly van drutens play kids probably get kick too