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Convincing Paul to help her, the children use the bed to travel to London (though Charlie initially refuses to go and only joins the group out of fear of Cosmic Creepers), where they meet Mr. Price receives a letter reporting the college has been closed down, forcing her to go to London to speak with the college’s headmaster Emelius Browne. She gives ownership to Paul, who had previously pulled the knob off the bed. Deciding to form an agreement with the children, Miss Price enchants a bedknob, which will transport them to any location they wish when attached to her father’s antique bed. Cosmic Creepers corners Charlie, but Charlie reverts to his normal form before he is harmed. Miss Price instead briefly transforms him into a white rabbit, and Charlie is chased by Miss Price's cat Cosmic Creepers. This prompts a change in their plans the children return to bed, and Charlie attempts to blackmail Miss Price the next day into certain conditions in exchange for keeping her witchcraft a secret, believing her to be an incompetent witch due to the failed flying attempt. The children observe her while attempting to run back to London. She receives a broomstick from the college, though her attempt to fly it ends in a crash landing. Miss Price is actually an apprentice witch and a student of the Correspondence College of Witchcraft, hoping her magic can bring the war to an end. They are placed in the care of Eglantine Price, a reclusive woman who reluctantly takes them in. The Rawlins children, Charlie, Carrie, and Paul, are evacuated to the coastal Dorset village of Pepperinge Eye. The story opens in the autumn of 1940, during the Blitz. This was the last film released prior to the death of Walt Disney's surviving brother, Roy O.

The film received generally positive reviews from critics, scoring 66% on Rotten Tomatoes, and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. It shares several cast member from Mary Poppins, namely Tomlinson, supporting actor Reginald Owen (in his last film role) and Arthur Malet, a similar filmcrew, songwriters the Sherman Brothers, director Robert Stevenson, art director Peter Ellenshaw, and music director Irwin Kostal. The film is frequently compared with Mary Poppins (1964), as it also combines live action and animation and is partly set in the streets of London.

The film, which combines live action and animation, stars Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson. It is based upon the books The Magic Bed Knob or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons (1943) and Bonfires and Broomsticks (1945) by English children's author Mary Norton. 139 minutes (2001 reconstruction version)īedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 American Musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company in North America on December 13, 1971.

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