In the Hollywood film Bell, Book and Candle (1958) Pyewacket is the name of the brown sealpoint Siamese cat/familiar of Gillian Holroyd, a witch played by Kim Novak. The film was adapted from a 1958 Broadway play that continues to be produced in community theatres.

2020年7月9日 · These lovely vintage photos captured portrait of Kim Novak posing with her Siamese cat named Pyewacket in Bell, Book, And Candle. Pyewacket was mostly played by Kim Novak’s real-life cat. The name of Novak's cat, Pywacket, was written into the script.

Bell, Book and Candle is a 1958 American supernatural romantic comedy film directed by Richard Quine from a screenplay by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1950 Broadway play of the same title by John Van Druten and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs. Novak portrays a witch who casts a spell on her neighbor, played by ...

2023年6月12日 · In ‘Bell, Book and Candle’, Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is a witch that uses her powers and her familiar, a Siamese cat named Pyewacket, to bewitch Shepherd Henderson (Jimmy Stewart) into falling in love with her. Pyewacket soon became one of the most famous cat actors in cinema.

2014年12月20日 · Synopsis: Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is a woman who runs an African curios shop in New York City underneath the apartment building where she and her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester) live. A book publisher named Shepherd Henderson (Jimmy Stewart) has just moved into the building and Gillian immediately sets her eyes on him, only to find he is ...

2019年10月10日 · Bridegroom-to-be Shep (James Stewart) looks already entranced, explaining about his impending marriage, but witch Gillian (Kim Novak) decides to cast her spell anyway, in a racy scene from...

2017年7月27日 · The film set design in this romantic comedy (directed by Richard Quine based on the hit Broadway play by John Van Druten) is brimming with 1950s style and the cat painting is seen when Shep (Jimmy Stewart) makes a phone call in Gillian’s (Kim Novak) apartment.

2017年12月17日 · If you’ve never seen Bell, Book and Candle (1958) starring Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and a beautiful cat named Pyewacket, you must see it now! A dear friend recommended it to me about ten years ago and I’m so glad they did because it’s definitely one of my top classic movies.

2016年10月29日 · Happy National Cat Day from Pyewacket, the Siamese cat belonging to Kim Novak in the 1958 romantic comedy “Bell, Book and Candle.” The main cat was actually named Pyewacket (a common name for witch’s familiars) in real life, but he was played by 12 different cats, as noted in a 1958 newspaper article in the Daily Reporter:

Bell, Book and Candle is a 1958 American Technicolor comedy-drama romance film directed by Richard Quine, based on the successful 1950 Broadway play by John ...