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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971 · TMDB 7.0

Directed by Robert Stevenson

Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.

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Disney's follow-up to Mary Poppins, featuring Angela Lansbury as an apprentice witch who uses a magic bedknob to travel to a cartoon island of animated animals.

From When Worlds Collide: The Magic of Live-Action Animation

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