Films are something that we all look towards for escapism – the action, the humour, the romance, the animation. Sometimes these can hold so much more meaning then just an image on a screen and create narratives and memories in our own lives. Welcome to the sister article to Music Memories where we take a look at some of these personal stories attached to films.

Film: Bedknobs & Broomsticks
Original Release Date: 1971

Age is a really interesting thing – as you get older, your opinions change on things – it happened to me with things like spicy food and coffee and me and the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a film that was played quite a bit when I was a kid I could never really get into it. There were parts of the film I really enjoyed but as a kid the soldiers marching at the end I didn’t really like it.

Since becoming an adult, I have changed my perception on the film. I both understand and appreciate the film a lot more now then I did and I enjoy it a lot more now as well. When I was a kid the underwater scene was my favourite and whilst I still like this part I adore the Portobello Road song even more now.

It really is a wonderful Disney classic and I am really glad that I have now learnt to appreciate it.

Facts about Bedknobs & Broomsticks

• Julie Andrews initially turned down the role of Miss Eglantine Price. She eventually reconsidered, believing she owed her movie career to Walt Disney Studios and wanted to work there again. When she told the studio she’d changed her mind, Dame Angela Lansbury had already been cast.
• The song “The Beautiful Briny Sea” was originally written for a sequence in Mary Poppins (1964) that was ultimately dropped.
• This was the last Disney movie released while Roy O. Disney was still alive. He died a week after its U.S. premiere.
• The castle in the background of the town is Corfe Castle in Dorset, England. Many Thomas Hardy adaptations have been filmed there.