Bedknobs and Broomsticks Author:Walt Disney Productions Two modern classics for children are The Magic Bedkknob and Bonfires and Broomsticks by Mary Norton. Walt Disney Productions purchased these two books and set about making them into a single motion picture. — The screen story is built around that fabulous apprentice witch, Eglantine Price (played in the film by Angela Lansbury), but all the adve... more »ntures are new. This book is based entirely on the screenplay.« less