Q: My earliest movie-going memory is Bedknobs and Broomsticks. On the beautiful remastered DVD of the film, notation is made of the missing “Step In The Right Direction” scene. I believe they said that was only seen in the premiere of the film, and then it was cut. Although I was quite young, I have a rather clear memory of seeing that song performed in the film here in my Illinois hometown. Could that at all be possible, and lastly, have they had any success in finding that scene subsequent to the DVD release?
Scott, Springfield, Illinois
A: The song was cut from the film before release. It was in an early print I saw at the Disney Studio Theater in a screening for distribution executives when the decision was made that the film was too long. Unfortunately when cuts are made in a musical, songs are the first things to go. The song was on the soundtrack record album, so people often think they remember seeing it in the film when actually they only heard it on the record. The film of the missing song has never been found.
Dave Smith