With a Flair

"With A Flair" is a song written by Robert and Richard Sherman for the 1971, Walt Disney musical film production "Bedknobs and Broomsticks". David Tomlinson sings the song; however the song was cut in the final cut of the motion picture. It was considered "lost and forgotten" until twenty five years later, in 1996, when the film was reconstructed and the song was resurrected for the 1990s remastered CD. The song was also included on the original LP Sountrack released when the film was released in 1971.

tory Placement

In the Sherman Brothers' co-autobiography, "Walt's Time", the authors discuss the song's place in the film:

The 1971 Oscars

Another song from the film sung by Angela Lansbury; "The Age of Not Believing" was nominated for a Best Song Oscar. The Sherman Brothers' entire musical score was also nominated for an Oscar that year as well. These two nominations represent the songwriters' fourth and fifth Oscar bids respectively.

*The reconstruction also marks the first time the film was presented in stereophonic sound. Though the musical score was recorded in stereo and the soundtrack album was presented that way, the film was released in mono sound.

Literary Sources

* Sherman, Robert B. "". Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.

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