Director Robert Young's made-for-TV musical, about a distaff Harry Potter type named Mildred Hubble (Fairuza Balk), features tunes by ANNIE composer Charles Strouse. Hapless Mildred lacks the finesse of other students at her school for sorcery and unlike snooty Ethel Hallow (Anna Kipling), who's mastered the art of laughing potions, Mildred botches all her class assignments. Not only does Mildred mix up an invisibility spell, but she can't even balance her pussycat on her broom handle. Headmistress Miss Cackle (Charlotte Rae) knows that Mildred has potential, but her home room teacher, Miss Hardbroom (Diana Rigg), does nothing but find fault. Only with great reluctan...
Released:
1986
Rated:
G
Length:
70 mins