Newspaper Article

'Witch', Danville Register and Bee, 1 February 1966

Historical date
1966
Location
London
Source
Newspapers.com
Contributed by
William Wallworth
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Danville Register and Bee, Danville, Virginia, Tuesday 1 February 1966, page 3. A wire photograph of Maxine Morris, 18, seated in a silk robe and captioned 'queen of England's witches', about to cast a spell in London. The caption explains she is warming up to be technical adviser on the witchcraft sequences in the film The Eye of the Devil, and that she had recently married Alex Sanders, 'king' of the warlocks, in the first witchcraft wedding in England in more than 200 years. The photograph was taken by UPI at Claridge's in London in January 1966, when Alex and Maxine Sanders were technical advisers on the MGM film Eye of the Devil, released in the United States as 13. The archive holds other photographs from the same visit. How to cite: 'Witch', Danville Register and Bee, 1 February 1966, p. 3. Alexandrian Witchcraft Timeline & Archive.

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Witch Maxine Morris, 18, who claims to be queen of England's witches, seems to be about to cast a spell in London, but actually she is just warming up to be technical advisor for witchcraft sequences in the movie “The Eve of the Devil.” Recently she married Alex Sanders, “king” of warlocks (male witches) in the first witchcraft wedding performed in England in more than 200 years.

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