Bedknobs and Broomsticks was one of the few early Disney films to use live-action actors as well as animation.
Soon the children are accompanying Miss Price on fantastical journeys in search of magical artifacts to help her cause.
Others however, take to the challenge and successfully deliver something that builds into a highly popular and lucrative franchise.
Yet it’s Kevin Smith who despite being a huge comic book genre fan and a highly imaginative filmmaker, still hasn’t made the leap from his own projects to more studio-oriented work.