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The quote "Just think what a comedy would have resulted if one of our stage-struck nephews had married a poisoner!" from Arsenic and Old Lace perfectly encapsulates the dark humor and absurdity that defines the play.
We were going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Your brother tries to kill me. A taxi is waiting and now you want to sleep on a window seat. You can take the honeymoon, your wedding ring, your taxi, your window seat, and put 'em in a barrel and push 'em all over Niagara Falls! Helpful • 3 0.
We were going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Your brother tries to kill me. A taxi is waiting and now you want to sleep on a window seat. You can take the honeymoon, your wedding ring, your taxi, your window seat, and put 'em in a barrel and push 'em all over Niagara Falls! Jonathan Brewster: Go to bed, Aunt Abby!
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Meet the real-life inspiration for Arsenic and Old Lace. Family plaque. What if insanity didn't gallop, but took its own sweet time? Pretentious Factor. If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Just after Mortimer has successfully committed Teddy and his aunts to the asylum without revealing they have murdered a dozen people, Elaine discovers the bodies and runs up screaming, nearly blowing the whole thing. Mortimer shuts her up kissing her repeatedly and carrying her out of the house.
Martha: For a gallon of elderberry wine, I take one teaspoon full of arsenic, then add half a teaspoon full of strychnine, and then just a pinch of cyanide. Police Sgt. Brophy: They're two of the dearest, sweetest, kindest, old ladies that ever walked the earth. They're out of this world.
Something borrowed, something blue - old, new! Rice and old shoes, carry you over the threshold, Niagara Falls — all the silly tripe I've made fun of for years. Is this what I've come to? I can't go through with it. I won't marry you and that's that! Elaine: [adoring] Yes, Mortimer. Mortimer: What do you mean, "Yes, Mortimer"? Aren't you ...
