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Critics reviews. Mortimer, a drama critic, has just got married and is about to go on his honeymoon when he discovers insanity runs in his family. His sweet maiden aunts poison lonely old men and have a number of corpses buried in the cellar.
Jul 4, 2014 · Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my favourite films. I have not watched it for over 25 years, but it is as beautifully made and as funny as the last time I watched it. I knew what was coming in action and the best lines and it was as familiar to me as if I had watched it yesterday. They just dont make films like this any more.
- Jul 4, 2014
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- Alexcazam
Stage Manager: Walter Wagner; Assistant Stage Mgr: Margaret Joyce; General Stage Director: Walter Wagner. Press Representative: Richard Maney, Ted Goldsmith and Peggy Phillips; Electrician: Sam McIntosh. Arsenic and Old Lace (Original, Play, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City Jan 10, 1941 and played through Jun 17, 1944.
Oct 17, 2014 · Frank Capra’s 1944 film version of “Arsenic and Old Lace,’’ released 70 years ago and showing Saturday (Oct. 18) at Film Forum, is one of the most beloved and popular comedies from ...
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- Lou Lumenick
Background. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) is a frenzied, hilarious, madcap black comedy from celebrated director Frank Capra. The slapstick film, with murderous aunts compassionately serving up elderberry wine to elderly gentlemen - with their crazy nephew assisting by burying the unfortunate victims, is unlike most of the other reform-minded ...
Hilariously funny! Movie with Cary Grant as lead. Cary played lead,before- in "Arsenic & Old Lace" for a long run on Broadway. One must have a sense of humor, & a touch for ridiculous humor helps. Cary plays a man who finds himself in quite strange situations, at home, when he is trying to get married & go on his honeymoon to Niagara Falls.
Dec 2, 2022 · Sound. Extras. It may not be the equal of his holiday classic masterpiece, It's a Wonderful Life, but Frank Capra's black comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace is one of the great comedies of American cinema. Adapted from Joseph Kesselring's play of the same name, it stars Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster, a recently married writer whose honeymoon plans ...
