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Oct 11, 2022 · Arsenic and Old Lace is director Frank Capra's spin on the classic Joseph Kesselring stage comedy, which concerns the sweet old Brewster sisters (Josephine Hull, Jean Adair), beloved in their genteel Brooklyn neighborhood for their many charitable acts. One charity which the ladies don't advertise is their ongoing effort to permit lonely ...
- Cary Grant
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- Picture 8/10
- Audio 7/10
- Extras 6/10
- Closing
Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant, cutting loose in a hilariously harried performance) returns home to Brooklyn, where his adorably dotty aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair, who both starred in the Broadway...
Revisiting another one of their original LaserDisc titles The Criterion Collection presents Frank Capra’s Arsenic and Old Laceon Blu-ray in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1 on a dual-layer disc. The 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation is sourced from a brand-new 4K restoration taken from a scan of the 35mm original nitrate negative. All arou...
The film comes with a lossless PCM 1.0 monaural soundtrack. The overall quality is impressive: the track is very clean, free of distortion and heavy damage, and doesn’t sound to have been filtered to an extreme degree. Range is also rather wide, nicely handling the films many manic moments where voices are raised. It sounds quite good.
After what ends up mostly be a shockingly good presentation the release ends up disappointing when it comes to features. At the very least Charles Dennis, the author of There’s a Body in the Window Seat! (about the making of the film), does end up providing a new audio commentary for the film. Getting past some attempts at impersonations when quoti...
Despite a fine enough commentary the features feel slim. Thankfully the presentation itself is incredibly sharp and pleasing. BUY AT:
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Oct 11, 2022 · A bugle-playing brother (John Alexander) who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, a crazed criminal (Raymond Massey) who’s a dead ringer for Boris Karloff, and a seriously slippery plastic surgeon (Peter Lorre) are among the outré oddballs populating Arsenic and Old Lace, a diabolical delight that only gets funnier as the body count rises.
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Arsenic and Old Lace (The Criterion Collection) (1944) DVD or Blu-ray. $29.99-$39.99. 1 Review Write a Review. Item #: XG5562. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) returns home to Brooklyn, where his two sweet elderly aunts greet him with a secret surprise: the corpses buried in their cellar.
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Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant, cutting loose in a hilariously harried performance) returns home to Brooklyn, where his adorably dotty aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair, who both starred in the Broadway production) greet him with love, sweetness ...
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Oct 11, 2022 · Directed by Frank Capra. USA 1944. Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant, cutting loose in a hilariously harried performance) returns home to Brooklyn, where his adorably dotty aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean ...
Find items like Arsenic and Old Lace (The Criterion Collection) (1944) DVD or Blu-ray and read 3 reviews with a 5/5 star rating at Acorn. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) returns home to Brooklyn, where his two sweet elderly aunts greet him with a secret surprise: the corpses buried in their cellar.
