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Jan 22, 2024 · Film historians have always tied the Frank Capra classic Arsenic and Old Lace to a Connecticut serial poisoner; we’re not so sure.
Arsenic and Old Lace trenchantly lays bare the hypocrisies and prejudices of the upper-middle class that often remained concealed beneath the façade of good manners. Full Review | Oct 11,...
Arsenic and Old Lace. Writer and notorious marriage detractor Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) falls for girl-next-door Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), and they tie the knot on Halloween....
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Mar 20, 2014 · For me, the theater’s classic old chestnut is “Arsenic and Old Lace,” the 1941 comedy about the Brewster sisters, two good-natured and amoral biddies who empathize so much with the old and lonely men they meet, they give the fellows some rest by poisoning them, and then holding funerals in the basement of their Brooklyn home, where the ...
Arsenic and Old Lace, the tale of two spinster ladies who innocently decide to kill single lonely old men to `put them out of their misery' is an absolute comedy classic. There is not one character in this film that doesn't illicit at least a few laughs throughout the film.
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American screwball black comedy crime film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein is based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 play of the same name. [3]
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Cary Grant serial-killer comedy classic is cozy and tame. Read Common Sense Media's Arsenic and Old Lace review, age rating, and parents guide.
