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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]
Arsenic and Old Lace: Directed by Frank Capra. With Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson. Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot.
Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the 1944 film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra .
This is one of the greatest movies ever made. There isn't a single bad part in the entire thing. The actors were absolutely fantastic, as was the directing. A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
Synopsis. Mortimer Brewster is living a happy life: he has a steady job at a prominent New York newspaper, he’s just become engaged, and he gets to visit his sweet spinster aunts to announce the engagement.
The History of “Arsenic and Old Lace”. Radio adaptation from 1952 starring Boris Karloff. Trailer. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. PLUS: An essay by critic David Cairns. New cover by F. Ron Miller.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
