Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace is a screwball-comedy film from 1944, directed by Frank Capra. The film is based on a play by Joseph Kesselring.

The film was remade in 1969 as a television film. In this version directed by Robert Scheerer had Lillian Gish, Helen Hayes, Bob Crane, Fred Gwynne and starring Sue Lyon .



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == It is Halloween. Theatre critic Mortimer Brewster is on this day and playboy married to Elaine Harper, the daughter of the Reverend. He decides to tell the news to his two older aunts, who live in a House Brooklyn. His brother Teddy, also lives In the same House who thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt . Here he discovers that his aunts lonely old men killed by arsenic to add to their drinks. However, as a charity, the ladies see this myself since all their victims are lonely or depressed.
 * 2 Trivia
 * 3 Cast
 * 4 external link

Mortimer's other brother Jonathan even more conflicts arise as with his plastic surgeon pops up. Jonathan is a cold-blooded killer and is associated with Boris Karloff and for film Frankenstein. Here he annoys. He makes it clear to also want to kill Mortimer. Mortimer will to deal with all these problems, while his bride on the House next to them. ==Trivia[ Edit] == ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] ==
 * Cary Grant has never made a secret of his least favorite film this way.
 * Director Capra first approached Bob Hope, Jack Benny and Ronald Reagan before he Grant gave the lead role.
 * Although the film was released in 1944, found the recordings already in 1941 place.
 * Cary Grant -Mortimer Brewster
 * Josephine Hull -Aunt Abby Brewster
 * Jean Adair -Aunt Martha Brewster
 * Raymond Massey -Jonathan Brewster
 * Peter Lorre -Doctor Herman Einstein
 * Priscilla Lane -Elaine Harper
 * John Alexander -Theodore Brewster
 * Jack Carson -Agent Patrick O'Hara
 * John Ridgely -Agent Saunders
 * James Gleason -Lieutenant Rooney
 * Edward Everett Horton -Mr. Witherspoon