Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace • 1h 58m
Directed by Frank Capra • 1944 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
Cary Grant stars as the one sane member of a charmingly lunatic family in Frank Capra’s classic comedy. When Mortimer Brewster (Grant) brings his new bride to meet his two kindly aunts, he discovers that, among many other acts of charity, the two genteel ladies help lonely old men die happy . . . by feeding them a wonderful meal before poisoning them. Now Mortimer desperately wants to protect the serial murderers he loves, stop them from killing anyone else, and keep his bride from discovering how deranged his family really is.
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ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2022, features Charles Dennis, author of “There’s a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of ‘Arsenic and Old Lace.‘”
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ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Radio Broadcast
The following radio adaptation of ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, which aired on the program Best Plays in 1952, stars Boris Karloff as Jonathan, a role he originated on Broadway in 1941.
