“Arsenic and Old Lace” is a classic screwball comedy film starring Cary Grant as a drama critic who must deal with his two murderous aunts and other crazy relatives in Brooklyn, New York, as he becomes engaged to the girl next door, the daughter of a local minister. Director Frank Capra (“Meet John Doe” 1941) and screenwriters Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein have put together a film that is wacky and zany and also intelligent, and wild and madcap and also well-organized.
The supporting cast behind Cary Grant includes Priscilla Lane as his girl friend, Josephine Hill and Jean Adair as the two aunts, Raymond Massey as the future father-in-law, as well as Peter Lorre, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, John Ridgely, Edward McNamara, James Gleason, Grant Mitchell, Charles Lane, Chester Clute, Vaughn Glazer, Edward McWade, Garry Owen, Hank Mann, Spencer Charters, and John Alexander as the uncle who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt.
The very watchable and entertaining “Arsenic and Old Lace” was a play written by Joseph Kesselring in 1939, and ran on Broadway from 1941 to 1944. It was a big hit at the box office for producers Frank Capra and Jack L. Warner and Warner Bros. Pictures.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
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My Review
“Arsenic and Old Lace” is a classic screwball comedy film starring Cary Grant as a drama critic who must deal with his two murderous aunts and other crazy relatives in Brooklyn, New York, as he becomes engaged to the girl next door, the daughter of a local minister. Director Frank Capra (“Meet John Doe” 1941) and screenwriters Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein have put together a film that is wacky and zany and also intelligent, and wild and madcap and also well-organized.
The supporting cast behind Cary Grant includes Priscilla Lane as his girl friend, Josephine Hill and Jean Adair as the two aunts, Raymond Massey as the future father-in-law, as well as Peter Lorre, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, John Ridgely, Edward McNamara, James Gleason, Grant Mitchell, Charles Lane, Chester Clute, Vaughn Glazer, Edward McWade, Garry Owen, Hank Mann, Spencer Charters, and John Alexander as the uncle who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt.
The very watchable and entertaining “Arsenic and Old Lace” was a play written by Joseph Kesselring in 1939, and ran on Broadway from 1941 to 1944. It was a big hit at the box office for producers Frank Capra and Jack L. Warner and Warner Bros. Pictures.