Arsenic and old lace [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; directed by Frank Capra.

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Adair, Jean, 1873-1953 (actor.). Capra, Frank, 1897-1991 (film director,, film producer.). Carson, Jack, 1910-1963 (actor.). Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966 (film producer.). Epstein, Julius J., 1909-2000 (screenwriter.). Epstein, Philip G., (screenwriter.). Grant, Cary, 1904-1986 (actor.). Horton, Edward Everett, (actor.). Hull, Josephine, 1877-1957 (actor.). Lane, Priscilla, 1917-1995 (actor.). Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968 (film producer.). Lorre, Peter, (actor.). Massey, Raymond, (actor.). Steiner, Max, 1888-1971 (composer (expression)). Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978 (film producer.). Kesselring, Joseph, 1902-1967 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Arsenic and old lace. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), (production company.). Warner Home Video (Firm), (publisher.). Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Peter Lorre, Edward Everett Horton, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair. (Cast).

Summary:

An easy-going drama critic is shocked to discover that his elderly aunts, the seemingly gentle-natured Abby and Martha, have a habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar of their old Brooklyn mansion.

Mirthful murder Cary-ed off in slapstick, slap-happy style! Cary Grant and a stellar cast romp through this classic farce based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 Broadway hit and breezily directed by Frank Capra. Frazzled drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Grant) has two aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who ply lonely geezers with poisoned libations, on sociopathic brother (Raymond Massey) who looks like Boris Karloff, one bonkers brother (John Alexander) who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, one impatient new bride (Priscilla Lane) -- and only one night to make it turn out all right. In this circus' center ring is Grant, twisting his face into a clown's gallery of flabbergasted reactions and transforming his natural athletic grace into a rubber-legged comic ballet. You'll die laughing. - Container.

Record details

ISBN: 0780663896
ISBN: 0790743949
ISBN: 9780780663893
ISBN: 9780790743943
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2000]
Copyright: ©2000

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the play : Arsenic and old lace / by Joseph Kesselring. Full screen (1.33:1). Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944. Title from title screen.
Formatted Contents Note:	A spree grows in Brooklyn -- What Mortimer's come to -- The Brewster house -- One thing at a time -- The two nicest aunts -- Murder will out -- Their little secrets -- An even dozen -- Gone to Panama -- Where Elaine stands -- A new gentleman -- Another Roosevelt -- Jonathan and Dr. Einstein -- Disagreeable -- Just the right size -- Lights and bodies out -- Elaine's bad timing -- A touching reunion -- What's the matter with Elaine? -- Who can that be? -- Window-seat worries -- O'Hara drops in -- If you tell, I tell -- Tie score -- Galloping insanity -- The Melbourne method -- Big dope -- To my dear dead brother -- O'Hara's opus -- Third-act brawl -- Rooney on the scene -- Teddy's term expires -- Bodies everywhere -- Sign, Dr. Einstein -- True confessions -- Not themselves. Special features: Standard version -- Interactive menus -- Scene access -- Language: English mono -- Subtitles: English, French.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Art director, Max Parker ; director of photography, Sol Polito ; editor, Daniel Mandell ; music, Max Steiner.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Peter Lorre, Edward Everett Horton, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD (with chapter stops) ; Dolby digital ; NTSC 1.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. In English, with optional subtitles in English or French.