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Frank Capra's Arsenic and old lace, Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; directed by Frank Capra

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Frank Capra's Arsenic and old lace

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Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; directed by Frank Capra

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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 mansionMirthful 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

Special features: Standard version -- Interactive menus -- Scene access -- Language: English mono -- Subtitles: English, FrenchA 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

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Arsenic and old lace