#GIF: Arsenic and Old Lace

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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) — dir. Frank Capra     

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Arsenic and Old Lace, 1944

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Celebrating its 80th anniversary today

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Tea time with Dr. Einstein ☕

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We see Peter Lorre suffer onscreen so often, and he rarely gets any sympathy from anyone besides the audience. So I really treasure this cute moment from "Passage to Marseilles." Not the least because out of context, you can imagine this as any number of other PL characters who could use a blanket and some cocoa.

A few ideas off the top of my head:

When Cairo met Wilmer: During some misguided treasure hunt in the tropics, Joel Cairo almost dies, and is rescued by a young man named Wilmer Cook. The rest is history.

The Baron is retrieved from the Wild Goose: ...and already talking about getting back on track with plans before they even get him onto a stretcher.

Ugarte was only mostly dead! "Ugarte is dead" my ass. If Strasser executed Ugarte before extracting the location of the visas from him then he's an idiot, and if he tortured him to death in one night then he's incompetent. So after Rick and Louie declare their beautiful friendship, they make a stop at the jail to free the tight-lipped prisoner, and bring him to Ferrari's to recuperate in hiding. Now that he's at his lowest and literally stripped of everything he had, Ugarte actually has impressed everyone.

Johnny West is just hung over: Icey is trying to sober up her boyfriend yet again. Johnny eagerly drinks the offering, only to realize that it's coffee and not booze.

Leyden needs coffee: ... or it's Corny Leyden, after attempting to pull an all-nighter working on his new book about Dimitrios. A member of his house staff gives the unkept artist some much needed caffeine and informs him that he's got a press conference in twenty minutes.

Dr. Herman Einstein: ...is sleeping in the Brewsters' basement, either during or after the events of the film. The aunts announce that coffee is ready, and Elanie brings the hung-over doctor a cup.

Vicky Emmric: ...has talked Lottie into camping out at the cemetery overnight with hot cocoa. This is his way of coping with his friend's confession to murder and going to the gallows.

Feel free to add your own ideas.

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Peter Lorre & Raymond Massey - Arsenic and Old Lace

And a touch of slo-mo on the last one. 💕

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Oh, Mortimer, you’re going to spoil everything. We were just about to have a nice little murder, and you have to come along and louse it up!

Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) dir. Frank Capra

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FILMS in 2025: 03 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) — dir. Frank Capra     

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24 (mostly) atypical gifs from "Arsenic and Old Lace" (filmed in 1941, released in 1944)

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Bringing up baby:

Classic screwball comedy. The titular "baby" is a leopard and this movie is the source of that one Cary Grant gif in a robe with feathers jumping in the air and yelling "I just went GAY all of a sudden!"

Arsenic and Old Lace:

A man (Cary Grant) finds out his aunts are killing people and having his brother, who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, bury them in “the Panama Canal” a.k.a. the basement. Meanwhile, his other brother, the murderer, has escaped from prison. It’s hilarious

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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) dir. Frank Capra

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Actually wait yeah-

Does anybody else want to take this poor frazzled lil guy and wrap him up in a blanket and cuddle with him until he falls asleep? Because I do, and I have thought about it for YEARS

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Things I watched in 2022 [8/12]: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

“Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops!”