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I saw this film in my high school English class over ten years ago and it was one film I couldn’t exactly forget. Years later when I was hunting down another film I found this dvd in the store and never looked back. It’s one of the films I recommend to people who enjoy dark comedy or slapstick films. It has some jokes that are dark in tone but delivered so well it’s impossible not to laugh. Whether being charmed by the sweet unassuming aunts, intrigued by the silly brother who thinks he’s Theodore Rosevelt, enchanted by our lead and his love interest or fearful of the brother who returns with a plan to take over the household.

Arsenic and Old lace is a 1944 film that was originally filmed years prior but sadly studio distribution halted it for a while and it was until he was in the trenches of WWII that director Frank Capra heard a nearby soldier yell out “Charge” and run towards the enemy like the Teddy character in the film.

The premise of the film is Mortimer Brewster, played by Grant, visits his aunts after marrying their girl next door and their minister’s daughter. When he comes home however he discovers a secret kept by the two old ladies under the guise of a good deed. The brother who the neighbors fear helps to cover evidence as he knows no better, and once Mortimer learns this he feels he can get this situation under control if he can get his brother locked away. But things get even crazier when his other brother comes home with an accomplice. Mortimer and his aunts are not living in fear of brother Jonathan and what he’ll do, while Mortimer is struggling to cover up this family situation and keep his newlywed wife safe.

The brother Jonathan is played by Raymond Massey who was done up to look like Boris Karloff who originated the role on Broadway, Karloff wanted to play in the film as it would open more doors for him in a comedy but the producers of the play refused to part with him because he was the big draw. Josephine Hull, Jean Adair and John Alexander were the only cast members from the play who appeared in the film. Peter Lorre plays the accomplice Dr Einstein.

The film recently was released by Criterion Films and given a spot in the library of congress. Having this means prints of this film will be around for years to come and future generations to see. It’s absolutely worth watching around Halloween as that’s when the events in the film take place.

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Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, and Peter Lorre in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Films Watched in 2023:

08. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) - Dir. Frank Capra

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October 21st, 2023

I suppose I made myself a bit of a liar because Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) isn't a Universal Picture. It is however a fantastic Halloween film. This movie still holds up even eight decades later. The humor is a product of its time but not in an outdated offensive way. Cary Grant shines in his slapstick performance and Peter Lorre is well...as perfectly Peter Lorre as ever.

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Wes Anderson: Yeah, I remember Jim Brooks also saying, when I showed him Rushmore, he watched it. He said, "Great, man. Just the only problem is the movie hasn't been edited." But he was right. "You've put it all together, and it's all there, everything you need. But you've only put it together. You haven't edited it. So, tell me when you've done that. I'll come see it again if you like." And then walking out the door, he said, "And I guess the only thing I say really is pace, pace, pace." And then he left. "So we've bored you. We've bored you for an hour and 42 minutes. And what you're saying is, can you get it done in 96?" Yeah. Noah Baumbach: Well, Peter often would echo, I think it was Frank Capra's comment to him, which was, "Your first reel's too fast." Wes Anderson: Yes, exact. But I did exactly what Jim Brooks said, because somebody had to tell us, and he could see it. And then I've never had a movie that I showed to Peter Bogdanovich that he didn't say, "You've cut your first reel too fast." Because that's what I used to do. That's what I have done, and I just did it on this last movie I was making. And then I'd go back in and say, "Okay, so you mean people have to understand what they're looking at. They have to actually process it, or by the end of the first reel," which now, I don't know if they have reels anymore, but we do. By the end of the first reel, they don't care. Get there, involved.

Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach on Peter Bogdanovich

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WATCHLIST 2023: Arsenic and Old Lace

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Mortimer: Men don't just get into window seats and die!

Abby: Of course not, dear. He died first.

Mortimer: But how?

Abby: The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it. Now, I don't know why you're making such a big deal over this, Mortimer. Don't you worry about a thing!

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Mr. Capra—a small, sad-eyed man who speaks in a clipped yet hesitant manner and seems most at ease when he’s laughing, which he does with abandon—first directed Stewart in a supporting part in You Can’t Take It With You, which he made in 1938. The next year, Capra gave him the title role in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and in 1946, the lead in It’s A Wonderful Life, which remains Stewart’s favorite among all his films. The Capra hero—from his silent Harry Langdon comedies to such great successes as Mr. Smith, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Meet John Doe—is an innocent dreamer who comes up against hard reality, yet manages not only to keep his illusions but to triumph with them. Because this is the way Mr. Capra would like it to be.

- Peter Bogdanovich, Th' Respawnsibility of bein' J... Jimmy Stewart. Gosh!, Esquire, 1966

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Just watched this movie with my family and after it ended we were all still reeling. It's an absolute WHIRLWIND. Watching it again tomorrow. I'm still processing the whole film as we speak; I reached the top of my incredulity meter about 20 minutes from the end. Can confirm it will leave you either horribly stressed or riding an adrenaline high for half an hour afterwards.

Especially for 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace is INSANE. Its feral. Two kind old maids are serial killers with a higher body count than Norman Bates, Cary Grant is on the edge of insanity, Peter Lorre is there, it has a sub plot concerning a man who thinks he's Theodore Roosevelt and becomes catatonic if he tries being someone else, they couldn't get Boris Karloff to reprise his role in the play so they made a guy up to look like Boris Karloff and shot all his scenes like a horror movie, it opens with a fist fight at a Dodgers game and it has nothing to do with the plot. 10/10 masterpiece.

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Arsenic and Old Lace (Movie Review) | Fun & Captivating

When I went to see Arsenic and Old Lace I didn't expect to be as delightfully entertained as I was, there's a reason why it's a classic movie fan favorite. Check my review #ArsenicAndOldLace #ClassicComedy #FilmReview #CaryGrant #ClassicFilm #MustWatch

Frank Capra (Director)CASTCary GrantPriscilla LaneRaymond MasseyJosephine HullJean AdairJohn AlexanderPeter LorreBased on the play “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring Review This was my first Cary Grant movie. I kind of knew the name, I’d heard about him, even though I thought his first name was Gary. This 1944 movie is amazing, I went in blind, I knew the time of the showing – yes I…

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I love you. Nothing else matters. We can run away. Everything will take care of itself. Please, Peter, I can't let you out of my life now. I couldn't live without you. CLARK GABLE AND CLAUDETTE COLBERT AS PETER WARNE AND ELLIE ANDREWS IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) Dir. Frank Capra