Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by Joseph Kesselring, which was made into a film by director Frank Capra. Capra actually filmed the movie in 1941 but it was not released until 1944.
On his wedding day, theatre-hating drama critic and confirmed bachelor Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) must cope with his bizarre family, especially his two elderly aunts who live in the old family home in Brooklyn.
Arsenic and OldLace is a fl comedy play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939.
Of the 12 plays written by Kesselring, Arsenic and OldLace is the only one to be successful.
The play is a farce revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a theatre-hating drama critic who must deal with his crazy family and local police as he debates whether to go through with marrying the woman he loves.
ARSENIC AND OLDLACE ($25) is a true cinematic gem- a movie that is as funny today as it was when it was released nearly sixty years ago.
ARSENIC AND OLDLACE opens on Halloween, with the arrival of nephew Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant), who has just married Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), the girl who lives next door to his doting aunts.
Of course, Mortimer is shocked and dumbfounded to discover that his sweet old aunts are serial killers, with a dozen bodies buried in the cellar of their Brooklyn home.
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