Arsenic and Old Lace |
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Staring:
Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton
Director:
Frank Capra
List Price: $19.97
Our Price: $10.91
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Product Description
An easy going drama critic (Grant) discovers that his kind and gentle aunts have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 1-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD
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Frank Capra made this film in 1941 before he went off to make films for America's war effort, but it wasn't released until 1944. Adapted from the hit play by Joseph Kesselring, this frantic black comedy shows Capra at his best as a master of mood and timing. Actresses Josephine Hull and Jean Adair reprise their Broadway performances as two gentle old ladies who poison men with elderberry wine to put them out of their misery. Cary Grant plays one nephew, a normal guy who just gets wind of their little hobby and tries to get them to stop, while Raymond Massey plays another, a villain just escaped from jail. Capra encourages the cast, especially Grant, to give a somewhat more outsized performance than one might expect. But made during the war years as it was, this overstated comic approach to killing was probably cathartic. --Tom Keogh
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: GRANT,CARY
EAN: 9780790743943
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0790743949
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-08-29
Running Time: 118
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: 1944-09-23 |
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