Arsenic and Old Lace [VHS]

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	Actor(s):	Cary Grant Priscilla Lane Raymond Massey Jack Carson Edward Everett Horton
	Video by:	MGM (Warner)
	Sales Rank:	66836

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Actor(s):
Cary Grant
Priscilla Lane
Raymond Massey
Jack Carson
Edward Everett Horton

Creators:
Sol Polito (Cinematographer)
Frank Capra (Producer)
Daniel Mandell (Editor)
Jack L. Warner (Producer)
Joseph Kesselring (Writer)
Julius J. Epstein (Writer)
Philip G. Epstein (Writer)

Director(s):
Frank Capra

Recording label: MGM (Warner)
EAN: 9786301964012
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 6301964012
Format: Black & White, NTSC,
Release Date: 1998-07-28
Universal product code (UPC): 027616156839
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)

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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

Running time: 118 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: German (Original Language)