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Arsenic and Old Lace [VHS]
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Product Details/SpecificationsActor(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: 9786301964012Binding: VHS TapeISBN: 6301964012Format: Black & White, NTSC, Release Date: 1998-07-28Universal product code (UPC): 027616156839Number of discs: 1Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)Amazon.com 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 minutesLanguage: English (Original Language) Language: German (Original Language)
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