Arsenic and Old Lace

Cindy and Marty do their first FTC episode on the Frank Capra classic (1944) "Arsenic and Old Lace"

• Year: 1944 (shot late 1941; broad release held until 1944)

• Runtime: 118 minutes; Studio: Warner Bros.

• Director: Frank Capra; Writers: Julius & PhilipEpstein (from Joseph Kesselring’s play)

• Music: Max Steiner; Cinematography: Sol Polito; Editing:Daniel Mandell

• Release: New York premiere Sept 1, 1944; U.S. release Sept23, 1944

• Setting: Halloween in Brooklyn (Brewster family home)

Key cast:

• Cary Grant — Mortimer Brewster

• Priscilla Lane — Elaine Harper

• Raymond Massey — Jonathan Brewster (a Karloff look‑alikegag)

• Peter Lorre — Dr. Herman Einstein

• Josephine Hull — Abby Brewster; Jean Adair — MarthaBrewster; John Alexander — “Teddy Roosevelt” Brewster

• Jack Carson — Officer O’Hara; Edward Everett Horton — Mr.Witherspoon; James Gleason — Lt. Rooney

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