Movielogr
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Directed by Frank Capra
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Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts’ hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Rated NR | Length 118 minutes
Actors
Cary Grant | Priscilla Lane | Josephine Hull | Jean Adair | Raymond Massey | John Alexander | Peter Lorre | Jack Carson | Edward Everett Horton | James Gleason | Grant Mitchell | Edward McNamara | Garry Owen | John Ridgely | Vaughan Glaser | Chester Clute | Charles Lane | Edward McWade | Hank Mann | Spencer Charters | Sol Gorss | Lee Phelps | Raymond Walburn | Spec O'Donnell | Leo White
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/01/2019 | TV | DVD | Library | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
One of those movies that I thought I had seen but wasn’t logged here so I requested it from the library… definitely had not seen before! Didn’t know this was a Halloween movie (or at least one set on Halloween). The film posits that everyone in 1944 Brooklyn is either crooked, dimwitted or mentally insane. Such a bizarre movie that would play really well with the CFS crowd bc it has that kind of silliness. While it’s a huge suspension of belief that the two Brewster aunts have been murdering men and burying them in their basement (this is the literal premise of the film) without raising any suspicion, there are many humorous moments. I really like Peter Lorre as the drunk doctor.
I wouldn’t watch this again at home but would absolutely go to a rep screening of it, preferably on Halloween!
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