Ahhhhhh....one of my all time personal favorites!! Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)(trailer). Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American dark comedy film directed by Frank Capra, starring Cary Grant, and based on Joseph Kesselrings play Arsenic and Old Lace. The script adaptation was by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. Capra actually filmed the movie in 1941 because of star Cary Grants availability, but it was not released until 1944, after the original stage version had finished its run on Broadway. The lead role of Mortimer Brewster was originally intended for Bob Hope, but he could not be released from his contract with Paramount. Capra had also approached Jack Benny and Ronald Reagan before learning that Grant would accept the role. Boris Karloff played Jonathan Brewster, who looks like Karloff, on the Broadway stage, but he was unable to do the movie as well because he was still appearing in the play during filming, and Raymond Massey took his place. The films supporting cast also features Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton and Peter Lorre. Josephine Hull and Jean Adair portray the Brewster sisters, Abby and Martha, respectively. Hull and Adair, as well as John Alexander (who played Teddy Roosevelt), were reprising their roles from the 1941 stage production. Hull and Adair both received an eight-week leave of absence from the stage production that was still running, but Karloff did not as he was an investor in the stage production and its main draw. The entire film was shot within those eight weeks. The film cost just over $1.2 million of a $2 million budget to produce. Cast: Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster Josephine Hull as Aunt Abby Brewster Jean Adair as Aunt Martha Brewster Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster Peter Lorre as Dr. Herman Einstein Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper Brewster John Alexander as Teddy Roosevelt Brewster Jack Carson as Officer Patrick OHara John Ridgely as Officer Sanders Edward McNamara as Police Sgt. Brophy James Gleason as Police Lt. Rooney Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Witherspoon Grant Mitchell as Reverend Harper Vaughan Glaser as Judge Cullman Chester Clute as Dr. Gilchrist Edward McWade as Mr. Gibbs - the old man Garry Owen as Taxi Cab Driver Charles Lane as first reporter Hank Mann as Second reporter with camera Spencer Charters as Marriage License Clerk youtu.be/GCWBDwkhGN0
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:25:23 +0000
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