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The Resource Arsenic and old lace., Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; ; produced by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse for Warner Bros. ; directed by Frank Capra

Arsenic and old lace., Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; ; produced by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse for Warner Bros. ; directed by Frank Capra

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Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster returns home to Brooklyn, where his adorably dotty aunts greet him with love, sweetness...and a grisly surprise: the corpses buried in their cellar. A bugle-playing brother who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, a crazed criminal who's a dead ringer for Boris Karloff, and a seriously slippery plastic surgeon are among the outré oddballs populating Arsenic and Old Lace, a diabolical delight that only gets funnier as the body count rises
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
DVD special edition ; Fullscreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (118 min.)
Note
  • From the stage play by Joseph Kesselring
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1944
  • Full screen (Academy ratio, 1.37:1)
  • Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; New audio commentary featuring Charles Dennis, author of There's a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of 'Arsenic and Old Lace'; Radio adaptation from 1952 starring Boris Karloff; trailer; booklet containing an essay by critic David Cairns
Isbn
9781681439846
Instance
Label
Arsenic and old lace.
Title
Arsenic and old lace.
Statement of responsibility
Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; ; produced by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse for Warner Bros. ; directed by Frank Capra
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster returns home to Brooklyn, where his adorably dotty aunts greet him with love, sweetness...and a grisly surprise: the corpses buried in their cellar. A bugle-playing brother who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, a crazed criminal who's a dead ringer for Boris Karloff, and a seriously slippery plastic surgeon are among the outré oddballs populating Arsenic and Old Lace, a diabolical delight that only gets funnier as the body count rises
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videorecording
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Arsenic and old lace (Motion picture : 1944)
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Credits note
Director of photography, Sol Polito ; film editor, Daniel Mandell ; music by Max Steiner
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.A77 2022
PerformerNote
Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, Peter Lorre, James Gleason, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, John Alexander, Grant Mitchell
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1897-1991
  • 1909-2000
  • 1904-1986
  • 1917-1995
  • 1910-1963
  • 1886-1959
  • 1877-1957
  • 1873-1953
  • 1897-1982
  • 1874-1957
  • 1892-1960
  • 1888-1971
  • 1902-1967
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  • Capra, Frank
  • Epstein, Julius J.
  • Epstein, Philip G.
  • Grant, Cary
  • Lane, Priscilla
  • Massey, Raymond
  • Carson, Jack
  • Horton, Edward Everett
  • Lorre, Peter
  • Gleason, James
  • Hull, Josephine
  • Adair, Jean
  • Alexander, John
  • Mitchell, Grant
  • Polito, Sol
  • Mandell, Daniel
  • Steiner, Max
  • Kesselring, Joseph
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
  • First National Pictures, Inc
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
118
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
1153
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  • Aunts
  • Arsenic
  • Serial murders
  • Families
  • Murder
  • Mentally ill
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Arsenic and old lace., Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; ; produced by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse for Warner Bros. ; directed by Frank Capra
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Publication
Note
  • From the stage play by Joseph Kesselring
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1944
  • Full screen (Academy ratio, 1.37:1)
  • Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; New audio commentary featuring Charles Dennis, author of There's a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of 'Arsenic and Old Lace'; Radio adaptation from 1952 starring Boris Karloff; trailer; booklet containing an essay by critic David Cairns
Accompanying material
folded insert
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1341211871
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD special edition ; Fullscreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (118 min.)
Isbn
9781681439846
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515277815
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC3408D
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1341211871
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; aspect ratio 1.37:1; monaural
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Arsenic and old lace., Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; ; produced by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse for Warner Bros. ; directed by Frank Capra
Publication
Note
  • From the stage play by Joseph Kesselring
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1944
  • Full screen (Academy ratio, 1.37:1)
  • Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; New audio commentary featuring Charles Dennis, author of There's a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of 'Arsenic and Old Lace'; Radio adaptation from 1952 starring Boris Karloff; trailer; booklet containing an essay by critic David Cairns
Accompanying material
folded insert
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1341211871
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD special edition ; Fullscreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (118 min.)
Isbn
9781681439846
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515277815
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC3408D
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1341211871
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; aspect ratio 1.37:1; monaural
Video recording format
DVD

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