Arsenic and Old Age
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Despite the fact that picture runs minutes, Frank Capra has expanded on the original play [by Joseph Kesselring] to a sufficient extent to maintain a steady, consistent pace. The timing is abysmal throughout, turning fast pace into numbing frenzy. Today the stellar cast comes across as overacting, mugging into predictable pratfalls, blustering obtuseness and telegraphed laff lines.
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Cary Grant et al are on sparkling form in this classic darkly twisted comedy. The film was adapted from a successful stage play and it comes across as very theatrical on screen, but once you get past that, there's an enjoyable lunacy to the whole thing. Cary Grant serial-killer comedy classic is cozy and tame. Unable to conceal the film's theatrical origins, Capra misfires as a director and misguides Cary Garnt, who's too mannered, but the time, the combo of horror and comedy was new and the old ladies' gruseome hobby was shocking to audiences.
While this madcap drawing room comedy rests on the shoulders of the ever charming mr. Grant, who does more doubletakes here than in any other feature he may have done, there is actually quite a lot to be said for the obvious fun being had by the heavies, Raymond massey and peter lorre, who chew scenery with the best of them and look as if they're restraining themselves from outright giggling during their scenes together.
Rightfully one of the best of this genre. While the first half hour is exceptionally hilarious with Cary Grant displaying a perfect comic timing there , this madcap dark comedy soon resorts to irritating, over-the-top mass hysteria, with everyone yelling around without rest, killing what made it so funny in the beginning. Way too theatrical for my taste. I couldn't stand watching it anymore, so I turned it off after watching the first hour. A newlywed discovers that his aged aunts have been poisoning lonely bachelors as his brother returns with a body to hide. This is a shallow but enjoyable farce.
Cary Grant runs about and contorts his face in all the shapes required by the genre, and Josephine Hull and Jean Adair are delightful in their naivete.
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This isn't substantive comedy, but it's well-plotted and energetic. Overall, I enjoyed Arsenic and Old Lace for its madcap fun as it's a decent way to while away a couple hours. More Top Movies Trailers. DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Black Panther Dominates Honorees. Trending on RT Avengers: Post Share on Facebook. Movie Info Arsenic and Old Lace is director Frank Capra's spin on the classic Joseph Kesselring stage comedy, which concerns the sweet old Brewster sisters Josephine Hull, Jean Adair , beloved in their genteel Brooklyn neighborhood for their many charitable acts.
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One charity which the ladies don't advertise is their ongoing effort to permit lonely bachelors to die with smiles on their faces--by serving said bachelors elderberry wine spiked with arsenic. When the sisters' drama-critic nephew Mortimer Cary Grant stumbles onto their secret, he is understandably put out--especially since he has just married the lovely Elaine Harper Priscilla Lane.
Einstein Peter Lorre in tow. When Jonathan learns that his darling aunts have killed twelve men, he is incensed--they're challenging his own record of murders. Epstein , Philip G. Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster. Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster. Josephine Hull as Abby Brewster. Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper. Jean Adair as Martha Brewster. Jack Carson as O'Hara. Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Peter Lorre as Dr.