Frank Capra's Arsenic and old lace
(DVD)
Contributors
Capra, Frank, 1897-1991, film director.
Epstein, Julius J., 1909-2000, screenwriter.
Epstein, Philip G., screenwriter.
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, actor.
Lane, Priscilla, 1917-1995, actor.
Epstein, Julius J., 1909-2000, screenwriter.
Epstein, Philip G., screenwriter.
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, actor.
Lane, Priscilla, 1917-1995, actor.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2022].
Status
Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2022].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Language
English
UPC
715515277815
Notes
General Note
Title and credits from screen.
General Note
From the stage play by Joseph Kesselring, produced by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1944.
General Note
Full screen (Academy ratio, 1.37:1).
General Note
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.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Sol Polito ; film editor, Daniel Mandell ; music by Max Steiner.
Participants/Performers
Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, Peter Lorre, James Gleason, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, John Alexander, Grant Mitchell.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; aspect ratio 1.37:1; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In English.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Capra, F., Epstein, J. J., Epstein, P. G., Grant, C., Lane, P., Massey, R., Carson, J., Horton, E. E., Lorre, P., Gleason, J., Hull, J., Adair, J., Alexander, J., Mitchell, G., Polito, S., Mandell, D., Steiner, M., & Kesselring, J. (2022). Frank Capra's Arsenic and old lace (DVD special edition.). Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Frank Capra et al.. 2022. Frank Capra's Arsenic and Old Lace. Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Frank Capra et al.. Frank Capra's Arsenic and Old Lace Criterion Collection, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Capra, Frank, et al. Frank Capra's Arsenic and Old Lace DVD special edition., Criterion Collection, 2022.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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