| Description |
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 1153 |
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Criterion collection ; 1153.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; aspect ratio 1.37:1. |
| Language |
In English; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, Peter Lorre, James Gleason, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, John Alexander, Grant Mitchell. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Sol Polito ; film editor, Daniel Mandell ; music by Max Steiner. |
| Note |
From the stage play by Joseph Kesselring. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1944. |
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Aspect ratio 1.37:1. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; New audio commentary; Radio adaptation from 1952; Trailer; Essay. |
| Subject |
Kesselring, Joseph, 1902-1967 -- Film adaptations.
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Aunts -- Drama.
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Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Drama.
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Serial murders -- Drama.
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Families -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Mentally ill -- Drama.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Capra, Frank, 1897-1991, film director.
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Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968, film producer.
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Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966, film producer.
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Epstein, Julius J., 1909-2000, screenwriter.
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Epstein, Philip G., screenwriter.
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Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, actor.
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Lane, Priscilla, 1917-1995, actor.
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Massey, Raymond, actor.
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Carson, Jack, 1910-1963, actor.
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Horton, Edward Everett. actor.
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Lorre, Peter, actor.
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Gleason, James, 1886-1959, actor.
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Hull, Josephine, 1877-1957, actor.
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Adair, Jean, 1873-1953, actor.
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Alexander, John, 1897-1982, actor.
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Mitchell, Grant, 1874-1957, actor.
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Polito, Sol, 1892-1960, director of photography.
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Mandell, Daniel, editor of moving image work.
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Steiner, Max, 1888-1971, composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kesselring, Joseph, 1902-1967.
Arsenic and old lace.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681439846 |
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1681439840 |
| Standard No. |
715515277815 |
| Music No. |
CC3408D The Criterion Collection |
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