Arsenic And Old Lace
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
September 9, 1887 in Plymouth, Indiana, USA
13 June 1873, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
12 June 1915, Indianola, Iowa, USA
10 June 1873, New York City, New York, USA
26 June 1904, Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary [now Ruzomberok, Slovakia]
18 February 1891, Orange, New Jersey, USA
29 November 1897, Newport, Kentucky, USA
26 January 1905, San Francisco, California, USA
March 25, 1875 in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA
23 May 1882, New York City, New York, USA
15 May 1893, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14 January 1865, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 January 1904, Horfield, Bristol, England, UK
30 August 1896, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 January 1877, Newtonville, Massachusetts, USA
14 August 1884, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
6 September 1909, Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 April 1911, Fresno, California, USA
18 March 1886, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
28 May 1887, New York City, New York, USA
17 June 1874, Columbus, Ohio, USA
17 November 1872, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
22 March 1908, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
27 October 1910, Carman, Manitoba, Canada
18 February 1902, Brookhaven, Mississippi, USA
August 13, 2007
Riotously funny.
August 13, 2007
The timing is abysmal throughout, turning fast pace into numbing frenzy.
October 22, 2013
Cary Grant et al are on sparkling form in this classic darkly twisted comedy.
July 17, 2005
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.
October 22, 2013
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.
August 13, 2007
Despite the fact that picture runs 118 minutes, Frank Capra has expanded on the original play [by Joseph Kesselring] to a sufficient extent to maintain a steady, consistent pace.
August 08, 2006
Good macabre fun.
December 14, 2010
Cary Grant serial-killer comedy classic is cozy and tame.
September 27, 2003
has stood the test of time to remain as funny today as anything Hollywood is producing now.
February 22, 2016
Today the stellar cast comes across as overacting, mugging into predictable pratfalls, blustering obtuseness and telegraphed laff lines.
October 25, 2004
Charge! off to see this classic Capra screwballer.
June 24, 2006
Dusty but gentle entertainment.
