Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)


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Cast & Crew.

Cary Grant
Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane
Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull
Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair
Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey
Jonathan Brewster

John Alexander
'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre
Dr. Einstein

Jack Carson
Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason
Lt. Rooney

Grant Mitchell
Reverend Harper

Edward McNamara
Sergeant Brophy

Garry Owen
Taxi Cab Driver

John Ridgely
Officer Saunders

Vaughan Glaser
Judge Cullman

Chester Clute
Dr. Gilchrist

Charles Lane
Reporter at Marriage License Office

Edward McWade
Gibbs

Hank Mann
Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)

Spencer Charters
Marriage License Clerk

Sol Gorss
New York Pitcher (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Umpire (uncredited)

Raymond Walburn
Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell
Young Man in Line (uncredited)

Leo White
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)

Frank Capra
Director / Producer

Jack L. Warner
Producer

Joseph Kesselring
Theatre Play

Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay

Philip G. Epstein
Screenplay

Sol Polito
Director of Photography

Byron Haskin
Special Effects

Wesley Anderson
Additional Camera

Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator

C.A. Riggs
Sound

Orry-Kelly
Costume Design

George Bau
Makeup Artist

Harold Noyes
Grip

Max Parker
Art Direction

Eric Stacey
Unit Production Manager

Robert Burks
Special Effects

Daniel Mandell
Editor

Russell Saunders
Assistant Director

Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist

Mickey Marigold
Still Photographer

Charles O'Bannon
Gaffer

Anita De Beltrand
Hairstylist

Claude Archer
Second Assistant Director
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Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Budget$1,120,175
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Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American screwball black comedy crime film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein is based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 play of the same name. The contract with the play's producers stipulated that the film would not be released until the Broadway run ended. The original planned release date was September 30, 1942. The play was hugely successful, running for three and a half years, so the film was not released until 1944.
The lead role of Mortimer Brewster was originally intended for Bob Hope, but he could not be released from his contract with Paramount Pictures. Capra had also approached Jack Benny and Richard Travis before learning that Grant would accept the role. On the Broadway stage, Boris Karloff played Jonathan Brewster, who is said to "look like Boris Karloff". According to Turner Classic Movies, Karloff, who gave permission for the use of his name in the film, remained in the play to appease the producers, who were afraid of what stripping the play of all its primary cast would do to ticket sales. Raymond Massey took Karloff's place on screen. The film's supporting cast also features Jack Carson, Priscilla Lane, Peter Lorre, and Edward Everett Horton.
Josephine Hull and Jean Adair portray the Brewster sisters, Abby and Martha, respectively. Hull and Adair, as well as John Alexander (who played Teddy Brewster), reprised their roles from the 1941 stage production. Hull and Adair both received an eight-week leave of absence from the stage production, which was still running, but Karloff did not, as he was an investor in the stage production and its main draw. The entire film was shot within those eight weeks. The film cost just over $1.2 million of a $2 million budget to produce. The cost of the filming rights was $175,000.
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