ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)

The trailer for 1944’s ARSENIC AND OLD LACE. Directed by Frank Capra and written by Julius Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, based on the play by Joseph Kesselring. The film stars Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, Peter Lorre, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, and James Gleason.

The plot summary is as follows:

Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse.

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE is not currently streaming but is available for rent/purchase on most digital platforms.