Arsenic and Old Lace (film)
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American screwball mystery black comedy 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.
Theatrical release poster
Waiting for a marriage license (Priscilla Lane and Cary Grant)
Jean Adair, Josephine Hull and Cary Grant in Arsenic and Old Lace
Publicity photo of Grant and Lane
Cary Grant was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award, received an Academy Honorary Award in 1970, and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1981. He was named the second greatest male star of the Golden Age of Hollywood by the American Film Institute in 1999.
Grant in a publicity still for Suspicion (1941)
Fairfield Grammar School, which Grant attended between 1915 and 1918
The New York Hippodrome where Grant performed
The Casino Theater on Broadway and 39th Street, where Grant appeared in Shubert's Boom-Boom