Arsenic & Old Lace - Boris Karloff & Eddie Albert - Screen Guild Theatre
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American dark comedy film directed by Frank Capra, starring Cary Grant, and based on Joseph Kesselring's play Arsenic and Old Lace. The script adaptation was by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. 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 a tremendous hit, 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 Ronald Reagan before learning that Grant would accept the role. Boris Karloff played Jonathan Brewster, who "looks like Karloff", on the Broadway stage. According to TCM, 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.[4] Raymond Massey took Karloff’s place on screen.[5][Note 1] The film's supporting cast also features Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton and Peter Lorre.
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), were reprising 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. (Wikipedia)
-
18:12:15
Chesterton Radio
6 months ago $4.44 earnedChesterton Radio Live - Mystery Drama Adventure - Chuck the TV!
43.1K -
6:38:26
PudgeTV
15 hours agoBorderlands 2 From the Content Creator House | Fortnite w Frag | Happy Memorial Day Weekend
68.3K11 -
3:32:12
SNEAKO
17 hours agoNYC One Minute Podcast! (DAY 2)
157K125 -
1:43:15
WeAreChange
17 hours agoTrump Endorses FREE MARKET Money As Biden GLORIFIES George Floyd!
96.2K131 -
2:15:35
SilverFox
19 hours ago🔴LIVE - Elden Ring from the RUMBLE CREATOR HOUSE!!
68.9K2 -
3:12:08
FusedAegisTV
21 hours ago33 Days to Dawntrail🕒| JIMI HENDRIX PLAYS FFXIV Online Endwalker 6.0 MSQ
64.5K9 -
58:10
Athlete & Artist Show
2 days agoS4E5: The Toughest Man In Hockey
74.9K5 -
2:40:37
LumpyPotatoX2
22 hours agoFortnite on the Gulf Mexico - #RumbleTakeover
76.6K6 -
14:25
MichaelBisping
1 day agoBISPING Reacts: Conor McGregor WANTS Leon Edwards | Ian Garry v Michael Venom Page BOOKED at UFC 303
88.1K26 -
13:30
ThinkStory
2 days agoFURIOSA Ending Explained!
85K18