ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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• JA

  @JaguarDave · 1 year ago (edited)

  Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday and The Philadelphia Story are three of Cary Grant’s best comedy movies. Highly Recommended

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• CH

  @childlessdoggentleman746 · 1 year ago

  Peter Lorre (Dr. Einstein) is one of the great actors from the golden age of movies.  You've already seen him in Casablanca.  Lorre's leading role in Fritz Lang's "M" (1931) made him a star.  He would also appear in other classics like "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934), "Mad Love," (1935) and "The Maltese Falcon" (1941).

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• LA

  @larryordine7542 · 1 year ago

  This is a famous example of the genre known as Screwball  Comedy.

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• RO

  @ronsandahl274 · 1 year ago

  In the film whenever someone says Jonathan looks like Boris Karloff her becomes furious.  This is because in the stage play the role of Jonathan was played by Boris Karloff.

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• VI

  @victore6242 · 1 year ago

  Cary Grant does great banter.   And Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday (1940) is movie magic.

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• PH

  @phillipray4380 · 1 year ago

  A great pick for an older movie would be “Harvey” with Josephine Hull and Jimmy Stewart.

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• JO

  @johncampbell756 · 1 year ago

  Frank Capra also directed It&apos;s a Wonderful Life. <br><br>Niagra Falls is a major honeymoon destination. <br><br>This was originally a play. <br><br>I grew up loving this movie. <br><br>Young people that complain that old movies move too slowly. They have never seen this film.

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• BI

  @bigbow62 · 1 year ago (edited)

  The two aunts and Teddy.... played the same characters on Broadway for many years and were so great in fact they got them for this film. The big fish Boris Karloff who of course played Johnathan Brewster on Broadway couldn&apos;t get out of his contract ( I would imagine because he was the &quot;big name&quot; of the show. They went with Raymond Massey who did an excellent job. Massey also stared in the movie &quot;Young Abraham Lincoln&quot; and I believe won an Academy Award. Another great movie worth watching.

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• NO

  @NotAsFunAsIThoughtItWouldBe · 1 year ago (edited)

  Two more outrageous &nbsp;Cary Grant comedies worth the watch. &apos;Bringing Up Baby&apos;, &apos;His Girl Friday&apos;.

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• JE

  @jefferybeams145 · 1 year ago

  My wife enjoyed watching movies like this, sitting in bed on a lazy Sunday afternoon. &nbsp;This one was one of her favorites. &nbsp;Seeing it again brought back some good memories.

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• JE

  @Jeff_Lichtman · 1 year ago

  &quot;Osculation&quot; is a fancy word for kissing.<br><br>Niagara Falls used to be one of the most common destinations for honeymoons. The song &quot;Shuffle Off to Buffalo&quot; from the movie &quot;42nd Street&quot; is about that (Buffalo, NY is on the American side of the falls).<br><br>Cary Grant was equally good at drama and comedy. Some of his best comedic roles were in &quot;Bringing up Baby&quot; (1938), &quot;His Girl Friday&quot; (1940), &quot;The Philadelphia Story&quot; (1940), and &quot;Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House&quot; (1948).

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• LT

  @ltjom · 1 year ago

  Boris Karloff, who played Frankenstein’s monster in the old film, originated the role of Jonathan Brewster in the stage play, which made the “this guy looks like Boris Karloff” jokes even funnier.

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