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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) screens on TCM tonight

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Frank Capra's dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Josephine Hull and Jean Adair, airs on TCM tonight at 8:00 PM ET. The 1 hour 58 minute TV-PG film follows drama critic Mortimer Brewster as he discovers his maiden aunts are poisoning lonely men. Raymond Massey plays the sinister Jonathan Brewster and the movie adapts Joseph Kesselring's hit stage play, blending theatrical mugging with macabre slapstick. The film showcases Cary Grant's broad, frantic comic performance and remains a classic Halloween-friendly example of Hollywood dark comedy, making it worth watching tonight.

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#ComingUpOnTCM ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944) Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair Dir.: Frank Capra 5:00 PM PT A drama critic discovers his maiden aunts murder lonely single men. 1h 58m | Comedy | TV-PG #TCM #TCMParty #JosephKesselring

163h ago
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ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944) — 8:00 pm ET — 1h 58m (TCM Primetime: Pick Your Poison) Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, John Alexander; directed by Frank Capra Cary Grant stars as the one sane member of a charmingly lunatic family. #TCM #TCMParty

163h ago
Jo
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This may have been Cary’s least favorite of his movies but I love his performance in it. #ArsenicAndOldLace #TCMParty

82h ago
Rd bacon
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Settling into #ArsenicAndOldLace, I asked, “How are the Brooklyn Dodgers still playing baseball as late as Halloween?” So, I looked it up, and, yes, the Dodgers were in the World Series in October 1941, versus the Yankees, but, no, the Series was over on October 6. Artistic license. #tcmparty

93h ago
🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul
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We don't get #ArsenicAndOldLace in Canada, but I have to laugh because it took me wayyy too long to figure out why they would substitute with 1937's #RomeoAndJuliet . I only just thought to check tonight's theme! 😄 #PickYourPoison #TCMParty

73h ago
🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul3

You guys I'm not sad about this substitution at the moment... So many beautiful men in tights! And Basil Rathbone sword-fighting! If there was an award for costumes at the Academy Awards yet, surely they would have won-they're spectacular! The print is so good every detail pops! #RomeoAndJuliet

StephenSType1
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Thought I'd seen almost all the favorite classic films, but this is my first time watching #ArsenicAndOldLace #TCMParty

63h ago
Bach Pham
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Director: Cary, do that thing you do Cary: "what do you meannnn?" Director: Excellent! Cut! Next scene #ArsenicAndOldLace #tcmparty

42h ago
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The three of them, Grant and Hull and Adair, have such great chemistry. #ArsenicAndOldLace #TCMParty

62h ago
Marcea the Traveler
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Okay, not a night to honor the WNBA. And that would have been interesting, but a funny movie about poisoning works for me. And again, applies to a few people I know 😉 #ArsenicAndOldLace #TCMParty

53h ago
Gina Dalfonzo
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I love #ArsenicAndOldLace, but it must be admitted that the opening is all over the place. #TCMParty

53h ago
Jeff Lundenberger
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Cary Grant really goes for broke in this one, with his mugging and the silly noises. I love it. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944), tonight at 8:00 PM on #TCM. #classicmovies

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