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- Classic Movie: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, 118 min
3/5/2013, 7:00 pm, Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Avenue
Contact Person : Fran Housten, Cranford Public Library
Phone #: 908-709-7272
Email: cranfordlibrary@gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.cranford.com/library
This hilariously droll black comedy is one of the most successful adaptations of theater to film. The deft portraits of two classically sweet little old ladies (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who invite bachelors to dinner and then poison them with spiked elderberry wine are at the center of the increasingly frantic proceedings. A homicidal nephew and another who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt add to the fun. Frank Capra coaxes over-the-top performances from a cast that includes Cary Grant as a clueless drama-critic nephew and Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre-All Rovi
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