The 1944 film Arsenic and Old Lace , directed by Frank Capra , is a quintessential screwball dark comedy that blends romance, madness, and murder in a single chaotic Halloween night. The Story Setup
: Mortimer's brother, Teddy, believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and "buries" the bodies in the basement, thinking he is digging the Panama Canal.
: Before leaving for his honeymoon, he stops in Brooklyn to tell his two sweet, elderly aunts, Abby and Martha, the news.
: His aunts casually admit they've been poisoning lonely old men with elderberry wine laced with arsenic.
The 1944 film Arsenic and Old Lace , directed by Frank Capra , is a quintessential screwball dark comedy that blends romance, madness, and murder in a single chaotic Halloween night. The Story Setup
: Mortimer's brother, Teddy, believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and "buries" the bodies in the basement, thinking he is digging the Panama Canal.
: Before leaving for his honeymoon, he stops in Brooklyn to tell his two sweet, elderly aunts, Abby and Martha, the news.
: His aunts casually admit they've been poisoning lonely old men with elderberry wine laced with arsenic.
