query: who starred in the movie arsenic and old lace

pos: Arsenic and Old Lace (film) Arsenic and Old Lace (film) 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. Capra actually filmed the movie in 1941 because of star Cary Grant's availability, but it was not released until 1944, after the original stage version had finished its run on Broadway. The lead role of Mortimer Brewster was originally intended for Bob Hope, but he could not be released from his contract with Paramount Pictures.

pos: Arsenic and Old Lace (film) to Warner Bros records the film earned $2,836,000 domestically and $1,948,000 foreign. "Arsenic and Old Lace" was adapted as a radio play for the November 25, 1946, broadcast of "The Screen Guild Theater" with Boris Karloff and Eddie Albert, and the January 25, 1948, broadcast of the "Ford Theatre". Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Arsenic and Old Lace (film) 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. Capra actually

pos: Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the subsequent film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra. The play was directed by Bretaigne Windust, and opened on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre on January 10, 1941. On September 25, 1943, the play moved to the Hudson Theatre. It closed there on June 17, 1944, having played 1,444 performances. Of the twelve plays written by Kesselring, "Arsenic and Old Lace" was the most successful, and, according to the opening night

pos: Josephine Hull two Brewster sisters in the film version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944) starring Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane, and Hull appeared in the screen version of "Harvey" (1950), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. "Variety" credited Hull's performance: "the slightly balmy aunt, (actually Playing “Elwood's” Sister, “Veta”) who wants to have Elwood committed, is immense, socking the comedy for every bit of its worth". After, Hull made only one more film, "The Lady from Texas" (1951); she had also appeared in the CBS-TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" in 1949, with Ruth McDevitt,

pos: Peter Lorre who are joint partners on a winning lottery ticket also, with third-billed Lorre cast against type by director Jean Negulesco as the romantic lead, also co-starring Geraldine Fitzgerald; and Greenstreet and Lorre's final film together, suspense thriller "The Verdict" (1946), director Don Siegel's first movie, with Greenstreet and Lorre finally billed first and second, respectively. Lorre returned to comedy with the role of Dr. Einstein in Frank Capra's version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" (released in 1944), and starring Cary Grant and Raymond Massey. Writing in 1944, film critic Manny Farber described what he called Lorre's "double-take job", a characteristic

pos: Cary Grant "Listen, the last man who said that to me was Archie Leach, just a week before he cut his throat." In "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944), a gravestone is seen bearing the name Archie Leach. According to a famous story now believed to be fictional, after seeing a telegram from a magazine editor to his agent asking, "How old Cary Grant?", Grant reportedly responded, "Old Cary Grant fine. How you?" Despite his strong comedic qualities, Alfred Hitchcock thought that Grant was also very effective in playing darker roles, with a mysterious, dangerous quality, remarking that "there is a frightening side

pos: John Alexander (actor) John Alexander (actor) John Alexander (November 29, 1897 – July 13, 1982) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was born on November 29, 1897, in Newport, Kentucky. His father owned steamboats and his mother was a telegraph operator. He had career spanning more than 55 years on Broadway with his first role as the title character in "Elmer Brown, the Only Boy in Town" in 1908/1909. Perhaps his most memorable performance was as Teddy Brewster, a lunatic who thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt, in the 1944 classic film "Arsenic and Old Lace" opposite Cary Grant. He had

pos: Black Widow Murders Attorney Shellie Samuels, who prosecuted it, as "like "Arsenic and Old Lace", but it doesn't have Cary Grant." The prosecution's case included secretly recorded conversations between Golay and Rutterschmidt when they were in jail. Ruttershmidt told Golay in one conversation "You did all these insurances extra. That's what raised the suspicion. You can't do that. Stupidity. You're going to go to jail, honey. They going to lock you up." Suspicion had in fact been raised when a detective happened to overhear a colleague discussing a case whose features closely resembled that of another one. Both Golay and Rutterschmidt were convicted

pos: Grant Mitchell (actor) Prince" (1940). He made many notable appearances in high-profile films such as 'Dinner At Eight' (1933 David O. Selznick film) "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935, as Egeus), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939, as a Washington senator), "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1942, as the Stanley family's father), and "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944, as Cary Grant's father-in-law Reverend Harper). He was also notable as Georges Clemenceau in the Oscar-winning film biography "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937). In John Ford's film classic "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), based on John Steinbeck's book, Mitchell played the friendly caretaker of

pos: Arsenic and Old Lace (film) roles from the 1941 stage production. Hull and Adair both received an eight-week leave of absence from the stage production that 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. The Brewster family of Brooklyn, New York, is descended from "Mayflower" settlers. Several illustrious forebears' portraits line the walls of the ancestral home. Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant), a writer who has repeatedly denounced marriage as "an

pos: Jean Adair Jean Adair Jean Adair (born Violet McNaughton; June 13, 1873 – May 11, 1953) was a Canadian actress. Born as Violet McNaughton in Hamilton, Ontario, she worked primarily on stage but also made several film appearances late in her career, most notably as Aunt Martha, one of Cary Grant's dotty old aunts in "Arsenic and Old Lace", a role she originated on Broadway. Her final performance was as the beloved matriarch Rebecca Nurse in the original production of "The Crucible". Like many stage actresses of her era, she also appeared in vaudeville. She was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and

pos: Jean Adair died in New York City, New York, at age 79. Jean Adair Jean Adair (born Violet McNaughton; June 13, 1873 – May 11, 1953) was a Canadian actress. Born as Violet McNaughton in Hamilton, Ontario, she worked primarily on stage but also made several film appearances late in her career, most notably as Aunt Martha, one of Cary Grant's dotty old aunts in "Arsenic and Old Lace", a role she originated on Broadway. Her final performance was as the beloved matriarch Rebecca Nurse in the original production of "The Crucible". Like many stage actresses of her era, she also appeared

pos: 9th Annual BFJA Awards Amir Ali - Panna Gopal Singh - Mazdoor V. Avadhoot - Parbat Pe Apna Dera A. K. Parmar - Parbat Pe Apna Dera Upendra Nath Ashk - Mazdoor Russi K. Banker - Ek Din Ka Sultan Parbat Pe Apna Dera Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend Cary Grant - Arsenic and Old Lace Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight 9th Annual BFJA Awards The 9th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards was held on 1946, honoring the best Indian cinema in 1945. Niren Lahiri - Bhabikal Debi Mukherjee - Bhabikal Chandravati - Dui Purush Amar Mullick - Bhabikal Probha Debi - Mane

neg: Old Lace (comics) Old Lace (comics) Old Lace (often nicknamed as OL) is a superheroine fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Old Lace appears in the Hulu television series "Runaways" which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Old Lace was created by Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona and debuted attacking the other characters in "Runaways" vol. 1 #2. Old Lace was given her name by Gertrude Yorkes after she had taken the code name Arsenic, making the pair Arsenic and Old Lace, which is a reference to a movie of the same name. Old Lace

neg: Old Lace (comics) on Friday, April 10. Old Lace (comics) Old Lace (often nicknamed as OL) is a superheroine fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Old Lace appears in the Hulu television series "Runaways" which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Old Lace was created by Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona and debuted attacking the other characters in "Runaways" vol. 1 #2. Old Lace was given her name by Gertrude Yorkes after she had taken the code name Arsenic, making the pair Arsenic and Old Lace, which is a reference to a movie of the

neg: Arsenic & Old Lace Arsenic & Old Lace Arsenic & Old Lace is a 1962 television film directed by George Schaefer and starring Tony Randall. It first aired during season 11 of the NBC anthology series "Hallmark Hall of Fame". It is an adaptation of Joseph Kesselring's 1939 play "Arsenic and Old Lace". Boris Karloff reprised his role as Jonathan Brewster (who is described by the other characters as resembling the "Frankenstein" star), which he had originated on Broadway. He had been unable to appear in Frank Capra's 1944 film due to a scheduling conflict, but had played Jonathan on television once before, in

neg: Arsenic & Old Lace a 1955 adaptation for the CBS anthology series "The Best of Broadway". Arsenic & Old Lace Arsenic & Old Lace is a 1962 television film directed by George Schaefer and starring Tony Randall. It first aired during season 11 of the NBC anthology series "Hallmark Hall of Fame". It is an adaptation of Joseph Kesselring's 1939 play "Arsenic and Old Lace". Boris Karloff reprised his role as Jonathan Brewster (who is described by the other characters as resembling the "Frankenstein" star), which he had originated on Broadway. He had been unable to appear in Frank Capra's 1944 film due to

neg: Old Lace (comics) a girl that they had witnessed their parents sacrificing. Old Lace has a telepathic bond with Gert. This lets her feel each other's thoughts and pain, and allows Old Lace to act on Gert's emotions. Old Lace got her name from Gert Yorkes, who had temporarily been using "Arsenic" as her codename (essentially making the pair Arsenic and Old Lace, after the play and film of the same name). Though Gertrude later dropped the codename after deciding that some things from her parents (such as her real name) were worth keeping, Old Lace's name stuck. During their final encounter with

neg: Joseph Kesselring Kesselring left teaching and returned to the stage, working for two years with an amateur theatrical group in Niagara, New York. He began working as a freelance playwright in 1933, completing 12 original plays, of which four were produced on Broadway: "There's Wisdom in Women" (1935), "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1939), "Four Twelves are 48" (1951), and "Mother of that Wisdom" (1963). "Arsenic and Old Lace" was his masterpiece. It ran for 1444 performances on Broadway and 1337 performances in London, and became a staple in high school and dinner theater circuits. The 1944 movie adaptation was also a comedy

neg: Kitty Kornered the audience if they have a vacancy for a house. "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" was a World War II hit song by Ella Mae Morse, and was sung by Nancy Walker in the movie Broadway Rhythm. The wine that the grey drunken cat was drinking says "Arsenic and Old Grapes" is a parody to "Arsenic and Old Lace". On Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, the "Men from Mars" characters made an appearance in "Spaced Out". The cats charging at Porky assume the appearances of Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders cavalry (in reference to the then-popular film "Arsenic and Old

neg: Jonathan Frid Frid had previously played the role of a psychiatrist on the CBS Television soap opera "As the World Turns". In 1973, Frid appeared in the TV movie "The Devil's Daughter", starring Shelley Winters, and the following year starred in Oliver Stone's directorial debut, "Seizure". In 1978, he returned to Canada. Frid began performing readings at "Dark Shadows" fan conventions in the 1980s, and while developing ideas for his one-man shows. He succeeded Abe Vigoda as Jonathan Brewster in the 1986–87 Broadway revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace". In 1994, he retired and returned to Canada. He continued to perform one-man

neg: Tony Randall 1961 Randall played a highly dramatic role in "Hangover," an episode of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" in which he portrayed an alcoholic business executive who strangles his wife in a drunken rage. He starred in a TV adaptation of "Arsenic & Old Lace" (1962), and had big screen leading roles in "Boys' Night Out" (1962), and "Island of Love" (1963). Randall starred as nearly all of the leading characters in the 1964 classic film "7 Faces of Dr. Lao", which was based on "The Circus of Dr. Lao" by Charles G. Finney. In addition to portraying and voicing the eponymous

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Carole Cook, and Michael Stever. A recent revival was mounted in February 2011 at the Dallas Theater Center starring Betty Buckley and Tovah Feldshuh. A Hebrew version was staged at the Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv with the opening night on October 29, 2012, with Lea Koenig and Dvora Kaydar in the main roles. On November 19, 2016, Independent Theatre Pakistan opened their new season with a rendition of the performance at Ali Auditorium in Lahore, Pakistan. Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become

neg: Betty Buckley 2010. In 2011, Buckley starred in the Dallas Theater Center production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesselring with Tovah Feldshuh. On January 28, 2013, she was inducted into The American Theater Hall of Fame. From January–March 2013, she starred in the London Premiere of Jerry Herman's "Dear World", receiving rave reviews. The musical was directed and choreographed by Gillian Lynne, with whom Buckley had previously worked on "Cats". In September 2013, she starred in the world premiere of Horton Foote's "The Old Friends" at the Signature Theatre off-Broadway. She repeated her performance in 2014 at Houston's famed Alley

neg: Joseph Kesselring hit. "Arsenic and Old Lace" appeared at a time of strong isolationist sentiment regarding European affairs, of the sort that was very strong at where Kesselring sent to college. The play suggested that the elite running America had a murderous heritage. Kesselring lived in a college house that would later be the basis of the set of "Arsenic and Old Lace", and locals have tried to identify who were some of the character models he used. Kesselring was an Episcopalian who did not fit in well with the straight-laced college. He dropped out of college in 1924. Kesselring died on

neg: Verona High School (New Jersey) then-VHS building that is now H. B. Whitehorne Middle School. A series of directors took the Troupers into Fairview Avenue's newly constructed Verona High School, where they performed such classics as "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1958), "You Can't Take It with You" (1960), and "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1962). Sometime in this era, the title "Troupers" disappeared in favor of the more generic Drama Club. In the early 1970s, classic productions dominated: "Harvey" (1972, directed by Ruth Garoni), a new production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1973 and presented again in 1993) and the first production of a

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (play) story of the police officers and reporters from the "Hartford Courant" who solved the case. Kesselring originally conceived the play as a heavy drama, but it is widely believed that producers Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse (who were also well known as play doctors) convinced Kesselring that it would be much more effective as a comedy. On January 5, 1955, a 60-minute version of the play aired on the CBS Television series "The Best of Broadway". It starred Boris Karloff recreating his stage role as homicidal maniac Jonathan Brewster. Helen Hayes and Billie Burke played his not-so-innocent aunts, Abby and

neg: Gary Sandy Gary Sandy Gary Lee Sandy (born December 25, 1945) is an American actor who is best remembered as program director Andy Travis in the television sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati". In 1982, he replaced Kevin Kline as The Pirate King on Broadway in "The Pirates of Penzance". In 1986, he replaced Tony Roberts as Mortimer Brewster in the fiftieth anniversary production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" opposite Jean Stapleton and Marion Ross, and continued the role in the North American tour. Beginning in 2001, he starred opposite Ann-Margret in a stage production of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" which toured

neg: Lennard Pearce Guildenstern are Dead". He worked with both Laurence Olivier and Anthony Hopkins on stage. In 1966, Pearce starred in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The Rivals" alongside David Jason, but the two men did not meet again until 15 years later. In 1975, Pearce played Owl in a theatre adaptation of "Winnie the Pooh" at the Phoenix Theatre in London and, two years later, Mr Witherspoon in "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Westminster Theatre. He was also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Pearce starred as Grandad in the first 23 episodes of the BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses"

neg: Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum The Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum in Bristol, Connecticut is a collection of figures of classic movie monsters. The museum is owned by Bristol-native Cortlandt Hull. Cortlandt is the great nephew of film actor Henry Hull. Josephine Hull, well known for her role in the classic film and stage play Arsenic and Old Lace, is also a relative. In 1966, Cortlandt's father helped him build the Swiss chalet-style building to house the museum. Cortlandt built life-size figures of classic movie monsters that were made of wax, fine wire mesh, papier-mache and polymers. The figures were

neg: Windsor, Connecticut accident, a three-track-wide plate girder bridge was installed to carry tracks over Palisado Avenue n Windsor Center. The Joseph Kesselring stage play and Frank Capra movie "Arsenic and Old Lace" was inspired by actual events that took place in a three-story brick house on Prospect Street, just off the north end of the Windsor green. Sixty men died between 1907 and 1917 while in the care of Amy Archer-Gilligan. Most were proven to be victims of arsenic poisoning. On historic Palisado Avenue, one can find the First Church in Windsor, Congregational, and adjacent graveyard. Across the street on the Palisado

neg: Culture of Brooklyn Dunn (who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, and Peggy Ann Garner (who won the Academy Juvenile Award). Around that time other Hollywood films also depicted Brooklyn of that era and milieu, like the dark comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace". "Saturday Night Fever" starring John Travolta, a 1977 movie which defined the Disco era in the United States, was set in Bay Ridge, an Italian neighborhood in southern Brooklyn. Working class Jewish communities were depicted in films like 1977's "Annie Hall" and 1986's "Brighton Beach Memoirs". In the late 1980s, African-American communities in Brooklyn

neg: Robin Thorsen "Parks and Recreation" and the Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet". She has also appeared in productions of "Grease", "Brigadoon", "Damn Yankees", and "Arsenic and Old Lace". Robin was twice awarded an Irene Ryan nomination to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for her comedy performances. Robin Thorsen Robin Thorsen is an American actress best known for her role as Clara on the popular web series "The Guild" and as one of the longest running "Movie Mob" participants on the ReelzChannel show "Movie Mob", under the name Robin+Boy Wonder. Robin Thorsen is a 2005 graduate of Chapman University in Orange,

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (play) two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and "just a pinch" of cyanide; a brother who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home (which then serve as graves for the aunts' victims; he thinks that they died of yellow fever); and a murderous brother who has received plastic surgery performed by an alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein (a character based on real-life gangland surgeon Joseph Moran) to conceal his identity, and

neg: The Boogie Man Will Get You the rest of the house's inhabitants to the Idlewild Sanatorium, a local psychiatric institution. "The Boogie Man Will Get You" was the final film that Boris Karloff made under his contract with Columbia, and the studio were hoping to build on the success of the Broadway play "Arsenic and Old Lace", which Karloff was appearing in at the time. Production of the film took place while the play was on hiatus in summer 1942. There are many similarities between the film and "Arsenic and Old Lace", including the presence of eccentric characters and the premise of dead bodies in the

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (film) script. Capra's own intelligent direction rounds out." "Harrison's Reports" wrote: "An hilarious entertainment, it should turn out to be one of the year's top box-office attractions." John Lardner of "The New Yorker" called the film "practically as funny in picture form as it did on the stage, and that is very funny indeed." Twenty-four years after the film was released, Charles Higham and Joel Greenberg wrote "Hollywood in the Forties" where they stated that "Frank Capra provided a rather overstated and strained version of "Arsenic and Old Lace"". The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: According

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (film) that the deep theme of the play and film is the conflict in American history between the liberty to do anything (which the Brewsters demand), and America's bloody hidden past. The contemporary critical reviews were uniformly positive. "The New York Times" critic summed up the majority view, "As a whole, "Arsenic and Old Lace", the Warner picture which came to the Strand yesterday, is good macabre fun." "Variety" declared, "Capra's production, not elaborate, captures the color and spirit of the play, while the able writing team of Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein has turned in a very workable, tightly-compressed

neg: Independent Theatre Pakistan Azeem Hamid, creative director of the company. "The Nation" reported that the company will be presenting Joseph Kesselring's famous black comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace" on 19 November in Lahore, Pakistan. On 25 November, Sana Gilani from the "Daily Pakistan" published, a review of the performance "Arsenic and Old Lace" staged on 19 November, saying "Independent Theatre put forth an amazingly hilarious play" while adding that "Azeem Hamid of Independent Theatre Pakistan put his best foot forward and directed the play’s adaptation." A week later, Faiz Rasool directed a re-enactment of a comedy by Ray Cooney, which received applause and

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (film) notes for his next book, Mortimer finds a corpse hidden in the window seat. He assumes in horror that Teddy's delusions have led him to murder. Abby and Martha cheerfully explain that they are responsible, that they minister to lonely old bachelors by ending their "suffering". They post a "Room for Rent" sign to attract a victim, then serve a cup of elderberry wine spiked with arsenic, strychnine and "just a pinch of cyanide" while getting acquainted. The bodies are buried in the basement by Teddy, who believes they are yellow fever victims who perished in the building of the

neg: Mary Jerrold she acted opposite her husband, cast as Mr. Collins. In 1946 she starred in the West End melodrama "But for the Grace of God" by Frederick Lonsdale. Mary Jerrold Mary Jerrold (4 December 1877 – 3 March 1955) was an English actress. She was married to actor Hubert Harben, and mother of actress Joan Harben and celebrity chef Philip Harben. She made her London stage debut as Prudence Dering in "Mary Pennington Spinster" (1896); and played Martha Brewster for three and a half years in the original West End production of "Arsenic and Old Lace", opening in 1942. In 1922,

neg: Vasilis Logothetidis with his own theater company. During his very successful career, he starred in more than 110 Greek comedies and in more than 200 international plays, including "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesselring, "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare, "Volpone" by Ben Jonson and "Knock" by Jules Romains. Logothetidis was among the first Greek actors to appear in film, mostly as a protagonist. His memorable roles include: In 1957, he toured the United States with successful appearances in eight different cities. Logothetidis died in Athens on 20 February 1960, by heart attack. Vasilis Logothetidis Vasilis Logothetidis (Greek: Βασίλης Λογοθετίδης;

neg: Lane Sisters "Arsenic and Old Lace". The hit comedy film was completed in early 1942, but was not released until 1944, held up by contractual agreement not to distribute the film until the play's long Broadway run was over. It was Priscilla's last Warner film. Her contract was terminated by mutual agreement after five years with the studio. She freelanced next, signing a one-picture deal with Universal Studios where she starred with Robert Cummings in Alfred Hitchcock's "Saboteur" (1942). The director did not want either Cummings or Priscilla in the film. In Priscilla's case, Hitchcock felt she was too much the girl

neg: James MacArthur appeared in "A Bedfull of Foreigners" in Chicago in 1984, and in Michigan in 1985. He followed this with "The Hasty Heart", before taking a year out of show business. In 1987, he returned to the stage in "The Foreigner", then played Mortimer in the national tour of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Jean Stapleton, Marion Ross, and Larry Storch. In 1989, he followed another stint in "The Foreigner" with "Love Letters", and in 1990–1991, "A Bedfull of Foreigners", this time in Las Vegas. After leaving "Hawaii Five-O", McArthur guest-starred on such television shows as "Murder, She Wrote", "The Love

neg: Marvin Kaplan the Cowardly Lion in Cart's Wizard of Oz opposite Norman lloyd and Linda Henning. And was the Lead in"Clarence" opposite Samantha Eggar and Janet Waldo; and Dr. Einstein opposite David Warner in Cart's Arsenic and Old Lace..He served on the Board for California Artists Radio Theatre for 32 years. Kaplan's first film role was as a court reporter in "Adam's Rib" (1949). He had a small role in the 1963 film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" playing a gas station attendant alongside Arnold Stang, with whom he provided voices for the cartoon series Top Cat. He co-starred in

neg: Elizabeth Spriggs a West End revival of J. B. Priestley's "When We Are Married" in 1986, and "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1991. Spriggs did not work regularly on television until the mid-1970s. She was in Frederic Raphael's "The Glittering Prizes" (1976), starred as Eleanor Pressett in the BBC drama "We, the Accused" (1980), played Connie, the head of a battling South London family in the thirteen-part drama "Fox" (1980) and was the formidable Nan in the ITV comedy series "Shine on Harvey Moon" (1982–85). She appeared in three plays by Alan Bennett: "Afternoon Off" (1979), "Intensive

neg: John Marriott (actor) for the film's cast. Marriott would also appear in regional theater productions, as he did in a 1944 version of Elena Miramova's play, "Dark Eyes" in Stamford, Connecticut. Also in 1944, he appeared in the Broadway production of "No Way Out", at the Cort Theater. In 1946 he appeared in the role of Dr. Einstein in the all-Black production of "Arsenic and Old Lace", in the debut production of the McKinley Square Players, which starred Abbie Mitchell, Ruby Dee, and Avon Long. Also in 1946 he originated the role of Joe Mott, one of the major parts in the Eugene

neg: Bela Lugosi been dubbed over that of Lon Chaney, Jr., from line readings at the end of "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942). Lugosi played Dracula for a second and last time on film in "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948). "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" was Bela Lugosi's last "A" movie. For the remainder of his life he appeared — less and less frequently — in obscure, low-budget features. From 1947-50, he performed in summer stock, often in productions of "Dracula" or "Arsenic and Old Lace", and during the other parts of the year made personal appearances in a touring "spook show",

neg: Maximteatern the "Anthology 1" compilation album in 1995. In 1967 the studio was rebuilt into a theatre and movie theatre, but from the 1970s onwards has run exclusively as a theatre. In the 1980s, the Limabrall company took over the management of Maximteatern. Behind Limabrall were Lill Lindfors, Magnus Härenstam, Brasse Brännström and Aller Johansson – all well-known names in the Swedish entertainment industry. Productions such as "SPÖK", "Omaka par (The Odd Couple)", "Skål (Cheers)" and "Arsenik och gamla spetsar (Arsenic and Old Lace)" were among the most successful productions in the 1980s and 1990s. Since 2003 the theatre has been

neg: Lexa Doig various modelling projects. She chose to drop out from her final year in high school to pursue an acting career. The initial media exposure led to her co-hosting the Canadian game show "Video & Arcade Top 10" (1991–2006). While auditioning for television and film roles, she worked on theatre productions of "Romeo and Juliet" and "Arsenic and Old Lace". Her first television acting role was as "Second Girl" on "The Hidden Room" in 1993. Her first recurring role was in the TV series "TekWar" in 1994 where she portrayed the role of Cowgirl. Her first movie role was in "Jungleground"

neg: Ann B. Davis Bradys" (1990), both of which lasted only six episodes. She also made a cameo appearance as a truck driver named "Schultzy", a reference to her days on "The Bob Cummings Show", in "The Brady Bunch Movie" in 1995. In 1994, Davis published a cookbook, "Alice's Brady Bunch Cookbook", with "Brady Bunch" inspired recipes. The book also includes recipes from cast members. In the early 1990s, Davis focused on theater. She performed in a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace", and a world tour production of "Crazy for You". Davis never completely retired from acting; in her later years she was

neg: Harold A. Winston his filmography for which he is listed as a dialog director: "Lost Horizon" 1937, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" 1939, "Three Sons O'Guns" 1941, "Dangerously They Live" 1941, "International Squadron" 1941, "Blues in the Night" 1941, "The Big Shot" 1942, "Action in the North Atlantic" 1943, "The Hard Way" 1943, "The Desert Song" 1944, and "Arsenic and Old Lace" 1944. He worked with the USO as a director during World War II. Later in his autobiography, Frank Capra referred again to Harold Winston. He felt loneliness when working on the movie "It’s a Wonderful Life" because the three people he

neg: Lady Baltimore cake Confidential, one of the cakes featured in Agnes Skinner's book is a Lady Baltimore Cake. In the movie "Because I Said So", Diane Keaton's character states that she found her mother's recipe for Lady Baltimore Cake. In "Upperworld" (1934), Warren William's character orders a Lady Baltimore cake for his wife, played by Mary Astor. In 3 Godfathers, John Wayne’s character thanks the banker’s daughter for baking him a Lady Baltimore cake with a file in it. In the play "Arsenic and Old Lace", Abby asks her sister, Martha, if there is any more Lady Baltimore cake left to celebrate their

neg: Russ Saunders for best Assistant Director for "The Life of Emile Zola". He was assistant or Second Unit director on more than 85 films including "PT 109", "Hatari!", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "High Sierra" and production manager for "Stripes", "The Amityville Horror" and "Bonnie and Clyde" among others. His first screen appearance was in the 1927 movie "The Drop Kick" in which the 1927 USC team appeared. In that film, Russ appeared along with John Wayne—a teammate from the USC team—and worked on many of Wayne's movies over the following decades. Russ Saunders Stebbell Russell "Russ" Saunders was a fullback in the

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Our Cellar" to Stickney when she was starring opposite her husband Howard Lindsay on Broadway in "Life With Father" with a view to her playing Abby Brewster. It would be 23 years before she would finally play the part. Tony Randall played Mortimer in the Hallmark production and Tom Bosley played Teddy. In 1969, Robert Scheerer directed a TV version for "ABC Movie of the Week", with Helen Hayes and Lillian Gish as the elderly aunts, Bob Crane as Mortimer, Fred Gwynne as Jonathan and David Wayne as Teddy. Later revivals in the 1940s and 1950s had Bela Lugosi playing

neg: Tony Roberts (actor) Three". He also appeared in the Sidney Lumet films "Serpico" and "Just Tell Me What You Want". Roberts was in the 1983 horror film "Amityville 3-D" portraying John Baxter, the owner of the infamous possessed house. Roberts was featured in 2014's "The Longest Week" opposite Jason Bateman. Roberts' Broadway credits include "Barefoot in the Park"; "How Now, Dow Jones"; "Murder at the Howard Johnson's"; "Promises, Promises"; "Sugar" (the musical version of the movie "Some Like It Hot"); "The Sisters Rosensweig"; "They're Playing Our Song"; "Victor/Victoria"; "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife"; Arsenic and Old Lace; and "Cabaret". In 1998 Roberts

neg: Union Catholic Regional High School students into the 21st century. The Union Catholic Performing Arts Company (UCPAC) showcases professional theatre on a high school level. The company celebrated their 25th Anniversary in 2006 with their fall comedy: and their spring musical: "Sugar" which is based on the movie "Some Like it Hot". Some of their past plays include: "Arsenic and Old Lace", "Fools," and "Inspecting Carol". Some of their past musicals might include: "Pippin", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Honk!", and "Seussical." In 2007 the fall comedy was "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940", and the spring musical production was

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (film) old fashioned superstition", falls in love with Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), the minister's daughter who grew up next door to him. On Halloween day, Mortimer and Elaine marry. Elaine goes to her father's house to pack for the honeymoon and Mortimer returns to Abby (Josephine Hull) and Martha (Jean Adair), the aunts who raised him in the old family home. Mortimer's brother, Teddy (John Alexander), who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt, resides with them. Each time Teddy goes upstairs, he yells "Charge!" and takes the stairs at a run, imitating Roosevelt's famous charge up San Juan Hill. Searching for the

neg: Angel of mercy (criminology) patients. A number of medical murderers were involved in fraud. For example, H. H. Holmes was often involved in insurance scams and confidence tricks. Harold Shipman had a previous conviction for prescription fraud and forgery, for which he was fined £600. More known "Angels of Death" include: For others, see . The two spinster aunts in Joseph Kesselring's play "Arsenic and Old Lace" act as angels of mercy for lonely old men, poisoning them with elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine and cyanide. The character Annie Wilkes in the Stephen King novel "Misery" seems to be a serial killer of

neg: Mary Wesley particular sexual and emotional values. Her style has been described as "arsenic without the old lace". Others have described it as "Jane Austen plus sex", a description Wesley herself thought ridiculous. As a woman who was liberated before her time Mary Wesley challenged social assumptions about the old, confessed to bad behaviour and recommended sex. In doing so she smashed the stereotype of the disapproving, judgmental, past-it, old person. This delighted the old and intrigued the young. In Wesley's books there are some references to her own life, although she denied that her novels were autobiographical. Her books usually take

neg: Gertrude Yorkes every command. Clueing a holographic message featuring Gert's parents and the fact her basement is full of rare antiques, the Runaways conclude Gert's parents are actually time travellers. After running off, Gert takes the name Arsenic and dubs her dinosaur Old Lace, a reference to the film of the same name. While the other members take codenames to be more like superheroes, Gert takes her name to cut all ties to her parents and former life. Later she and the other Runaways decide to use their real names again, but Old Lace continues with her codename, since she did not

neg: Raymond Massey Raymond Massey Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian-American actor, known for his commanding, stage-trained voice. For his lead role in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" (1940), Massey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He also was well known for playing Dr. Gillespie in the NBC television series "Dr. Kildare" (1961–1966). Today he is most often seen in his role as the malevolent Jonathan Brewster, who looks like Boris Karloff, and violently attacks anyone who mentions the resemblance, in "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944). Massey was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son

neg: Summer Rental on the beach is worse. The house on the left was occupied by two elderly sisters, one of whom had a 6-foot-4 inch retarded son who was out of "Arsenic and Old Lace". The house on the right was out of "Death in Venice", occupied by a chic group of homosexuals who had 28 inch waists and wore peach sweaters." It became a starring vehicle for John Candy. Director Carl Reiner said "Like a small, beautiful painting in a large frame, John is a handsome guy in a larger frame than is necessary." The film was developed at Paramount by

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (play) review in "The New York Times", the play was "so funny that none of us will ever forget it." The play is a farcical black comedy revolving around the Brewster family, descended from the "Mayflower" settlers, but now composed of insane homicidal maniacs. The hero, Mortimer Brewster, is a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, New York, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves, Elaine Harper, who lives next door and is the daughter of the local minister. His family includes

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (film) 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, but he was unable to do the film as well because he was still appearing in the play during filming, and Raymond Massey took his place. 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

neg: Ron Shand then one of the original members of the John Alden Shakespearean Company that toured all the capital cities of Australia. Shand played in several straight dramatic roles with the company, appearing in such plays as "The Man Who Came to Dinner", Arsenic and Old Lace , "Love Thy Neighbour" and "Bell, Book and Candle". Through the 1960s Shand also acted in several Australian television drama series, including Matlock Police, Division 4 and Homicide Shand subsequently found his widest audiences in the 1970s on television through his portrayal of hen-pecked Herbert Evans, husband to shrill gossip Dorrie (Pat McDonald), in the

neg: Joseph Kesselring Joseph Kesselring Joseph Otto Kesselring (July 21, 1902 – November 5, 1967) was an American playwright who was best known for writing "Arsenic and Old Lace", a hit on Broadway from 1939 to 1944 and in other countries as well. He was born in New York City to Henry and Frances Kesselring. His father's parents were immigrants from Germany. His mother was an English Canadian. Kesselring spent much of his life in and around the theater. In 1922, he began teaching vocal music and directed stage productions at Bethel College, a Mennonite school in North Newton, Kansas. After two years,

neg: Rupert Vansittart Bore at the Boatman in 1995. In 2003, he appeared in the West End adaptation of "Arsenic and Old Lace". In 2002, he appeared in the "Market for Murder" episode of "Midsomer Murders". He also portrayed General Asquith in the two "Doctor Who" episodes, "Aliens of London" and "World War Three". In 2006, Vansittart portrayed Thomas J. Dodd in the BBC three-part drama documentary "". He also appeared in the 2008 BBC serial "Spartacus" as Consul Lentulus, In 2009 in "Margaret" he was asked to play Peter Morrison, but two years later in the critically acclaimed Iron Lady with Meryl

neg: Effie Shannon together in 1916 before his 1917 death. Shannon continued to appear in silent films and early talkies up to 1932 all while still juggling her Broadway appearances. One of her last roles was in a revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace". Effie Shannon Effie Shannon (May 13, 1867 – July 24, 1954) was an American stage and silent screen actress. Shannon had a 60-year career as starring performer and later character actress. She began as a child actor appearing with John McCullough and later in 1886 with Robert B. Mantell. Her partner and/or husband was Herbert Kelcey who died in

neg: Tom Bosley Scandal". Bosley shared a heartfelt story about his own experience with the Holocaust in the documentary film "Paper Clips". Among his early television appearances was in 1960 on the CBS summer replacement series, "", with Patrick O'Neal. In 1962, he portrayed Assistant District Attorney Ryan in the episode "The Man Who Wanted to Die" on James Whitmore's ABC legal drama "The Law and Mr. Jones". Also in 1962, Bosley played Teddy opposite Tony Randall and Boris Karloff in "Arsenic & Old Lace" for the "Hallmark Hall of Fame". About this time, he was a guest star on the NBC police

neg: Martin Miller (actor) Martin Miller (actor) Martin Miller, born Johann Rudolph Müller (2 September 1899 – 26 August 1969) was a Czech-Austrian character actor who played many small roles in British films and television series from the early 1940s until his death. He was best known for playing eccentric doctors, scientists and professors, although he played a wide range of small, obscure rolesincluding photographers, waiters, a pet store dealer, rabbis, a Dutch sailor and a Swiss tailor. On stage he was noted in particular for his parodies of Adolf Hitler and roles as Dr. Einstein in "Arsenic and Old Lace" and Mr. Paravicini

neg: Novello Theatre 2005, the theatre was renamed by its owners (Delfont Mackintosh Theatres) the Novello Theatre in honour of Ivor Novello, who lived in a flat above the theatre from 1913 to 1951. The black comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace" had a run of 1337 performances here in the 1940s, and "Sailor Beware!" ran for 1231 performances from 1955. Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opened here in 1963, running for nearly two years. In 1971, the comedy "No Sex Please, We're British" opened here, remaining for over 10 years of its 16-year run until

neg: Akron (2015 film) at a campgrounds where they consummate their love with all the tenderness of young love. Matters become complicated, however, when Christopher's mother Carol discovers who Benny is while the couple visit her home in Jacksonville. Against Christopher's wishes, she makes a heartfelt confession regarding her involvement in Davey's death, causing a distraught Benny to insist on going home to Ohio. Benny briefly breaks up with Christopher twice, while quarreling with his family over his relationship. The young couple finally reconcile for good, and attend a local stage production of Arsenic and Old Lace, in which Benny's sister Becca has a

neg: Charles Lane (actor) Charles Lane (actor) Charles Lane (born Charles Gerstle Levison; January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007) was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 72 years. Lane gave his last performance at the age of 95 as a narrator in 2000. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including "You Can't Take It With You" (1938), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944), "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) and "Riding High" (1950). He was a favored supporting actor of Lucille Ball, who often used him as a no-nonsense authority figure and comedic foe of

neg: Maimonides School English teacher Sharon Steiff and beloved parent Judy Epstein during the holiday season. The leaders often coordinate with the administration for students to pay reduced admission to the chaggiga when they bring a toy for the Toy Drive. The drama production is performed once a year by the Maimonides Drama Club, generally in mid-March, in the Fox gymnasium. It is directed and acted by students exclusively with no financial assistance from the school. Past plays: Don't Drink the Water (1995) Directed by Eliav Bock The Man who Came to Dinner (1994) Directed by Avi Weiss Arsenic and Old Lace (1993)

neg: Weinbaum Yeshiva High School the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"; past comedies include "The Odd Couple", "The Importance of Being Earnest", Woody Allen's "Don't Drink the Water", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "The Actor's Nightmare", and Neil Simon's "Rumors", "Fools", The Man Who Came to Dinner & "The Good Doctor". Students must complete 7 hours of community service each trimester, totaling 21 hours by the end of the school year and 84 hours by the end of the students' high school careers. The school year begins late August and runs through early to mid June, with breaks for Jewish holidays and a winter vacation in late January.

neg: Marjorie B. Kellogg seek to restore a natural balance. The four books of "The Dragon Quartet" are: Other books: Marjorie Bradley Kellogg is also a notable theatre set designer, who has designed on Broadway, as well as Off Broadway, and regionally. She designed the Broadway sets for "Any Given Day" by Frank Gilroy, the George C. Scott revival of "On Borrowed Time", "Lucifer’s Child" starring Julie Harris, "American Buffalo" starring Al Pacino, "Da", "Requiem for a Heavyweight", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "Steaming", and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", "Saint Joan", "The Seagull", "Joe Egg", "A Month of Sundays", and "Moose Murders". Broadway

neg: Mo Alexander where he balanced being a computer nerd and basketball while trying to find his place. This is where he found that humor would get him out of bad situations. His high school years were spent at Memphis Catholic High School hanging out with the nerdier set of kids who also had his twisted version of humor. This is where he found Monty Python and British comedian Lenny Henry and his first theatrical work in the play "Arsenic and Old Lace". His senior year he was at school from 6am until 8pm nightly because of getting back into sports. He was

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Martha. Peter Lorre and Edward Everett Horton repeated their roles as Dr. Einstein and Mr. Witherspoon which they had played in Frank Capra's film version. John Alexander, who created the role of Teddy Brewster on Broadway and reprised it in the film version, returned once more to play the role in the broadcast. Orson Bean played the role of Mortimer Brewster. Karloff played Jonathan once more (and for the last time) on the February 5, 1962 broadcast of NBC's "Hallmark Hall of Fame". Dorothy Stickney and Mildred Natwick played Abby and Martha. Joseph Kesselring sent his original play "Bodies in

neg: Grossmont High School Grossmont and well beyond it. Theatre arts are likely to have begun with pastor-friendly amusements typical for high schools early on. It was Raymond Kniss who introduced the higher quality of Broadway initiation of shows in 1948–1950 with Arsenic and Old Lace, You Can’t Take it With You, Our Town, and George Washington Slept Here. The first foreign-origin play at Grossmont was from 1917 Ireland. This was Robert Halvorsen’s production in 1957 of J. M. Synge’s hauntingly beautiful but dark The Playboy of the Western World–in brogue and with keening, and in-the round on the Gym floor. Plays by other

neg: George Washington Slept Here Washington Slept Here" was proposed, Benny took in a performance. In the original stage production, it was the husband, not the wife, who bought the property, and had been the "straight man". The focus was changed for the film, reversing the roles to play into Benny's established persona of being a miser as well as the comic foil. Originally, Olivia De Havilland was to be cast as the female lead. To recreate the country home that was central to the film's plot, the house in "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944) which was actually shot in 1941 for a later theatrical

neg: Lindsay and Crouse Lindsay and his wife Dorothy Stickney. It ran for over seven years to become the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway. Other work included the books for "The Sound of Music", the Cole Porter musical "Red, Hot and Blue", the Irving Berlin musical "Call Me Madam", and the production of the play "Arsenic and Old Lace". Their last collaboration was the 1962 Irving Berlin musical, "Mr. President". In addition to writing the books for Broadway shows, they were also "show doctors" who were asked to come improve Broadway shows in out-of-town tryouts, assisting the director and author of the show to

neg: The Boogie Man Will Get You The Boogie Man Will Get You The Boogie Man Will Get You is a 1942 horror comedy film, directed by Lew Landers and starring Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. It was the final film Karloff made under his contract with Columbia Pictures, and it was filmed in the wake of his success in the 1941 Broadway production "Arsenic and Old Lace". As he had done several times previously, Karloff played the part of a "mad scientist", Professor Billings, who is using the basement of his inn to conduct experiments into using electricity to create a race of superhumans. The inn

neg: Lionheart (Kate Bush album) M. Barrie's Peter Pan in "In Search of Peter Pan" (a song which also quotes "When You Wish Upon a Star" from the Disney film "Pinocchio"), as well as a nod towards "Arsenic and Old Lace" in the song "Coffee Homeground", which despite being similar in plot to the play, was inspired by a taxi driver who drove Bush once. Film references include "Hammer Horror", while although taking its name from the Hammer Film studios, is actually about a production of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". The British television show "The Sweeney", a popular police drama from the 1970s, was

neg: Madison High School (New Jersey) Park" (1978), "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1979), "Don't Drink the Water" (1980), "Shubert Alley" (1981), "Blithe Spirit" (1982), "See How They Run" (1983), "The Murder Room" (1984), "You Can't Take it With You" (1985), "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1986), "Don't Drink the Water" (1987), "The Odd Couple-Female Version" (1988), "Play On!" (1989), "Morning at Seven" (1990), "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1991), "Night of January 16th" (1992), "The Odd Couple-Male and Female Version" (1993), "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1994), "A Murder is Announced" (1995), "The Miracle Worker" (1996), "The Enchanted April" (1997), "Exit the Body" (1998), "The Importance of

neg: White Anglo-Saxon Protestant between WASP families and urban Jewish families for potential comedic effect. The 1939 Broadway play "Arsenic and Old Lace", later adapted into a Hollywood film released in 1944, ridiculed the old American elite. The play and film depict "old-stock British Americans" a decade before they were tagged as WASPS. The playwright A. R. Gurney (1930-2017), himself of WASP heritage, has written a series of plays that have been called "penetratingly witty studies of the WASP ascendancy in retreat." Gurney told the "Washington Post" in 1982: In Gurney's play "The Cocktail Hour" (1988), a lead character tells her playwright son that

neg: Josephine Hull Wife" in 1926. Kelly wrote a role especially for her in his next play, "Daisy Mayme", which also was staged in 1926. She continued working in New York theater throughout the 1920s. In the 1930s and 1940s, Hull appeared in three Broadway hits, as a batty matriarch in "You Can't Take It with You" (1936), as a homicidal old lady in "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1941), and in "Harvey" (1944). The plays all had long runs, and took up ten years of Hull's career. Her last Broadway play, "The Solid Gold Cadillac" (1954–55), was later into a film version with

neg: Rupert Degas the direction of Jeremy Edwards, he appeared in "Twelfth Night" (opposite a 15 year old Naveen Andrews), "Death of a Salesman", and "Arsenic and Old Lace". Degas also attended Junior Guildhall at the Barbican for several years under the tutelage of Charles Wegner. Degas credits both Edwards and Wegner with "planting theatre into me, and knocking the ego out of me" and was thrilled when years later they came to see his West End debut in "Stones in His Pockets". Having appeared in numerous school and amateur productions since the age of 11, and getting a taste of theatre life

neg: Sybil Thorndike a Nazi invasion of Britain. She continued to have success in such plays as N. C. Hunter's "Waters of the Moon" at the Haymarket in 1951–52. She also undertook tours of Australia and South Africa, before playing again with Olivier in "Uncle Vanya" at Chichester in 1962. She made her farewell appearance with her husband in a London revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1966. Her last stage performance was at the Thorndike Theatre in Leatherhead, Surrey, in "There Was an Old Woman" in 1969, the year Lewis Casson died. Her final acting appearance was

neg: Polly Holliday "The Golden Girls", where she played Rose Nylund's blind sister Lily, in a recurring role as Jill Taylor's mother on "Home Improvement", and a regular on "The Client". Holliday's notable roles in films include "All the President's Men", "Mrs. Doubtfire", the 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap" and her role as Mrs. Ruby Deagle in the 1984 box office smash "Gremlins". On the Broadway stage, she has appeared in revivals of "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1986) as Martha Brewster, one of the dotty, homicidal, sweet old aunties; "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1990), for which she was nominated for

neg: Fred Gwynne face was painted a bright violet because it captured the most light on the black-and-white film. Gwynne was known for his sense of humor and retained fond recollections of Herman, saying in later life, "... I might as well tell you the truth. I love old Herman Munster. Much as I try not to, I can't stop liking that fellow." After his iconic role in "The Munsters," he found himself typecast, unable to gain new character roles for over two years. In 1969, he was cast as Jonathan Brewster in a television production of "Arsenic and Old Lace." (The Brewster

neg: City Island, Bronx Island Nautical Museum displays maritime artifacts and antiques. It is located at 190 Fordham Street and is open only on Saturday and Sunday afternoons (other times by appointment). Admission is five dollars and there is a small gift shop. The building was PS17 in its prior life. The Island has landmarks such as the Samuel Pell Mansion on City Island Avenue, near St. Mary Star of the Sea Church. It is where "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1969) was filmed for TV. There are a number of old Victorian mansions located throughout City Island, mostly on the Sound side, complete with

neg: Larry Storch films, Storch returned to the New York stage, after having first performed on the Broadway stage in the 1950s. He received rave reviews for the Off-Broadway production of "Breaking Legs". Co-starring Philip Bosco and Vincent Gardenia, the show extended several times before going on the road. Storch appeared in the Broadway productions of "Porgy and Bess" (which Larry considers his favorite), "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Jean Stapleton, and "Annie Get Your Gun" with Reba McEntire. He toured the United States and Europe with "Porgy and Bess". In 2004, he was in "Sly Fox" with Richard Dreyfuss and his old

neg: Minnie Dupree roles followed, including in "The Climbers" (1901), "A Rose o' Plymouth-town" (1902), "Heidelberg" (1902), "The Music Master" (1904), and "The Road to Yesterday" (1906). Her later stage career was not successful, exceptions being "The Old Soak" (1922), "The Shame Woman" (1923), "Outward Bound" (1924), playing Mrs. Midge, and as a replacement for the part of Martha Brewster in the hit "Arsenic and Old Lace" in 1941. She made a handful of films, the most notable being "The Young in Heart" (1938), co-starring with Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, and Billie Burke. Her last stage appearance was

neg: Arsenic and Old Lace (play) in the Brewster sisters' living room, where the action of the play is set. The Goerz House is now the home of the college president. Bethel College was a school of the pacifist Mennonite church. The play appeared at a time of strong isolationist sentiment regarding European affairs. The "murderous old lady" plot line may also have been inspired by actual events that occurred in a house on Prospect St in Windsor, Connecticut, where a woman, Amy Archer-Gilligan, took in boarders, promising "lifetime care", and poisoned them for their pensions. M. William Phelps book "The Devil's Rooming House" tells the

neg: Mark Henderson (lighting designer) Henderson has worked at the Almeida Theatre, the Donmar Warehouse, the Royal National Theatre, and the Old Vic. He has designed projects for the Really Useful Group, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Opera, the English National Opera, the Welsh National Opera, the Scottish Opera, and the Royal Ballet, among others. He was involved in the refurbishment of the Royal Court Theatre and has designed for Madame Tussauds in London, New York City, and Las Vegas. Henderson's West End productions include "Arsenic and Old Lace", "Grease", "West Side Story", "Spend Spend Spend", "Follies", "Carmen Jones", "The Duck House" and "Three

neg: Robertson Hare In 1963 Hare played in a long-running stage musical, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (762 performances), in which he was cast as Erronius to Frankie Howerd's Pseudolus. In the 1960s Hare toured in "Arsenic and Old Lace". In 1962 he briefly escaped type-casting, appearing with Wilfrid Hyde White in a comedy called "Crooks Anonymous", in which he played an old lag, his familiar bald head disguised under a wig. In 1968 he joined Naunton Wayne in "Oh, Clarence!", an adaptation of a P. G. Wodehouse Blandings novel, which he played in London, on tour in

neg: Phoebe Cates and others. In 1984, she starred in the TV mini-series "Lace", based on a novel which Shirley Conran had written. She played the role of Lili "to get away from a sameness in her movie portrayals." During her audition, she so impressed the writer that he wanted to hire her there and then. Cates struggled with the portrayal of a bitter movie star because, despite her character's vicious persona, she intended for the audience to sympathize with her. She did not read Conran's novel, on which the movie was based, because she did not want to have a "fixed image."

neg: Stamford Center for the Arts ~ 1976-7 featured: 11-3-76 to 11-28-76: The Reason We Eat 12-15-76 to 1-9-77: Arsenic and Old Lace 1-19-77 to 2-6-77: Tartuffe 2-23-77 to 3-13-77: Death of a Salesman 2-17-77 to 3-7-77: Company Store Presents Olympian Games 3-17-77 to 4-4-77: Company Store Presents Exit the King 4-14-77 to 5-2-77: Company Store Presents Donita Rosita While She Waits 3-30-77 to 4-17-77: As to the Meaning of Words 4-27-77 to 5-15-77: He Who Gets Slapped [For remaining seasons, one may contact the Ferguson Library, in Stamford, CT, where all Playbills are archived] The theatre went dark from 1980 to 1983, when it was

neg: Martha Rofheart Ashcan School artist, John Sloan painted four portraits of her; "Lady From Louisville", "Blue Eyed Girl" and "Miss Jones" are all in the collection of the Delaware Art Museum, "Dramatics" also known as "Portrait of a Lady in Red", was sold at auction in 1984 and is in a private collection. As an actress in the 1940s and 1950s, Martha Jones made her Broadway debut with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in "The Pirate" in 1942, and was Miss Fontanne's protege. She appeared in "Blithe Spirit (play)", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "The Heiress", "The Respectful Prostitute", and other plays, both

neg: Dave King (actor) of This" plays in the background. In the theatre he appeared in "Arsenic and Old Lace", playing Mortimer Brewster, and in "Teeth 'n' Smiles" (1975/6). He married a dancer, Jean Hart, and they had two daughters, Cheyenne and Kiowa. They lived in South Cerney in Gloucestershire. His hobbies included model railways and American folklore. King died in London on 15 April 2002, aged 72. Dave King (actor) Dave King (23 June 1929 – 15 April 2002) was an English comedian, actor and vocalist of popular songs. He is perhaps best remembered as the corrupt policeman 'Parky' in the British gangster