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The Resource Arsenic and old lace, Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; directed by Frank Capra, (videorecording DVD)

Arsenic and old lace, Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; directed by Frank Capra, (videorecording DVD)

Label
Arsenic and old lace
Title
Arsenic and old lace
Statement of responsibility
Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; directed by Frank Capra
Title variation
Frank Capra's arsenic and old lace
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
An easy going drama critic discovers that his kind and gentle Aunts Abby and Martha have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar
Cataloging source
JFN
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Art director, Max Parker ; director of photography, Sol Polito ; editor, Daniel Mandell ; music, Max Steiner
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
  • Closed-captioned
  • In English with optional English or French subtitles
PerformerNote
Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Peter Lorre, Edward Everett Horton, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1897-1991
  • 1909-2000
  • 1904-1986
  • 1917-1995
  • 1910-1963
  • 1902-1967
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Capra, Frank
  • Epstein, Julius J.
  • Epstein, Philip G
  • Grant, Cary
  • Lane, Priscilla
  • Massey, Raymond
  • Carson, Jack
  • Kesselring, Joseph
Runtime
118
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Serial murders
  • Aunts
Technique
live action
Label
Arsenic and old lace, Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; directed by Frank Capra, (videorecording DVD)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • From the stage play by Joseph Kesselring
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1944
  • Special features: Stage to screen: information on the adaptation of Joseph Kesselring's stage play; cast & crew; scene selections
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Standard format.
Extent
1 videodisc (118 min.)
Isbn
9780790743943
Isbn Type
(dvd)
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
012569502529
Other physical details
sd., b&w
Publisher number
65025
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
ocm44992960
System details
DVD; region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Arsenic and old lace, Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein ; directed by Frank Capra, (videorecording DVD)
Publication
Note
  • From the stage play by Joseph Kesselring
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1944
  • Special features: Stage to screen: information on the adaptation of Joseph Kesselring's stage play; cast & crew; scene selections
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Standard format.
Extent
1 videodisc (118 min.)
Isbn
9780790743943
Isbn Type
(dvd)
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
012569502529
Other physical details
sd., b&w
Publisher number
65025
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
ocm44992960
System details
DVD; region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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