Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)






A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.


Books with substantial mentioning of Arsenic and Old Lace

Jürgen Müller
Movies of the 40s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Victor Scherle and William Turner Levy
The Complete Films of Frank Capra
New York - Secaucus, NJ, 1992

Donald Deschner
The Films of Cary Grant
Secaucus, NJ, 1979

Books with an entry on Arsenic and Old Lace

Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross
The Motion Picture Guide, Volume I A-B 1927-1983
Chicago, 1985

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969