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Arsenic and old lace

Call Number

  • DVD COMEDY (WSQ)

Languages

A night at the opera: In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

A night at the opera: The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo), Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones.

Publication Information

[Burbank, CA] : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2009]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (118, 91 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Arsenic and old lace: 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.

A night at the opera: A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

Notes

Arsenic and old lace: From the stage play by Joseph Kesselring.

Arsenic and old lace: Originally released as a motion picture in 1944.

A night at the opera: Originally released as a motion picture in 1935.

A night at the opera special features: Commentary by Leonard Maltin ; featurette Remarks on Marx ; 1961 Grouch Marx interview from The Hy Gardner show ; 2 vintage shorts: Sunday night at the Trocadero and Robert Benchley's Oscar-winning How to sleep ; theatrical trailer.

Contents

  • Arsenic and old lace Night at the opera

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