DVD
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.
Added Uniform Title
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
- [Disc one.] Arsenic and old lace (1944, 118 minutes)
- [Disc two.] Night at the opera (1935, 91 minutes).