Monday at the Movies!

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, NR, 118
min.), starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre

Mortimer Brewster (Cary
Grant) is an author known for his diatribes against marriage, yet in the
opening scene it is Halloween and he is getting married at City Hall to his
neighbor, Elaine. Later, while Mortimer tries to tell his good news to his two
maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby: killing lonely old men and burying
them in the cellar. This Frank Capra classic is the darkest screwball comedy
you’ll ever see, and Grant’s facial expressions are priceless.