Arsenic and Old Lace (Film), released 1944 — adapted from Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed.
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey.
Directed by Frank Capra.
