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Arsenic and Old Lace by Frank Capra

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Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 film about a drama critic who must cope with his bizarre extended family on his wedding day, including his two spinster aunts who have an unusual habit of poisoning lonely old men. Directed by Frank Capra . Written by...


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Name: Frank Capra
Birth Date: May 18, 1897
Death Date: September 3, 1991
Place of Birth: Palermo, Italy
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality: American, Italian
Gender: Male
Occupations: filmmaker

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Biography of Frank Capra
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Filmmaker Frank Capra (1897-1991) was 1930s Hollywood's top director, creating several immensely popular movies that captured the mood of the Depression-era United States and earning more Academy Award nominations than any of his contemporaries. "Capraco...
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Biography of Frank Capra
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Director, writer, and producer Frank Capra, who made over fifty movies in a career spanning almost four decades, is best remembered for showcasing the virtues of ordinary people in sentimental human comedies, films such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, w...


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Arsenic and Old Lace is a film directed by Frank Capra based on a play by the same name by Joseph Kesselring. The script was adapted by Julius J. Epstein. Capra actually filmed the movie in 1941 but it was not released until 1944 while the studio waited...


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The Independent - London
ARTS: THEATRE - More old hat than old lace REVIEW - ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Strand Theatre London
03/03/2003: 567 words, approx. 2 pages
An American who wishes that Europe were on another planet; a madman who believes that he is President of the US in time of war - Arsenic and Old Lace may seem eerily topical. But this 60-year-old play is in fact more dated and...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Rep breathes new life into 'Arsenic and Old Lace'
12/02/2001: 579 words, approx. 2 pages
Rep breathes new life into 'Arsenic and Old Lace' By DAMIEN JAQUES Journal Sentinel theater critic Sunday, December 2, 2001 Christmas has come early to the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Quadracci Powerhouse Theater. What a fun gift the Rep's in-the- moment...
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The New York Observer
Ed Norton Finds Lust in Valley
5/7/2006: 1,531 words, approx. 5 pages
Odd films from the New Hollywood continue to dot the landscape. After playing a tattooed neo-Nazi and singing jazz in a Woody Allen musical, the versatile and charismatic two-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton travels the low-budget route in the disturbing but riveting Down in the...
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The New York Observer
George, Sweet Hilly Claim They\'d5re Broke, Threaten to Terminate
1/22/2006: 4,885 words, approx. 16 pages
It was our first couples-therapy session of 2006. GEORGE: You want to start? HILLY: We had a really fun Christmas. Except George had a little panic attack. When he was going to buy me a Christmas present. DR. SELMAN: What happened? HILLY:...
 


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