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For this episode, we sort of followed Boris Karloff to a classic screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra. Arsenic and Old Lace was based on a stage play that featured Boris Karloff. He’s not in the movie, though. We’ll explain why. Alex Wick joins us to see if this 1941 comedy is still funny to a 19-year-old. For the most part, it still is!
Up next, we are going to be watching Bride of Frankenstein!
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | |
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Rating: 7.9/10 (74,075 votes) Director: Frank Capra Writer: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Joseph Kesselring Stars: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey Runtime: 118 min Rated: Not Rated Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller Released: 21 Sep 1944 |
| Plot: A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers. | |
This episode, we watch the classic French film “La belle et la bete” (Beauty and the Beast). Jean Cocteau’s artistic rending of the classic French fairy tale is a clear influence of the adaptations that followed up to and including the well known Disney version. We talk a lot about the artistry of the film as well as the clear influences on other works. We also spend some time looking at the production filmed in post WWII France.
We’ve finally arrived at “the greatest movie ever made” – 
Jena was unable to make our recording at Pepito’s this episode so we pulled in a Stunt Jena. Joining us at the Parkway was Tim’s son Alex, who got to watch his first Noir on the big screen. Our movie was the Noir classic 
Welcome to the inaugural episode of our podcast! This podcast will follow our attempts to educate Jena Young on the great films that she hasn’t seen yet. Or, occasionally, just the ones she doesn’t remember. This week’s episode was recorded before co-host Melissa Kaercher became a co-host so Tim Wick educates Jena all on his own. If you didn’t suss it out from the title, we start with one of Tim’s favorite films – 
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