Movies
Hitchcock’s ‘North by Northwest’ has juicy extras; Capra’s ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ is a crisp transfer.
Sept. 1, 2000
Entertainment & Arts
“Arsenic and Old Lace,” that hoary chestnut but still ripe American comedy, has been so done to death on campus and community theater circuits that now it is rare to find a professional production of playwright James Kesselring’s classic.
April 22, 1993
“Arsenic and Old Lace” has long been regarded as a close to foolproof play.
Aug. 23, 1990
There’s nothing like first impressions to deceive the mind.
Nov. 5, 1992
Everybody loves Abby and Martha Brewster. They are pillars of the community.
May 29, 1987
Movies Guy Ritchie’s “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” is a dark British comedy about an East End cardshark (Jason Flemyng) who’s staked to the biggest card game in town, not knowing it’s a setup.
Feb. 28, 1999
Between 1975 and ’85 Tom Cooper ran the venerable mid-city Vagabond Theater on Wilshire Boulevard, presenting in repertory a treasure trove of movies from Hollywood’s Golden Era.
Sept. 20, 1991
Books
Think of it as “Beetlejuice” meets “The Legend of Zelda” meets “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
July 29, 2013
World & Nation
A 78-year-old parishioner who died after drinking arsenic-laced coffee at a church gathering was deliberately killed, state police said.
May 2, 2003
Insanity doesn’t just run in the Brewster family — it practically gallops, as one member puts it.
Sept. 1, 2017