Arsenic and Old Lace (film) script. Capra's own intelligent direction rounds out." "Harrison's Reports" wrote: "An hilarious entertainment, it should turn out to be one of the year's top box-office attractions." John Lardner of "The New Yorker" called the film "practically as funny in picture form as it did on the stage, and that is very funny indeed." Twenty-four years after the film was released, Charles Higham and Joel Greenberg wrote "Hollywood in the Forties" where they stated that "Frank Capra provided a rather overstated and strained version of "Arsenic and Old Lace"". The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: According
Lace (miniseries) UK import. Both "Lace" and "Lace II" were released on DVD through the Warner Archive Collection in 2010, but "Lace II" was discontinued a few months later. "Lace" was followed by a two-part sequel, "Lace II", which aired on ABC from May 5–6, 1985. The principal cast was identical to "Lace", with two exceptions: Deborah Raffin replaces Bess Armstrong in the role of Judy Hale, and Michael Fitzpatrick replaced Simon Chandler as Nick Cliffe. The plot of "Lace II" involves Lili's search for the identity of her father. It used the marketing line "Which one of you bastards is my