In which 1939 play, later a film, do two old ladies poison guests in their home and bury them in the cellar?
Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the subsequent film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra. The play was directed by Bretaigne Windust, and opened on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre on January 10, 1941. On September 25, 1943, the play moved to the Hudson Theatre. It closed there on June 17, 1944, having played 1,444 performances. Of the twelve plays written by Kesselring, "Arsenic and Old Lace" was the most successful, and, according to the opening night
The Beast in the Cellar The Beast in the Cellar The Beast in the Cellar is a 1970 British horror film written and directed by James Kelley. The film was produced by Leander Films and Tigon British Film Productions. Soldiers in a rural military base are being brutally murdered. They suspect a wild cat. Two local ladies, Joyce Balentine (Flora Robson) and Ellie (Beryl Reid), suspect it may be their brother, Steven (Dafydd Havard), who has been locked in a basement for thirty years. The film was released in Canada on DVD by Maple Pictures on December 6, 2005. It was later released in the