Father Goose is the most like actual Cary Grant according to the man himself. It's hilarious and his second to last picture filmed. Operation Petticoat is also on the must watch.
"Insanity runs in my family... it practically gallops." Still one of my favorite movie lines ever. As it said, its based on a very successful play and in the stage version the brother was played by Boris Karloff (Frankenstein's Monster), now in the film he was played by the great Raymond Massey when Boris Karloff couldn't do the film. Hence the running gag in the film. Also, the two aunts played by Josephine Hull and Jean Adair were also in the play, but got permission to be excused for the filming. Boris Karloff was a major investor in the play and couldn't take the time off to do the film.
When I looked up who was playing Johnathan and saw it was 'Abraham Farlan' his line, which seemed apposite, popped into my mind; 'May I bring You up to date Sir, We are not alive at all!' - Bravo Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger.
I really wish Karloff had taken the time to play Jonathan in the film. The running gag about Jonathan looking like Boris Karloff must have been so much funnier when the actor actually WAS Boris Karloff. But now nobody will ever see that physical gag again.
@@williamkerner3758 Karloff was prevented from appearing in the film by his contract, and the film was not allowed to be released until the play closed, although Karloff allowed Capra to use his name in the film.
A sort of Karloff-related gag is the fact that the police detective at the end who comments on Massey's resemblance to Karloff is played by James Gleason, the real life Karloff's closest friend for many years!
Peter Lorre (Dr. Einstein) is one of the great actors from the golden age of movies. You've already seen him in Casablanca. Lorre's leading role in Fritz Lang's "M" (1931) made him a star. He would also appear in other classics like "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934), "Mad Love," (1935) and "The Maltese Falcon" (1941).
He was also in the 1963 (The Raven) with both Vincent Price, Boris Karloff & a very young Jack Nicholson. It`s an American Comedy/Gothic Horror film & would fit scary/not too scary list, IMO.
@@childlessdoggentleman746 A good "scary but not too scary" movie would have been The Raven from 1964. Fun cast with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and a very young Jack Nicholson.
He's great in M and The Maltese Falcon. "May I have my gun back?" And the ending scene in M is the stuff accolades are made of. Making us feel sorry for such a horrible character.
The two aunts and Teddy.... played the same characters on Broadway for many years and were so great in fact they got them for this film. The big fish Boris Karloff who of course played Johnathan Brewster on Broadway couldn't get out of his contract ( I would imagine because he was the "big name" of the show. They went with Raymond Massey who did an excellent job. Massey also stared in the movie "Young Abraham Lincoln" and I believe won an Academy Award. Another great movie worth watching.
My wife enjoyed watching movies like this, sitting in bed on a lazy Sunday afternoon. This one was one of her favorites. Seeing it again brought back some good memories.
Frank Capra also directed It's a Wonderful Life. Niagra Falls is a major honeymoon destination. This was originally a play. I grew up loving this movie. Young people that complain that old movies move too slowly. They have never seen this film.
In the film whenever someone says Jonathan looks like Boris Karloff her becomes furious. This is because in the stage play the role of Jonathan was played by Boris Karloff.
"Osculation" is a fancy word for kissing. Niagara Falls used to be one of the most common destinations for honeymoons. The song "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" from the movie "42nd Street" is about that (Buffalo, NY is on the American side of the falls). Cary Grant was equally good at drama and comedy. Some of his best comedic roles were in "Bringing up Baby" (1938), "His Girl Friday" (1940), "The Philadelphia Story" (1940), and "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" (1948).
Cary Grant was one of the greatest VERSATILE actors ever. Comedy or drama, he was awesome. In this film, of the many great moments...I especially love his facial reaction when he realizes the dead body is his brother's victim...without a word, just his facial expression tells the story.
So many to choose from. "Topper" is a good choice, husband and wife ghosts trying to do a good deed to get into heaven would be worth a look. "The Bishop's Wife" co starring David Niven where Cary Grant plays an angel. It's a good Xmas movie. "Bringing Up Baby" with Katherine Hepburn and "Monkey Business" with Marilyn Monroe are both fun screwball comedies.
Boris Karloff, who played Frankenstein’s monster in the old film, originated the role of Jonathan Brewster in the stage play, which made the “this guy looks like Boris Karloff” jokes even funnier.
The Aunts even allude to taking the little Schultz boy to the movies and seeing a face that looks just like Johnathan. The Schultz boy tricked them into seeing Frankenstein. Which was re-released as a double feature with Dracula in 1938, plus Karloff was still playing the roll up 1942's Son of Frankenstein. That double feature proved a popular movie for young boys to see at the time. They'd often dare each other to see the movie, and quite a few came out traumatized. So it makes sense the Schultz boy would trick Aunt Martha and Aunt Abbey into seeing it.
Great movie. Great reaction. Sometimes comedy and horror go well together. Have you checked out Young Frankenstein or Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein?
A little more on Karloff: Karloff had to remain with the stage production so he couldn't make this movie along with the actors for Martha, Abby and Teddy, who were also from the stage production. Karloff later played Jonathan with Tony Randal as Mortimer for a one hour television version (a Hallmark production, I believe). To shorten the play's running time, that televised version omitted the character of the playwright police officer and included a scene inside the Brewster patriarch's home laboratory.
Seconding the recommendations for both. “Father Goose” also stars Leslie Caron. “Operation Petticoat” is an early Blake Edwards movie, pre-“Pink Panther.”
In the 1940s people would go to the movie theater almost every week for entertainment and escape from WWII. Hollywood was pumping out films like there was no tomorrow. Remember there was no TV, and no internet or social media. Movies were 25 to 50 cents depending on where you lived, and that was for a double feature, current news reel and cartoons.
Also usually only movie theaters and banks were air conditioned back then, never homes, so that was a huge selling point. It was literally a quarter and you could stay all day watching the pictures over again if you wanted, unless it was a hot new feature everyone wanted to see.
Josephine Hull, who played one of the aunts in this movie, played a similar scatterbrained character to comedic perfection in the 1950 Jimmy Stewart classic, HARVEY - a film which also mines mental health for comedic gold. Highly recommended. I might also suggest a trio of additional Cary Grant comedies: * BRINGING UP BABY (1938), co-starring Katherine Hepburn, * THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940), with Hepburn and Stewart, and, * my favorite movie of all time, HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940), with Rosalind Russell, a quintessential example of the screwball comedy genre. I think you’d both enjoy the above movies very much.
Somebody else may have already mentioned this, but the repeated references to horror movie icon Bela Legosi are because he played Jonathan Brewster in the original stage play version of this film. There, it was a meta-textual fourth-wall laugh hit for audiences every time someone said to Jonathan that he looked like Legosi, given that he WAS Legosi. As the legend goes, Legosi desperately wanted to reprise the role in the movie, but while the theater producers let the actresses who played the two aunts make the transition, they refused to let Legosi out of his contract.
@@DirigoDuke Is that a serious question? Legosi did play the part, but in the touring company and not until after the film was made (which was years before it was shown). Karloff originated the role on Broadway; that he was described in the play as looking like Boris Karloff (i.e. Frankenstein) was, as you said, a 4th-wall joke for the audience. I don't think Chaney was ever involved.
My grandad was a Seabee in the Pacific Theater of WWII and watched this movie on the eve of the war. As the war ended, the troops were gathered on the island of New Guinea awaiting the process of time for their turn to ship home. The days were long with suspense and filled with anticipation and so they would all sit on the mountain side as they would watch a movie on a big projector screen every night. On one such a night, they watched Arsenic and Old Lace. Having seen it the film now and considering their time of suspense and anticipation you can probably guess how they felt as they enjoyed the movie. On the following night before the next movie began to play, the base commander’s presence was announced as he attended. As this was done, someone in the ranks of the seats below stood up facing uphill as he shouted at the top of his lungs in the fashion of “crazy Teddy”, and then all in the ranks stood up likewise where then they all charged up the hill and ran out of sight. The base commander was so upset that movies were banned for the rest of their stay. But they all had laughter as reward from that night which carried their morale for the duration of their stay.
My grandfather was also a SeaBee! But on movie nights he wouldn't watch any films; it reminded him too much of the nights spent going to the movies with his wife and daughters (my mom and my aunt) back home. He would sit by the sea instead. (A habit I've inherited from him. I've inherited my love of movies [and Cary Grant in particular] from my mom.)
My father served in the Navy during WWII as a diesel mechanic with the engineers. This story sounds a lot like one I remember him telling years ago. It would be amazing if he had charged up that hill with your grandfather.
This was a hugely successful Broadway play before it was made into a movie; the two aunts and Teddy were played by the same actors as in the play, while Jonathan was played by Boris Karloff on stage (rather than just looking like him in the movie). Director Frank Capra also directed “It’s A Wonderful Life,” and Peter Lorre, who played Dr. Einstein, was a prolific actor who appeared in Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and many other classics.
Cary Grant was the ultimate in sophistication when he wasn't doing comedy. He was at his best in "The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer with Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple. He was witty in Charade with Audrey Hepburn, and you will love him in The Philadelphia Story with Katherine Hepburn And Jimmy Stewart. And I have to mention Prissila Lane, so lovely it's like we dreamed her. Women had such character back then.
The whole gag about his brother looking like someone in the theatre or "in the pictures" is because that actor playing him was Boris Karloff, who was famous for his betrayal as Frankenstein's monster. Such a clever inside joke.
I love how long it took you to figure out it was a comedy. Lol. It's a lovely farce. I think it is the age because I'm used to comedies like this and they aren't anything like comedies now. Ha!
I'm so surprised that you both weren't laughing throughout the whole movie! It's so funny! Sometimes it helps to see movies in a group because their laughter is contagious.
That generation doesn't get many of the jokes. Example: "Insanity runs in my family...it practically gallops." Not even a chuckle at that hilarious line.
I'm old Gen-X and recently watched this for the first time, and I was surprised that I didn't laugh out loud more than a couple of times. It's cute, but I think the draw is nostalgia and it doesn't really hold up as well as some other old movies.
@@donnaroo8042 It's slapstick comedy. Some people don't like this style of comedy. Others like it for its entertainment value, but it doesn't really make them laugh out loud. Then you have Cary Grant's delivery style of one liners that many people don't catch or get. Cary Grant was one of the greatest comedic actors of all time. Even in a movie like "North By Northwest," which is not a comedy, he's subtly hilarious, which many people don't get/catch. His comedy (and the comedy of many other actors and movies of that time period) goes over the head gen y and z, and even many in gen x.
It seems to me that the most modern generation takes movies extremely literally & judge everything. They want to constantly apply only their real world perspective. Instead of just immersing & enjoying the purposeful absurdity or wackiness of some stories. It's fiction, it's entertainment. Put your mindset aside.
Just so many great Cary Grant movies, ones I'd recommend: "The Philadelphia Story", "His Girl Friday", "Father Goose", "Houseboat", "Operation Petticoat", "To Catch A Thief", "An Affair to Remember" and of course the Hitchcock classic, "Charade". If you want to see the most teary Cary Grant movie, it's "Penny Serenade".
Yes, Charade is a good movie. It was directed by Stanley Donen. Suspicion and Notorious are two very good films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant.
Can you name a bad Cary Grant movie? Or a bad Jimmy Stewart movie, or a bad Humphrey Bogart movie, or Jimmy Cagney, Rock Hudson, etc? These guys were just magic.
they don’t understand a lot of the movie, (the whole Boris Karloff thing, etc.) but they take the time to show many sequential clips to ground you in where they are in the storyline. Our hostesses are charming.
Cary Grant had so much range. He could play manic roles with comedic timing in movies like this, and suave, collected ones in movies like "To Catch a Thief" and "North by Northwest"
This show has a special place in my heart. Junior year of high school I played Officer Brophy in a theatre production of the show and made some of my closest friendships. Two of which will be involved in my wedding less than a month from now! One as officiant the other as best man
That's awesome to hear. Congratulations! My mom introduced me to this great film many years ago. She played one of the aunts in her high school production of it in the early 60's. I've been a fan of the movie since the 70's.
Frank Capra made this movie just before going into the army. It couldn't be released to the general public until the Broadway run ended but it was shown to soldiers. When Capra was in England, he kept hearing G.I.'s running down the street and shouting "Charge!" When the Brooklyn Dodgers (the baseball team at the beginning) moved to Los Angeles, "charge" became a rallying cry for the team and later spread throughout baseball. By the way, the joke at the beginning is that Brooklyn fans were considered the rowdiest in baseball.
Yes, before commercial jet travel in the 60's most people vacationed within a train trips distance of where they lived. So Niagra Falls was an actual honeymoon destination for the densely populated northeast (Boston, NYC, Chicago, Philly, Baltimore and DC). There was a whole industry built around it. It is often alluded to in literature, film and radio from the period (No TV yet LOL) Just a heads up. You noticed the Dodgers. At the time of the film the Dodgers played in Brooklyn. Hence the reason it is depicted. The Giants also played in NYC. Both teams moved to California in 1958. The move is known to history as California baseball. The advent of commercial Jet travel also played a huge role in it. Before jets Baseball teams were east of the Mississippi so teams could travel by train from one city to the next on road trips.
"Arsenic and Old Lace" is the style and genre of play-writing known as “farce”. It is a classic example of this genre, with its exaggerated characters, absurd situations, and rapid pacing, all designed to entertain and provoke laughter. • Definition of Farce: A “farce” is a type of comedy that uses highly exaggerated and improbable situations, along with physical humour, slapstick, and absurdity, to entertain the audience. It often includes misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and ridiculous scenarios that spiral out of control. The characters in a farce are typically exaggerated for comedic effect, sometimes bordering on caricature, and the plot often involves a series of fast-paced events that lead to chaos and confusion. • How "Arsenic and Old Lace" Fits the Definition: - The play centres around absurd and exaggerated situations, such as two elderly aunts who murder lonely old men as an act of misguided charity. - The characters are often over-the-top, such as the aunts' nephew, who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt, and another nephew who is a notorious criminal. - The humour is driven by mistaken identities, misunderstandings, and a rapidly escalating series of events, all of which are hallmarks of farce. In summary, “Arsenic and Old Lace" fits squarely within the farce genre due to its reliance on exaggerated situations, eccentric characters, and a fast-paced, chaotic plot.
I once got to play Mortimer in a production of this Play. It was a blast, and I spent most of my acting 'process' on "Don't imitate Cary Grant. Don't imitate Cary Grant..."
Yeah I saw a production once where I could tell the actor was telling himself the same thing. He played him very fussy and didactic (until he started to break down), for instance brushing off every seat before he sat down. Still hilarious.
YAY! I was hoping you'd do this movie. I think you'll love it. It was directed by the same guy, Frank Capra, who directed It's a Wonderful Life, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
I love this movie. I was once fortunate enough to act in a stage production. The director made the decision that we would all wear makeup that gave the appearance it was all black and white :)
In the play, the original line was, "I'm not a Brewster! I'm a bast*rd!" But in those days you couldn't say that in a movie. And yes, going to Niagara Falls for your honeymoon was a thing back then. So much so it was a cliche.
Such a fun play. High schools used to perform Arsenic and Old Lace in drama productions, not sure if they still do given the age of the film. It's such a high energy production...Cary Grant was just going 100 mph the whole film, definitely my favorite film from the 1940's.
This has probably shown up in the comments from others by now, but Josephine Hull is a scene-stealer of the highest variety and "Harvey" (which she co-starred in with Jimmy Stewart) is one of the funniest films of the early 50s. I hope you react to it in the near future.
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I saw this when I was a little girl and love it. The ending is especially pleasing/satisfying. Cary Grant is always a treat to watch. I hope you watch a lot more Cary Grant movies. One of my favorites is Charade (1963).
I'd say the closest we have to Cary Grant today is George Clooney. You two should watch "Bringing Up Baby" starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. It's one of my favorite comedies. Another great old movie you'd love is "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" starring Gary Cooper (who has a bit of a Kevin Costner vibe). Avoid the Adam Sandler remake. It has absolutely none of the heart of the original.
@@brianthom6798 Granted (pun intended). But Clooney doesn't have the ability to go from drama to comedy fairly easily like Grant. He just doesn't get the opportunity to do much comedy. But I could see him doing something like this.
What a delightful surprise! One of my favorite movies, and I was actually in a stage production of the play. Our actor for Teddy was insanely funny and dynamite at impromptu, making it very hard for the actors to keep a straight face. The moment where Jonathan bursts through the curtains was so powerfully shocking in our version, we had to wait up to two minutes for the audience to calm down before the play could continue. One thing lost on modern viewing: a running gag is that the other characters are saying Jonathan's scary face reminds them of Boris Karloff, the actor famous for playing Frankenstein's monster. This was an inside joke. In the original stage play on Broadway, it caused howls of laughter from the first audiences. You see, the role of Jonathan was originated by Boris Karloff himself.
The first time I saw this movie, it was on late night TV. I had been sick and slept all day and woke up late and my mom was watching this movie and I watched it with her. I think I was 5 or 6 years old. Still love the heck out of it.
"Pillow Talk" is a seriously under-appreciated fun movie. It's when technicolor started being used a lot too. And if you can ever find this play-turned-movie "Lost in Yonkers" just because it's a great 90's movie that deserves appreciation.
This movie is one of the best screwball comedies made. Cary Grant was in another really good comedy with Tony Curtis. It was Operation Petticoat. Trust me, you will get a kick out of it. It is a submarine movie and the incidents in it are based on real stories from WWII.
Oh boy, oh boy, oooooh boy. I haven't even started yet but oh boy. I have loved this movie so so long . I'll say thank you right now, already. Sight unseen.
This movie is based on real events from my home state. I love the secret code used to get Teddy to sign the papers. The next three Cary Grant movies should be Bringing Up Baby( Also based on my home state), Charade, and Destination Tokyo(This movie made Tony Curtis want to be an actor as he served in submarines and ended up costaring with Grant in Operation Petticoat).
Josephine Hull is amazing. The best acting I have ever seen, hands down, is her portrayal of Vita Louise in Harvey. That is an *impressively* difficult role to pull off, and she is absolutely flawless. The other aunt is a pretty good actress as well. Cary Grant, not so much.
You talk about this being a different side of Cary Grant, well, his acting always contains some tongue in cheek comedic elements, that's a reason why I love him so much. Another great comedy with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn is Bringing Up Baby, another one of those classic essential movies. And yet another comedy that almost goes along with Arsenic and Old Lace, because it also deals with insanity in a funny way is Harvey, you should also watch this. Some comments on this movie you just watched: The guy who played Doctor Einstein was also a very famous actor. His name is Peter Lorre and he appeared in Casablanca as well as in other classic movies like The Maltese Falcon, Hitchcock's Secret Agent or The Man Who Knew Too Much (the first one). And the references in the movie that were made to Jonathan's face, that people said they saw him in the movies and that he looked like Boris Karloff were references to Frankenstein in which Boris Karloff plays the monster of Frankenstein. The actor playing Jonathan though was not Boris Karloff himself, it was Raymond Massey.
My only worry is that these ladies may not understand the nuances or old terms. They may not understand the strange or unusual terms, such as the term "four eyes." Keep going, girls! You are the best. Oh, I forgot: play "Wag the Dog" before the election, and you'll get $$$ from me. double-dare you.
Cary Grant is the king of chaotic screwball comedy. He has done quite a few, and always partnered well with Katharine Hepburn. You should check out The Philadelphia Story. You both would absolutely love it. It also stars Jimmy Stewart.
Cary Grant was the ultimate leading man. He was great at being charming and suave, but also fumbling and awkward. Most people have mentioned 'Bringing Up Baby' with Katherine Hepburn and many more great Grant movies, but I woud recommend 2 comedies he made with Irene Dunne - 'My Favorite Wife' and 'The Awful Truth'. A Christmas pick would also be 'The Bishop's Wife'. (It was remade in the 90s as 'The Preachers Wife' with Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston).
Cary Grant is so wonderful. Although I heard that he didn't like his comic performance in this movie. My high school Theatre Guild did this play and it was so fun! Some of my favorite Cary Grant movies: Charade, The Bishop's Wife, and An Affair to Remember.
I just realized this movie is over 80 years old, being filmed in 1942 An interesting bit of trivia: although Grant didn’t like his performance in this movie, he donated his paycheck from this to the war effort, since World War Two was being fought at the time.
I would suggest "Father Goose", as a Cary Grant movie worth seeing. It starsd Grant as a slovenly man--prone to the drink, working at an island post as a "lookout" for "the Allied forces during WW2, that somehow gets involved with a schoolteacher (Leslie Caron) and her school girl charges. It's probably my favorite Cary Grant "comedic" outing. I think you both would find it very funny and entertaining...
Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday and The Philadelphia Story are three of Cary Grant’s best comedy movies. Highly Recommended
3 of the very best
Father Goose is the most like actual Cary Grant according to the man himself. It's hilarious and his second to last picture filmed. Operation Petticoat is also on the must watch.
These are excellent
No one reacts to His Girl Friday, and it is so very good. The Philadelphia Story as well ...
@@Hapsard His Girl Friday's rapid fire dialogue probably makes it hard to react to.
"Insanity runs in my family... it practically gallops." Still one of my favorite movie lines ever.
As it said, its based on a very successful play and in the stage version the brother was played by Boris Karloff (Frankenstein's Monster), now in the film he was played by the great Raymond Massey when Boris Karloff couldn't do the film. Hence the running gag in the film.
Also, the two aunts played by Josephine Hull and Jean Adair were also in the play, but got permission to be excused for the filming. Boris Karloff was a major investor in the play and couldn't take the time off to do the film.
When I looked up who was playing Johnathan and saw it was 'Abraham Farlan' his line, which seemed apposite, popped into my mind; 'May I bring You up to date Sir, We are not alive at all!' - Bravo Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger.
I really wish Karloff had taken the time to play Jonathan in the film. The running gag about Jonathan looking like Boris Karloff must have been so much funnier when the actor actually WAS Boris Karloff. But now nobody will ever see that physical gag again.
@@Cadinho93 I personally like Groucho Marx:
"Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your children...".
@@williamkerner3758 Karloff was prevented from appearing in the film by his contract, and the film was not allowed to be released until the play closed, although Karloff allowed Capra to use his name in the film.
A sort of Karloff-related gag is the fact that the police detective at the end who comments on Massey's resemblance to Karloff is played by James Gleason, the real life Karloff's closest friend for many years!
Peter Lorre (Dr. Einstein) is one of the great actors from the golden age of movies. You've already seen him in Casablanca. Lorre's leading role in Fritz Lang's "M" (1931) made him a star. He would also appear in other classics like "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934), "Mad Love," (1935) and "The Maltese Falcon" (1941).
He was also in the 1963 (The Raven) with both Vincent Price, Boris Karloff & a very young Jack Nicholson. It`s an American Comedy/Gothic Horror film & would fit scary/not too scary list, IMO.
"M"! Fritz Lang's "M" is a masterpiece and Lorre is brilliant.
@@childlessdoggentleman746 A good "scary but not too scary" movie would have been The Raven from 1964. Fun cast with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and a very young Jack Nicholson.
He's great in M and The Maltese Falcon. "May I have my gun back?" And the ending scene in M is the stuff accolades are made of. Making us feel sorry for such a horrible character.
Fled Germany in 1933 to escape the rise of Nazism.
The two aunts and Teddy.... played the same characters on Broadway for many years and were so great in fact they got them for this film. The big fish Boris Karloff who of course played Johnathan Brewster on Broadway couldn't get out of his contract ( I would imagine because he was the "big name" of the show. They went with Raymond Massey who did an excellent job. Massey also stared in the movie "Young Abraham Lincoln" and I believe won an Academy Award. Another great movie worth watching.
My wife enjoyed watching movies like this, sitting in bed on a lazy Sunday afternoon. This one was one of her favorites. Seeing it again brought back some good memories.
Frank Capra also directed It's a Wonderful Life.
Niagra Falls is a major honeymoon destination.
This was originally a play.
I grew up loving this movie.
Young people that complain that old movies move too slowly. They have never seen this film.
In the film whenever someone says Jonathan looks like Boris Karloff her becomes furious. This is because in the stage play the role of Jonathan was played by Boris Karloff.
Lol that's right and because the actor playing Jonathan freaking looks like Boris Karloff.😅😅 love that.
"Osculation" is a fancy word for kissing.
Niagara Falls used to be one of the most common destinations for honeymoons. The song "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" from the movie "42nd Street" is about that (Buffalo, NY is on the American side of the falls).
Cary Grant was equally good at drama and comedy. Some of his best comedic roles were in "Bringing up Baby" (1938), "His Girl Friday" (1940), "The Philadelphia Story" (1940), and "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" (1948).
How about interdigitation?
The word used was 'oscillation', meaning "movement back and forth in a regular rhythm." Make of that what you will.
nope osculation is kissing, so we make nothing of it.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is one of my favorite movies!
".... red, blue, green, yellow... "
A great pick for an older movie would be “Harvey” with Josephine Hull and Jimmy Stewart.
Fly specks!
Great choice
Another excellent choice! "You can be one of two things in this world: either oh, so smart, or oh, so pleasant . . "
I love that one and I'm almost certain they would, too.
Would you like an egg and onion sandwich?
Cary Grant does great banter. And Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday (1940) is movie magic.
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So many ppl ignore the classics yet they are sooo good. And this one is one of the best!
I"m an old guy and I absolutely love this movie.
I'm with you love when these young folks discover these classics
I'm young(ish) and I love it too.
How old are you?
stay away from wine!
Two more outrageous Cary Grant comedies worth the watch. 'Bringing Up Baby', 'His Girl Friday'.
This is a famous example of the genre known as Screwball Comedy.
Cary Grant was one of the greatest VERSATILE actors ever. Comedy or drama, he was awesome. In this film, of the many great moments...I especially love his facial reaction when he realizes the dead body is his brother's victim...without a word, just his facial expression tells the story.
Btw, I usually like your reactions, but OMG you two are the only people on earth who don't laugh throughout Arsenic & Old Lace...LOL
Hooray a classic!!. Another fun Cary Grant comedy "Mr Bladings builds his Dream House" 1948
Great movie. Also “Holiday” with Grant, Edward Everett Horton from Arsenic, and Katharine Hepburn.
So many to choose from. "Topper" is a good choice, husband and wife ghosts trying to do a good deed to get into heaven would be worth a look.
"The Bishop's Wife" co starring David Niven where Cary Grant plays an angel. It's a good Xmas movie.
"Bringing Up Baby" with Katherine Hepburn and "Monkey Business" with Marilyn Monroe are both fun screwball comedies.
@@tonygreenfield7820 Yes "Bishop's Wife for Christmas"
“Blandings”
Myrna Loy is my favorite. She is great with Cary Grant but even better with William Powell in the Thin Man series.
I almost died when Cassie said Jonathan looked a bit like the "people in the Spirit Halloween store". Oh, my.;)
Boris Karloff, who played Frankenstein’s monster in the old film, originated the role of Jonathan Brewster in the stage play, which made the “this guy looks like Boris Karloff” jokes even funnier.
Fun fact. The entirety of the play was written with Karloff in mind.
I was coming here to say that.
The Aunts even allude to taking the little Schultz boy to the movies and seeing a face that looks just like Johnathan. The Schultz boy tricked them into seeing Frankenstein. Which was re-released as a double feature with Dracula in 1938, plus Karloff was still playing the roll up 1942's Son of Frankenstein. That double feature proved a popular movie for young boys to see at the time. They'd often dare each other to see the movie, and quite a few came out traumatized. So it makes sense the Schultz boy would trick Aunt Martha and Aunt Abbey into seeing it.
Great movie. Great reaction. Sometimes comedy and horror go well together. Have you checked out Young Frankenstein or Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein?
A little more on Karloff: Karloff had to remain with the stage production so he couldn't make this movie along with the actors for Martha, Abby and Teddy, who were also from the stage production. Karloff later played Jonathan with Tony Randal as Mortimer for a one hour television version (a Hallmark production, I believe). To shorten the play's running time, that televised version omitted the character of the playwright police officer and included a scene inside the Brewster patriarch's home laboratory.
2 other classic Cary Grant comedy's are Operation Petticoat about a pink submarine in ww2, and Father Goose. You would love both Cassie.
Seconding the recommendations for both. “Father Goose” also stars Leslie Caron. “Operation Petticoat” is an early Blake Edwards movie, pre-“Pink Panther.”
@@gerstelbOperation Petticoat has got Jamie Lee Curtis’ dad in it, Tony Curtis. And it’s in color too so you can see what a pink submarine looks like.
I just made the recommendation for "Father Goose"!! It was one of my mother's favorites, and I grew to love it myself...
I will add that those 2 are among my favorite movies! Gotta do 'em!
Thank you for reminding me about Operation Petticoat. I forgot about that one!
In the 1940s people would go to the movie theater almost every week for entertainment and escape from WWII. Hollywood was pumping out films like there was no tomorrow. Remember there was no TV, and no internet or social media. Movies were 25 to 50 cents depending on where you lived, and that was for a double feature, current news reel and cartoons.
Also usually only movie theaters and banks were air conditioned back then, never homes, so that was a huge selling point. It was literally a quarter and you could stay all day watching the pictures over again if you wanted, unless it was a hot new feature everyone wanted to see.
I struggle to comprehend that a whole generation have grown up NEVER watching black and white movies.
Peter Lorre, when the cop is reading back the description of the accomplice over the phone, does a great job.
This was my wife's favorite movie. I enjoyed your reaction it made me smile and brought back good memories of her.
I love this movie. It has the earliest example of a jump scare I can think of, that moment when Jonathan suddenly appears at the window.
I was thinking the same thing: I can't recall any earlier jump scare in cinema than this one.
@@richin2123 I was recently reminded of the famous one with the bus in the original Cat People, which was two years earlier.
Josephine Hull, who played one of the aunts in this movie, played a similar scatterbrained character to comedic perfection in the 1950 Jimmy Stewart classic, HARVEY - a film which also mines mental health for comedic gold. Highly recommended.
I might also suggest a trio of additional Cary Grant comedies:
* BRINGING UP BABY (1938), co-starring Katherine Hepburn,
* THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940), with Hepburn and Stewart, and,
* my favorite movie of all time, HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940), with Rosalind Russell, a quintessential example of the screwball comedy genre.
I think you’d both enjoy the above movies very much.
Somebody else may have already mentioned this, but the repeated references to horror movie icon Bela Legosi are because he played Jonathan Brewster in the original stage play version of this film. There, it was a meta-textual fourth-wall laugh hit for audiences every time someone said to Jonathan that he looked like Legosi, given that he WAS Legosi.
As the legend goes, Legosi desperately wanted to reprise the role in the movie, but while the theater producers let the actresses who played the two aunts make the transition, they refused to let Legosi out of his contract.
@@DirigoDuke Boris Karloff, who played Frankenstein's monster, not Legosi. Karloff actually played Jonathan in the stage play.
@@DavetheGrue Okay. But you’re sure it wasn’t Lon Chaney Jr?
@@DirigoDuke Is that a serious question? Legosi did play the part, but in the touring company and not until after the film was made (which was years before it was shown). Karloff originated the role on Broadway; that he was described in the play as looking like Boris Karloff (i.e. Frankenstein) was, as you said, a 4th-wall joke for the audience. I don't think Chaney was ever involved.
"No I am NOT drunk, Madam, but you've given me an idea!!" [fumbles with phone] 🤣
My grandad was a Seabee in the Pacific Theater of WWII and watched this movie on the eve of the war. As the war ended, the troops were gathered on the island of New Guinea awaiting the process of time for their turn to ship home. The days were long with suspense and filled with anticipation and so they would all sit on the mountain side as they would watch a movie on a big projector screen every night.
On one such a night, they watched Arsenic and Old Lace. Having seen it the film now and considering their time of suspense and anticipation you can probably guess how they felt as they enjoyed the movie.
On the following night before the next movie began to play, the base commander’s presence was announced as he attended. As this was done, someone in the ranks of the seats below stood up facing uphill as he shouted at the top of his lungs in the fashion of “crazy Teddy”, and then all in the ranks stood up likewise where then they all charged up the hill and ran out of sight.
The base commander was so upset that movies were banned for the rest of their stay. But they all had laughter as reward from that night which carried their morale for the duration of their stay.
My grandfather was also a SeaBee! But on movie nights he wouldn't watch any films; it reminded him too much of the nights spent going to the movies with his wife and daughters (my mom and my aunt) back home. He would sit by the sea instead. (A habit I've inherited from him. I've inherited my love of movies [and Cary Grant in particular] from my mom.)
My father served in the Navy during WWII as a diesel mechanic with the engineers. This story sounds a lot like one I remember him telling years ago. It would be amazing if he had charged up that hill with your grandfather.
This was a hugely successful Broadway play before it was made into a movie; the two aunts and Teddy were played by the same actors as in the play, while Jonathan was played by Boris Karloff on stage (rather than just looking like him in the movie). Director Frank Capra also directed “It’s A Wonderful Life,” and Peter Lorre, who played Dr. Einstein, was a prolific actor who appeared in Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and many other classics.
As a Cary Grant fan, with Christmas approaching, you should check out "The Bishop's Wife".
Absolutely! My favorite Christmas movie!
Yep, and "Penny Serenade".
Yes! The bishops wife is an outstanding chistmas choice! You girls would love it.
Yes! The Bishop’s Wife is one of my all time favorites!♥️
The choir scene makes me cry every time. Exquisite.
Cary Grant was the ultimate in sophistication when he wasn't doing comedy. He was at his best in "The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer with Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple. He was witty in Charade with Audrey Hepburn, and you will love him in The Philadelphia Story with Katherine Hepburn And Jimmy Stewart. And I have to mention Prissila Lane, so lovely it's like we dreamed her. Women had such character back then.
'You remind me of a man...'
@thc-reactions4438 Carol Lombard, Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Myrna Loy to name a few.
The whole gag about his brother looking like someone in the theatre or "in the pictures" is because that actor playing him was Boris Karloff, who was famous for his betrayal as Frankenstein's monster. Such a clever inside joke.
Karloff played him on Broadway, but not in the movie.
@@jimmcdonald4087 You are so right! It was Raymond Massey in the movie. My mistake.
"No, I am not drunk madam, but you've given me an idea!" This is the funniest vintage movie I've ever seen.🤣
I love how long it took you to figure out it was a comedy. Lol. It's a lovely farce. I think it is the age because I'm used to comedies like this and they aren't anything like comedies now. Ha!
Niagara Falls definitely a honeymoon tradition!
That's where my parents honeymooned! (But it has to be the Canadian side).
Well if it falls let it.
@@kinokind293 mine, too.
"Niagara Falls! Slowly I turned! Step by step! Inch by inch..."
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 😆😆😆
"Well, you see...insanity runs in my family. Practically gallops."
I'm so surprised that you both weren't laughing throughout the whole movie! It's so funny!
Sometimes it helps to see movies in a group because their laughter is contagious.
That generation doesn't get many of the jokes. Example: "Insanity runs in my family...it practically gallops." Not even a chuckle at that hilarious line.
They seemed to think it was a horror movie, just because a dozen people were murdered! 😆
I'm old Gen-X and recently watched this for the first time, and I was surprised that I didn't laugh out loud more than a couple of times. It's cute, but I think the draw is nostalgia and it doesn't really hold up as well as some other old movies.
@@donnaroo8042 It's slapstick comedy. Some people don't like this style of comedy. Others like it for its entertainment value, but it doesn't really make them laugh out loud. Then you have Cary Grant's delivery style of one liners that many people don't catch or get. Cary Grant was one of the greatest comedic actors of all time. Even in a movie like "North By Northwest," which is not a comedy, he's subtly hilarious, which many people don't get/catch. His comedy (and the comedy of many other actors and movies of that time period) goes over the head gen y and z, and even many in gen x.
It seems to me that the most modern generation takes movies extremely literally & judge everything. They want to constantly apply only their real world perspective. Instead of just immersing & enjoying the purposeful absurdity or wackiness of some stories. It's fiction, it's entertainment. Put your mindset aside.
Just so many great Cary Grant movies, ones I'd recommend:
"The Philadelphia Story", "His Girl Friday", "Father Goose", "Houseboat", "Operation Petticoat", "To Catch A Thief", "An Affair to Remember" and of course the Hitchcock classic, "Charade".
If you want to see the most teary Cary Grant movie, it's "Penny Serenade".
Yes, Charade is a good movie. It was directed by Stanley Donen. Suspicion and Notorious are two very good films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant.
Can you name a bad Cary Grant movie? Or a bad Jimmy Stewart movie, or a bad Humphrey Bogart movie, or Jimmy Cagney, Rock Hudson, etc?
These guys were just magic.
they don’t understand a lot of the movie, (the whole Boris Karloff thing, etc.) but they take the time to show many sequential clips to ground you in where they are in the storyline. Our hostesses are charming.
Cary Grant had so much range. He could play manic roles with comedic timing in movies like this, and suave, collected ones in movies like "To Catch a Thief" and "North by Northwest"
To Catch a Thief is my favorite movie of all time. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, and Alfred Hitchcock is a perfect trifecta. ❤
Father Goose is tied with Arsenic and Old Lace and North by Northwest for my favorite Cary Grant movies.
@@michaelacker4493 you should see him in “Holiday”, and in “Bringing Up Baby”.
"Father Goose" is so neglected! And it's hilarious. One of his last movies.
I would add in Charade for contention.
@@kinokind293 She's alive! The snake's dead!
@@kinokind293 It also hints at real WW2 Japanese brutality.
But it is a favorite of mine too
This show has a special place in my heart. Junior year of high school I played Officer Brophy in a theatre production of the show and made some of my closest friendships. Two of which will be involved in my wedding less than a month from now! One as officiant the other as best man
That's awesome to hear. Congratulations!
My mom introduced me to this great film many years ago. She played one of the aunts in her high school production of it in the early 60's.
I've been a fan of the movie since the 70's.
@@Fremen1971 thank you so much! I’m glad you have a special memory of this show too :)
I'll bet Cassie and Carly never expected to see anything like this movie before! 🤣🤣🤣
I hope you both get to see Cary Grant in "Father Goose," a sweet, funny movie.
And 'Operation Petticoat.'
Lee Marvin was also in the comedy, Father Goose. Excellent movie.
Frank Capra made this movie just before going into the army. It couldn't be released to the general public until the Broadway run ended but it was shown to soldiers. When Capra was in England, he kept hearing G.I.'s running down the street and shouting "Charge!" When the Brooklyn Dodgers (the baseball team at the beginning) moved to Los Angeles, "charge" became a rallying cry for the team and later spread throughout baseball. By the way, the joke at the beginning is that Brooklyn fans were considered the rowdiest in baseball.
Yes, before commercial jet travel in the 60's most people vacationed within a train trips distance of where they lived. So Niagra Falls was an actual honeymoon destination for the densely populated northeast (Boston, NYC, Chicago, Philly, Baltimore and DC). There was a whole industry built around it. It is often alluded to in literature, film and radio from the period (No TV yet LOL)
Just a heads up. You noticed the Dodgers. At the time of the film the Dodgers played in Brooklyn. Hence the reason it is depicted. The Giants also played in NYC. Both teams moved to California in 1958. The move is known to history as California baseball. The advent of commercial Jet travel also played a huge role in it. Before jets Baseball teams were east of the Mississippi so teams could travel by train from one city to the next on road trips.
Cary Grant is fabulous in this. One of my favorites.
You should add ”The Bishop’s Wife” in which he also stars when Christmas Comes around.
I agree! A great Christmas movie!
"Arsenic and Old Lace" is the style and genre of play-writing known as “farce”. It is a classic example of this genre, with its exaggerated characters, absurd situations, and rapid pacing, all designed to entertain and provoke laughter.
• Definition of Farce:
A “farce” is a type of comedy that uses highly exaggerated and improbable situations, along with physical humour, slapstick, and absurdity, to entertain the audience. It often includes misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and ridiculous scenarios that spiral out of control. The characters in a farce are typically exaggerated for comedic effect, sometimes bordering on caricature, and the plot often involves a series of fast-paced events that lead to chaos and confusion.
• How "Arsenic and Old Lace" Fits the Definition:
- The play centres around absurd and exaggerated situations, such as two elderly aunts who murder lonely old men as an act of misguided charity.
- The characters are often over-the-top, such as the aunts' nephew, who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt, and another nephew who is a notorious criminal.
- The humour is driven by mistaken identities, misunderstandings, and a rapidly escalating series of events, all of which are hallmarks of farce.
In summary, “Arsenic and Old Lace" fits squarely within the farce genre due to its reliance on exaggerated situations, eccentric characters, and a fast-paced, chaotic plot.
Am all tme classic. Even as a kid I could quote most of this movie, and I love it every time I see it, to this day.
Bringing Up Baby is Cary Grant's best screwball comedy, I think, but also highly recommended are his films with Irene Dunne.
My Favorite Wife is my top Cary Grant comedy. He and Irene Dunne have perfect chemistry.
YES! One of my FAVORITE old movies ever - great for Halloween 🎃
"It Happened One Night," "His Girl Friday" and "Stalag 17" are all comedy classics.
Stalag 17, a comedy? Must be a different version than the one I saw.
@@rs-ye7kw Google it.
@@rs-ye7kwWhile it has moments of humor, it is a mystery thriller for sure.
I had to look up 'osculation' (9:07) because I never heard it before. It's an old term for kissing.
It's a fine old word. Make sure to work it into conversation soon!
But Cassie did understand 👍
@@yermatedave4930 May we osculate?
@@antrimlariot2386 pucker up, buttercup!
@@antrimlariot2386 pucker up, buttercup.😙
I'm so glad you finally got around to this old favourite of mine. It helps if you're feeling a bit silly before you start watching.
I once got to play Mortimer in a production of this Play. It was a blast, and I spent most of my acting 'process' on "Don't imitate Cary Grant. Don't imitate Cary Grant..."
Yeah I saw a production once where I could tell the actor was telling himself the same thing. He played him very fussy and didactic (until he started to break down), for instance brushing off every seat before he sat down. Still hilarious.
YAY! I was hoping you'd do this movie. I think you'll love it. It was directed by the same guy, Frank Capra, who directed It's a Wonderful Life, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
These two smiling faces always brighten my day. Yes, there was a time that Niagara Falls was the most popular honeymoon spot.
There's an old, cold-war era movie that you two would absolutely adore. The movie is called "One, Two, Three". It's not a horror/murder thing.
I also love Cary Grant in Father Goose. Hilarious!
I love this movie. I was once fortunate enough to act in a stage production. The director made the decision that we would all wear makeup that gave the appearance it was all black and white :)
I remember seeing this for the first time when I was in middle school and have loved it ever since
This is a great film. Funny witty and heartfelt, but the greatest black and white film of this era is All About Eve. A true masterpiece.
Frank Capra also Directed Its a Wonderful Life & Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Frank Capra was kinda the Steven Spielberg of his day.
Shes seen em
In the play, the original line was, "I'm not a Brewster! I'm a bast*rd!" But in those days you couldn't say that in a movie.
And yes, going to Niagara Falls for your honeymoon was a thing back then. So much so it was a cliche.
Such a fun play. High schools used to perform Arsenic and Old Lace in drama productions, not sure if they still do given the age of the film. It's such a high energy production...Cary Grant was just going 100 mph the whole film, definitely my favorite film from the 1940's.
Cary Grant's real name was Archibald Leach. You may recall that in A Fish Called Wanda, John Cleese's character was named Archibald Leach.
Cary Grant was a master of the double and triple takes. Classic!
This has probably shown up in the comments from others by now, but Josephine Hull is a scene-stealer of the highest variety and "Harvey" (which she co-starred in with Jimmy Stewart) is one of the funniest films of the early 50s. I hope you react to it in the near future.
Me too. ❤
HARVEY the stage play was first, snd the play won a Pulitzer Prize.
Great Reaction Watched the fulll reaction on Patreon. We loved it. Kept my mind off of the extreme chronic pain I was in. Thanks you so much. Always 🙏 for you guys
Oh no I’m so sorry to hear about your pain! I’m glad I could help!
I think the "charge" up the stairs is Teddy Roosevelt leading the attack on San Juan Hill, Cuba when he was with the Rough Riders.
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reminds me of a woman with a new credit card LOL
I saw this when I was a little girl and love it. The ending is especially pleasing/satisfying. Cary Grant is always a treat to watch. I hope you watch a lot more Cary Grant movies. One of my favorites is Charade (1963).
I'd say the closest we have to Cary Grant today is George Clooney.
You two should watch "Bringing Up Baby" starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. It's one of my favorite comedies. Another great old movie you'd love is "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" starring Gary Cooper (who has a bit of a Kevin Costner vibe). Avoid the Adam Sandler remake. It has absolutely none of the heart of the original.
I second the motion for you to watch Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby. What a fun movie.
I agree with you, in the sense that Clooney is ridiculously charming. But he has nothing on Cary Grant.
@@brianthom6798 Granted (pun intended). But Clooney doesn't have the ability to go from drama to comedy fairly easily like Grant. He just doesn't get the opportunity to do much comedy. But I could see him doing something like this.
But unlike George Cloney Cary Grant was born in England
@o.b.7217Out of Sight is criminally underrated.
What a delightful surprise! One of my favorite movies, and I was actually in a stage production of the play. Our actor for Teddy was insanely funny and dynamite at impromptu, making it very hard for the actors to keep a straight face. The moment where Jonathan bursts through the curtains was so powerfully shocking in our version, we had to wait up to two minutes for the audience to calm down before the play could continue. One thing lost on modern viewing: a running gag is that the other characters are saying Jonathan's scary face reminds them of Boris Karloff, the actor famous for playing Frankenstein's monster. This was an inside joke. In the original stage play on Broadway, it caused howls of laughter from the first audiences. You see, the role of Jonathan was originated by Boris Karloff himself.
The first time I saw this movie, it was on late night TV. I had been sick and slept all day and woke up late and my mom was watching this movie and I watched it with her. I think I was 5 or 6 years old. Still love the heck out of it.
"Pillow Talk" is a seriously under-appreciated fun movie. It's when technicolor started being used a lot too. And if you can ever find this play-turned-movie "Lost in Yonkers" just because it's a great 90's movie that deserves appreciation.
This movie is one of the best screwball comedies made. Cary Grant was in another really good comedy with Tony Curtis. It was Operation Petticoat. Trust me, you will get a kick out of it. It is a submarine movie and the incidents in it are based on real stories from WWII.
A totally over-the-top comedy. Simply great.👍🥳🤣
Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in:
CHARADE
great movie, great chemistry between them, both cute and funny and it’s a “ Who Done It” and “Who’s Who”!!
Two more Cary Grant movies you’d love is Charade with Audrey Hepburn and Walk Don’t Run which was Cary’s last movie.
Oh boy, oh boy, oooooh boy. I haven't even started yet but oh boy. I have loved this movie so so long . I'll say thank you right now, already. Sight unseen.
You need to add “Charade” to your list! A romantic comedy/thriller set in Paris with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. ♥️
This movie is based on real events from my home state. I love the secret code used to get Teddy to sign the papers. The next three Cary Grant movies should be Bringing Up Baby( Also based on my home state), Charade, and Destination Tokyo(This movie made Tony Curtis want to be an actor as he served in submarines and ended up costaring with Grant in Operation Petticoat).
Josephine Hull is amazing. The best acting I have ever seen, hands down, is her portrayal of Vita Louise in Harvey. That is an *impressively* difficult role to pull off, and she is absolutely flawless. The other aunt is a pretty good actress as well. Cary Grant, not so much.
You talk about this being a different side of Cary Grant, well, his acting always contains some tongue in cheek comedic elements, that's a reason why I love him so much.
Another great comedy with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn is Bringing Up Baby, another one of those classic essential movies. And yet another comedy that almost goes along with Arsenic and Old Lace, because it also deals with insanity in a funny way is Harvey, you should also watch this.
Some comments on this movie you just watched: The guy who played Doctor Einstein was also a very famous actor. His name is Peter Lorre and he appeared in Casablanca as well as in other classic movies like The Maltese Falcon, Hitchcock's Secret Agent or The Man Who Knew Too Much (the first one).
And the references in the movie that were made to Jonathan's face, that people said they saw him in the movies and that he looked like Boris Karloff were references to Frankenstein in which Boris Karloff plays the monster of Frankenstein.
The actor playing Jonathan though was not Boris Karloff himself, it was Raymond Massey.
More Capra pleas e!!!!!..... Every time a Capra film has been done on this channel its been a hit.... I want more Capra content done here please
My only worry is that these ladies may not understand the nuances or old terms. They may not understand the strange or unusual terms, such as the term "four eyes."
Keep going, girls! You are the best.
Oh, I forgot: play "Wag the Dog" before the election, and you'll get $$$ from me. double-dare you.
Cary Grant is the king of chaotic screwball comedy. He has done quite a few, and always partnered well with Katharine Hepburn. You should check out The Philadelphia Story. You both would absolutely love it. It also stars Jimmy Stewart.
Cary Grant was the ultimate leading man. He was great at being charming and suave, but also fumbling and awkward. Most people have mentioned 'Bringing Up Baby' with Katherine Hepburn and many more great Grant movies, but I woud recommend 2 comedies he made with Irene Dunne - 'My Favorite Wife' and 'The Awful Truth'. A Christmas pick would also be 'The Bishop's Wife'. (It was remade in the 90s as 'The Preachers Wife' with Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston).
Cary Grant is so wonderful. Although I heard that he didn't like his comic performance in this movie. My high school Theatre Guild did this play and it was so fun! Some of my favorite Cary Grant movies: Charade, The Bishop's Wife, and An Affair to Remember.
My father once played the "Teddy" part on stage back in his university days.
You should watch “An Affair to Remember”. Carey Grant and the ultimate romance movie
In the vernacular.....a "Screwball Comedy" .... See "His Girl Friday" also with Cary Grant.
In the play his line at the end is "I'm not a Brewster, I'm a BASTARD!" Not sure if anyone in cinema history has been happier to be illegitimate.
The Yankees and the Dodgers are this year's teams in the world series 😁 oh and it was Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
Another great Grant movie is Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. It is a comedy that the movie, The Money Pit is loosely based on.
Peter Lorre, the doctor with Johnny, was great in 'M'. It is an old movie, but a classic.
I recommend watching "Ball of Fire" and "Meet John Doe," starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, both from 1941.
Can't wait they should check out more Cary grant personally my favourites are "operation petticoat" and "father goose" both excellent comedys.
War movie comedys, with some strafing Japanese zeros trying to k ill them.
I just realized this movie is over 80 years old, being filmed in 1942
An interesting bit of trivia: although Grant didn’t like his performance in this movie, he donated his paycheck from this to the war effort, since World War Two was being fought at the time.
I would suggest "Father Goose", as a Cary Grant movie worth seeing. It starsd Grant as a slovenly man--prone to the drink, working at an island post as a "lookout" for "the Allied forces during WW2, that somehow gets involved with a schoolteacher (Leslie Caron) and her school girl charges. It's probably my favorite Cary Grant "comedic" outing. I think you both would find it very funny and entertaining...
Such a joy to watch the handsome Mr Cary Grant completely unravel.
You should watch "My Man Godfrey", "I Married a Witch", and "Topper"... classic movies to watch😁😁😁