Arsenic And Old Lace (1944) -

as Elaine Harper: Mortimer’s increasingly frustrated new bride. Key Themes and Production

: Some scholars view the Brewster home—a charming facade concealing a cellar full of bodies—as a metaphor for the contradictions within the American dream. Critical Legacy Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

as Jonathan: Replaced Boris Karloff, who was not released from his stage contract for the film. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

: Mortimer’s brother who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and is busy "digging the Panama Canal" (burying the aunts' victims) in the cellar. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)