Arsenic & Old Lace 1962

PatriotMan
Published on Jan 25, 2025
On the day that he gets engaged to be wed, Mortimer Brewster (Tony Randall) discovers that his aunts (Dorothy Stickney & Mildred Natwick) have been murdering old men and burying them in the cellar. Complications arise when cops mill around house, and Mortimer's estranged brother Jonathan (Boris Karloff, who originated the role on the stage) arrives with his with a less-than-reputable plastic surgeon (George Voskovec).

Transferred from a black-and-white kinescope print that was put on videotape prior to digitization, the quality is less than optimal (particularly on large screens), but it's still very watchable. The picture was blown out, so I've adjusted the levels, resulting in greater detail - but the blacks are very dark and there's still ghosting around light colored objects. The Hallmark sponsorship commercials (which weren't especially interesting or innovative) have been removed so the show plays through uninterrupted.