Annd now to wrap everything up in 5mins
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Jonathan is definitely NOT invited to thanksgiving after that little reveal
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Peter Lorre in his natural habitat: nervously lurking in the shadows
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They could have a really good thing going… at least until they run out of cellar space
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“I can do one of two things. I can be President of the United States or I can confirm the identity of my sister-in-law. I cannot possibly do both!”- Teddy
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The opening night cast of “Arsenic and Old Lace” starred the actual Boris Karloff as Jonathan Brewster. Later productions had fellow major horror stars Erich von Stroheim, Bela Lugosi and Fred Gwynne in the role
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Kitty!
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“Arsenic and Old Lace” tea recipe (DO NOT ACTUALLY MAKE)
• 13 ½ lb Elderberries (no stem)
• 3 lb Golden raisins
• 11 lb Sugar (made into simple syrup)
• 4 ½ tablespoons Citric acid
• 2 ¼ teaspoons Nutritional Yeast
• ¼ teaspoon  Potassium Metabisulfite (or 4 Campden tablets)
• 1 pkg. Pasteur Champagne Yeast
• Water to make 1 gallon
• 1 teaspoon Arsenic
• ½ teapoons Strychnine
• 1 pinch Cyanide
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Cary Grant’s hair is so shiny that Teddy could use it to distract snipers
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Criminally underrated #FilmNoir actor: Jack Carson. Who we saw here on #MusComEnt last year in “The Good Humor Man” and “Larceny Inc.”
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Sooo.. yeah, Originally I was going to show “To Catch a Thief” but when I rewatched it I realized that I’d forgotten about the borderline blackface scenes featuring a character undercover as a “Moore slave” towards the end Enter the Cary Grant-Peter Lorre noir classic: “Arsenic and Old Lace”
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3… 2.. 1. .
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On March 23, 1964, horror icon Peter Lorre died in Los Angeles, California.
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R.I.P. (1904 - 1964)
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