Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Official Trailer
Aunt Abby, aunt Martha, it's Jonathan.
Martha [frightenned] Get out of here.
Jonathan : [crossing to aunts.] I'm Jonathan- your nephew, Jonathan.
Abby : Oh no you're not. You're nothing like Jonathan, so don't prétend you're are. You just get out of here.
Jonathan [Crossing closer] But I am Jonathan. And this [poiinting Eistein] is Dr Einstein.
Abby : And is not Dr Einstein either.
Jonatha : Not Dr Albert Einstein- Dr Herman Einstein.
Mortimer : Don't do that Mr President
Teddy : I cannot sign any poclamation without consulting my cabinet.
Mortimer : But with must be a secret.
Teddy : A secret proclamation? How unusual!
Mortimer : Japan mustn"t know besore until its signed.
Teddy : Japan! Thoses yelow devils! I sign right away! [Taking the légall paper from Mortimer.]
Abby : Teddy, [Tedy stops on landing] good news for you. You're going to Panama and dig another lock for the canal.
Teddy : Dee-lighted! That's bully! Juste Bully! I shall prepare at once for the journey! [He turns to go upstairs, stops as if puzzled, burries back to landing, cries CHARGE! and rushes up and off.]
Martha [elated] while I was out?
Abby [taking Martha's hand]. Yes Dear, I just could'nt wait for you. I didn't know when you'd be back, and Dr Harper has coming.
Martha : But all by yourself?
Abby : Oh, I got along fine!
Abby : the theatre! Oh no Mr Harpper! Mortimer write for a New Yorker newspaper.
Harper : I know Miss Abby. But a dramatic critic is constantly exposed to the theater, and I don't doubt ut what some of them to develop an interest in it.
Abby : Well, not Mortimer, you need have no fear of that. Why, Mortimer hates the theater.
Harpper : Really?
He used the house here as a sort of clinic and tried'em out on people.
Klein : I hear he uses to make mistakes occasionally too.
Brophy : The deparment never brocheted him much because he was pretty usedful on autopsies sometimes. Especially poisoned cases.
Klein : Well whatever he did, he left his daughters fixed for life. Thank good for that.
Teddy's killed a man!
Martha : Nonsens, dear.
[Mortimer rises and points the window-seat.]
Mortimer : There's a body in thee window-seat!
Abby : Yes, dear, we know.
[Mortimer takes as Abby and Martha busy themself again at the table]
Mortimer : You Know?
Martha : Of course, dear, but it has nothing to to with Teddy.
Martha : Wzll we were planing on holding services before dinner.
Mortimer : Services !
Martha : [A little indigned.] Certainly, you don't think that we burried Mr Hoskins without a full Methodiste service, do you? Why he was a méthodist.
Mortimer : But can he wait before I came back?
Abby : Yes dear, What is it? Where Elaine?
Mortimer : I thought you promised me not to let anyone in this house while I was gone !
[The following speechees overlap]
Abby ; Well Jonathan just walk in.-
Mortimer : I don't mean Jonathan.-
Abby : And Dr Einstein was with him.-
Mortimer : I don"t mean Dr Einstein. Who' that in the windowseat?
Abby : We told you, Mr Hoskin.
[Mortimer thows open the window(seat and steps back U.L.]
Mortimer : This is not Mr Hoskin!
{Abby, a little puzzled, walks to the window-seat and looking at D.S. and the speak very simply.]
Abby Who can that be?
Motimer [R. of Abby] Are you trying to tell me yoou never seen this man before ?
Abby : Certainly I am.
Teddy : Hello Mortimer!
Mortimer [gravely] How are you Mr President ?
Teddy : Bully, thank you, juste bully! What's the news you brought me?
Moritmer : Just this, Mr Président - the country is squarely behind you
Teddy [beaming] Yes I know. Isn't it wonderful ? [He shakes Mortimer's hand again.] Well good bye. [He crosses to Elain and shakes hands with her. ] Good Bye. [He goes to cellar door.]
Elain : Where are you off to Teddy ?
Teddy : Panama. [ He exits trought cellar door, shutting it. Elain look at Mortimer, inquiringly.]
Mortimer : Panama's the cellar. He digs locks for the canal down there.
Jonathan [Takes a menacing step toward Abby. Then decides to try the "charm" again.] Aunt Abby, I can't say that you feelling towards me came as a suprise. I spent a great many hours regretings the many heartaches I must have given you as a boy.
Abby : You were quite en trial to us, Jonathan.
Jonathan : But my geat desapointement is for Dr Einstein. [Einstein is a little surprised.] I promised him as no matter how rush we were in passing trough Brooklyn, I'd take the time to bring him here for one of Aunt Martha
home-cooked dinners.