fred-erick-frankenstein reblogged
I'm currently reading skimming over the shooting script of Arsenic and Old Lace:
@everyone who likes AaoL, and especially Jonathan and Dr. Einstein: we were robbed😭😭
My absolute favorite scene (Frank Capra I'll never forgive you that you cut this🤬) is when Herman and Johnny arrive at the Brewster Home and try to bribe convince the aunts to let them stay for dinner and the following conversation takes places:
Jonathan: But my great disappointment is for Dr. Einstein. (The aunts look at Einstein.) I promised him that no matter how rushed we were in passing through Brooklyn, I would take the time to bring him here for one of Aunt Martha's home cooked dinners.
Martha *rises to this a bit*: Oh?
Abby: I'm sorry. I'm afraid there wouldn't be enough.
Jonathan *playing it up*: Oh, well, when you've gone four days without food I guess another day doesn't matter. I can stand it but it's Dr. Einstein I'm worried about - (Dr. Einstein coughs.) Well, we'll go on, Doctor. Perhaps some passing stranger will grant us a crust of bread...
Martha *can stand it no longer*
