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October 31, 2025

[Accessory Reel] Arsenic & Old Lace (1944)

1 hour 17 minutes

[Accessory Reel] Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) — Poison & Peculiar Aunts

Tata and Mamie pour a glass (no arsenic, promise) and cackle their way through this screwball murder-fest. As Cary Grant melts down and sweet little old ladies rack up a body count, they pair every sinister smile with a sip of Blueberry wine and ask the real questions: how many bodies is too many in the cellar?

Film: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) a film directed by Frank Capra and staring Cary Grant. The story follows Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murderers.

Wine Pairing: Blueberry wine by Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant

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