Arsenic and Old Lace

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight Lady Esther has the pleasure of bringing you one of the famous hits of our generation. Joseph Kessel rings, arsenic and old lace, originally produced on Broadway by Russell Kraus and Howard Lindsey.

It stars Boris Carla from the original cast and one of Hollywood's most popular young actors, Eddie Albert. And here they are, appearing with the Lady Esther Screen Guild players in arsenic and old lace. If you could ask anybody in that section of Brooklyn They all would tell you the very same thing.

The neighbors, the minister, Dr. Harper, even O'Hara, the cop on the beat. You mean them two old Brewster Sisters? Why, all right, two sweeter little ladies in the world. Too bad though about that nephew it airs.

Too bad, he's sort of... Car, car, car, follow me, man! Up San Juan Hill after Teddy Roosevelt! See what I mean? But the Brewster Sisters have another nephew, Mortimer. He's dramatic critic on a New York paper.

And he's always considered himself quite sane until tonight. And Evie and Martha, I have news for you. I'm going to marry Elaine Harper. Oh, Lord, how nice. Our minister's daughter. Really, Mortimer. We ought to celebrate.

Not tonight, Darlings. I've got to pick up Elaine and get back to town. Have to cover a play tonight. Well, I do hope it's something you'll like for once. What's the name of it, Pierre?

Merger Will out. I bet I can write the review without even seeing it. I always said you were talented, dear. Same old tripe. When the curtain goes up first thing you see is a dead body.

Well, maybe you won't actually see it. It'll be hidden somewhere, like in this window seat. Then someone will come on, walk in sort of casually, lift the cover up of the window seat like this.