First Time Watching *ARSENIC AND OLD LACE* (1944) | MOST REQUESTED FILMS IN MAY

[@Rickhorse1]

I found it amazing that after he retired, Grant said the one performance of his which he didn't like was Mortimer. He felt he was "too over the top". Yet, the public loved it back then & still does today.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Oh wow! That is hilarious! Even in Mortimer’s over the topness, Grant still found a way to make it natural effortlessly. Like I think it wouldn’t have fit if Mortimer was toned down! It was really funny to watch him freak out during the course of the movie 😂

[@franl155]

Given the circumstances in the film, I think it'd be impossible to be *under* the top

[@MsAppassionata]

Really? That’s strange. I think it’s one of his funniest, and best performances.

[@beatmet2355]

He probably thought it was too out of character for his usual roles. Maybe he took himself too seriously?

[@Rickhorse1]

@@beatmet2355 None of us can truly know what he thought, but I seriously doubt "he took himself too seriously". He first became a star when he transitioned from "good looking stiff roles" to screwball comedy. My guess is that he felt the role did require a bit of over-the-top exaggeration, but that when he watched it, he wished he'd have toned it down a bit. Just my guess. Many actors find fault with their own performances, it's not uncommon.

[@Serai3]

Fun fact: They really REALLY wanted to get Boris Karloff to play Jonathan, but he was tied up in another production at the time. (He played the part on Broadway.)

[@MoviesWithMia]

Ahh! That would have been hilarious if they were hinting at Karloff while the character was being played by Karloff 😂 I heard they did the same thing with Bella Lugosi in the play version!

[@vintagesoup79]

Karloff and Lorre made a TV production of Arsenic & Old Lace in the 1950's, it's lost, but there are a few photos out there. About the same time, as Karloff was finishing up on Broadway, there was a AAOL cash-in film called "The Boogie Man Will Get You" with Karloff and Lorre. Actually they made several films together. I like Massey in the role, but would have loved to see Karloff.

[@rharvey2124]

@@vintagesoup79 Have you seen The Route 66 episode with Karloff, Lorie, and Lon Chaney Jr?

[@cliffchristie5865]

@@vintagesoup79 You may be thinking of the 1962 tv version with Karloff as Jonathan and Tony Randall as Mortimer ( but not Peter Lorre in the cast ). That one you can watch on KZbin.

[@ljaygould]

@@MoviesWithMia Mia: The only reason it wasn't Karloff in the movie was that Karloff's name on the Broadway marquee was the only thing keeping the show open with Hull, Adair and Alexander being in Hollywood making the movie (thus the Broadway producers wouldn't let him do it). The ONLY dig I have for poor Ray Massey was that there was no way the line "He said I looked like Boris Karloff" could be as funny when it wasn't Karloff delivering the line (which he did, over and over, on Broadway!!!) On the other hand, we had Peter Lorre in the movie. I can't imagine a better Dr. Einstein (there was a Broadway revival in 1986 or so with Jean Stapleton - Edith Bunker on ALL IN THE FAMILY - and Polly Holiday - Flo on ALICE, both of 1970s TV and GREAT. That show featured Abe Vigoda of FISH as Jonathan and William Hickey of PRIZZI'S HONOR as a marvelously fresh Dr. Einstein!!!)

[@zaniq23]

There is an old Cary Grant story wherein a fan says to Grant whose birth name is Archibald Leach - "Sometimes I wish I was Cary Grant." Wherein Grant responds - "Me too."

[@JohnSilverHawkins]

There's also the story of the first time Michael Caine met Cary and said: "You're Cary Grant!", and Grant replied: "I know."

[@Jeff-rn7bm]

Cary Grant...one of the greatest of actors. His comic timing is impeccable, and he is a great dramatic actor, as well. Incredible.

[@1957Shep]

Everyone in the film is insane, but each of them is crazy in a different way. Which just makes it incredibly funny the way they play off of each other.

[@kattahj]

So happy to find someone reacting to these old films! I love this one! It's a classic in my family - my dad would shout "Charge!" whenever he rode his bicycle up a hill.

[@corawheeler9355]

Whenever we kids would get on my mother's nerves, she would sing, "There is a happy home far, far, away", to let us know we were driving her crazy.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

I first saw this movie when I was a teenager, which is the age when every adolescent is certain that their family is insane and they are the only ones who understand that! Such a PERFECT movie! Motivated an intense affection for black and white movies. BTW try "my girl Friday", a movie version of Front Page. Completely hilarious!! Directed by Howard Hawkes, another famous director. Enjoy! 📽️

[@lorrainechandler7864]

"Insanity runs in my family-it practically gallops". Love your review.💙

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

The reason you love Cary Grant is that everyone loves Cary Grant. I like your comparison with The Addams Family. One thing they have in common is that both families are, well, a little eccentric, but they think they're completely normal. The name Lorre is pronounced with two syllables, like the name Laurie. I mentioned in your Casablanca reaction that he specialized in playing creeps. If you want to see him in a bigger role, you should watch the movie "M". Be sure to see it in the original German with subtitles, not dubbed into English. It's a great movie, and very dark. Cary Grant was in so many great movies, you could have a Cary Grant film festival. Some of his best that you haven't covered yet are Topper, The Awful Truth, Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, Suspicion, Notorious, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, To Catch a Thief, An Affair to Remember, North by Northwest, and Charade. I think you'd love all of them. The ones I'd most like to see you watch are Bringing Up Baby and North by Northwest. Thanks for another great video!

[@rharvey2124]

Don't forget Grant's light comedies of "I Was a Male War Bride" and "The Major and the Minor" with Shirley Temple.

[@woke9974]

How about Operation Petticoat with Tony Curtis or That Touch of Mink with Doris Day?

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

@Randy White There are certain public figures that are so broadly loved that when I meet someone who doesn't like them I have an immediate distrust of them.

[@arladicey]

I've been watching your videos with a lot of delight; it's so great to see a young reactor on KZbin reacting to classic Hollywood films! It's a very different format from most, and I love what you're doing. By the way, Peter Lorre's name is pronounced "Lor-ee" (like the name Laurie). Another film he co-starred in that you might like to see is "The Maltese Falcon". It also stars Humphrey Bogart, who you watched in "Casablanca". Keep up what you're doing, it's awesome!

[@GeekGirl-ub7ki]

This is my favorite classic comedy, followed by "Bringing Up Baby", and I"m so happy you decided to react to it. Carey Grant is one of my favorite actors of all time so I don't blame you. The all-star cast in this movie is so perfectly cast. Also, I'm with you on Frank Capra. He has the perfect ability to match the tone of a scene's mood with the camera angles, light and shadow. Not many people get Black Comedy so well. I can't wait for your reaction to Bringing Up Baby.

[@rharvey2124]

You just made me think. Mia just has to see Cary Grant and Doris Day in That Touch of Mink. "Well dear if a man gives $10,000 he has a right to use the facilities" - matron of the charity for unwed mothers.

[@talyar04]

I think he’s trying to get Teddy to safety. He’s trying to get Teddy out of this terrible situation to a place where he’ll at least be looked after by Sane people.

[@haps2019]

He's trying to frame Teddy.

[@agenttheater5]

Originally in the play Mortimer carries Elaine out the door, Teddy charges out the door, Jonathan suggests that the house be donated to the church since "it should be part of the cemetery" and says that he has some consolation that it stood at an equal 12 each before he's taken back to prison, and the aunts get talking to Mr Witherspoon who tells them he has no family, they ask if he regards the people at Happydale as his family and he says that as the director he must stay aloof, which he admits is lonely but "my duty is my duty" so they offer him a glass of elderberry wine - "I thought I'd had my last glass of elderberry wine" "Oh no dear...here it is" and that's when the curtin comes down.

[@AlanCanon2222]

I really like the way you let a scene play, then stop it for discussion. Not knocking reactors who don't do it that way, but it lets me concentrate on both the movie, and on what you have to say about it, which I always find interesting and informative.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Awesome! Thank you so much for watching 😊 I am glad you like the videos :)

[@Forever-my4wp]

Another Cary Grant film which I have enjoyed is "The Bishop's Wife" where Grant plays an angel. Costarred David Niven, Loretta Young, Monty Woolley and James Gleason (who also appeared in Arsenic and Old Lace). It would make a nice Christmas movie review.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Thank you for recommending! I will definitely add that to the list 😊

[@Huntress59]

Later Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington and Cortney B Vance made the remake of this movie called The Preachers Wife.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

BTW, in The Bishop's wife, Cary Grant is not particularly over the top, maybe because he is matched by David Niven's dry wit. Sweet movie.

[@AvatarYoda]

About the acid: it's left ambivalent whether her grandfather deliberately burned her with acid (suggesting cruelty and killing run in the family) or if it were simply an accident involving grandfather's acid. After all, she likes to experiment in the lab, so she could have been playing with his chemicals and hurt herself. I like that we don't know which it is. I love this movie! I watched it again with a friend last night; he'd never seen it and thought it was hilarious.

[@gfoyle69]

In the original run of the stage play Johnathon was played by horror legend Boris Karloff. Several jokes played on the fact that the plastic surgeon, in a drunken haze, had made Johnathon look like Karloff. Everyone he meet mentioned the likeness to Karloff. When Karloff left the play he was replaced by horror legend Bella Lugosi and the jokes rewritten to incorporate his name.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Oh BELLA LUGOSI!! I can’t WAIT to watch Dracula! Thank you for sharing that! I was wondering who Karloff was 😅

[@gfoyle69]

@@MoviesWithMia Karloff is best remembered for playing the original Frankenstein and the Mummy but he was in tons of horrors. Vincent Price was my generations face of horror but Karloff was the generation before. It's funny, he stopped going to the yearly Hollywood parade because children were so scared when they saw him, this bothered him as he was a sweet British gentleman who loved children

[@paintedjaguar]

You'll notice that in addition to the makeup, they gave Raymond Massey a too-small jacket with shortened sleeves, very like the one Karloff wore in "Frankenstein". A lot of people thought of Karloff as "Uncle Boris". He was a very kindly gent in real life. Besides narrating "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" (1966), Karloff made various LP records, one of which is a reading of several of Kipling's delightful "Just So Stories". Last I looked, you could still find it on KZbin. PS - Seems some buggers have been editing/abridging both Kipling and Karloff. Very Bad! Here is one of the tales told properly, "The Cat That Walked by Himself" kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH2ogIuboLt6aLM

[@MsAppassionata]

@@gfoyle69 Aww poor William (Boris’ real name).

[@johnnhoj6749]

@@gfoyle69 He was actually still contracted to star in the Broadway play, which was still running at the time of filming, and the producers wouldn't release him.

[@AdmiralNuke]

If you like Cary Grant I recommend: To Catch A Thief, North By Northwest, Indiscreet, and His Girl Friday.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Thank you for your recommendations! I will definitely check those out! I have North by Northwest on the schedule for our Hitchcock month! I can’t wait to watch it!

[@justaguyandsomemovies6492]

Don’t forget suspicion or my favorite wife

[@rharvey2124]

@@MoviesWithMia 1963 Charade with Cary and Audrey

[@AlanCanon2222]

@@MoviesWithMia Seconding those, and CHARADE, especially, it's a luscious, expensive-looking romantic thriller with a score to die for, and great secondary role casting as well.

[@charlesmills8712]

"Father Goose" and "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"

[@ashleypenn7845]

Sorry I'm just now discovering this! One bit is in the play, Mortimer's line "I'm not a Brewster; I'm the son of a sea cook!" was originally "I'm not a Brewster; I'm a bastard!" and it had to be changed for obvious reasons. We did the play version in my high school. I was Aunt Martha. :P

[@meghanschuler4739]

As a 36 year old, im shocked that this is being watched by someone under 40. This movie is one of my favorites of all time. I hate that my friends don't like black and white movies. I think this, Rebecca and the haunting (1963) are some of the best horror or horror comedy movies of all time. If u haven't seen those other 2 u should check them out. Glad I looked up this movie and this popped up. I'm elated someome is reviewing this movie.

[@anthonyrome7543]

No blame for loving Cary Grant. Film loves him. Just try to find even candid photos of him where he doesn’t look charming. Nearly impossible

[@MoviesWithMia]

Yes! Just watched his acceptance speech for an Honorary Oscar! The man was charming, even in his later years! Absolutely jaw dropping!! He actually had me in tears!

[@volo1826]

@@MoviesWithMia cary grant is one of the only men I know of that had young ladies swooning over him even when he was in his eighties.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Yeah, I totally get it! I am a young girl swooning over him and he is no longer here! Like how is that even possible 😅

[@jonnyquatromusic]

@@MoviesWithMia I’m a straight man who can’t look away when Cary Grant is on screen! 😄

[@MsAppassionata]

@@volo1826 I had a crush on him when I was 10 years old and that was because I saw him in the movie Charade.

[@auapplemac1976]

Mia, don't overthink this story. It's a dark whimsical comedy. Glad you enjoyed it. Love Grant in this type of comedy.

[@nicholaspapuzzo7778]

Topper, Topper Returns. Oh and I’m a teapot.

[@tltatt]

Topper with a great cast including Cary Grant is so much fun. The sequels (without Grant), Topper Takes a Trip and Topper Returns, are also fun.

[@Bfdidc]

The Topper films are great fun.

[@katwebbxo]

One of my favorite older movies. It's hilarious.

[@verasileikis17]

This is one of my top ten favourite films and I’m so glad you reviewed it. You’re not alone in acknowledging how attractive Cary Grant was. I’m 67 years old and I’ve adored him for most of my life. My daughter works as a camera assistant in the film, television and commercials and she worked with the legend Shirley MacLaine about a month ago. If I were able to meet and speak with one of Cary Grants contemporaries, I’d have at least a few questions for her.

[@amandaasbury3688]

I am so glad I found your channel! No one reacts to these old movies I love, and you are quickly becoming one of my new favorite reactors!

[@MoviesWithMia]

Oh yay! Welcome to the channel! I am so glad that you are enjoying the reactions 😊

[@sabinabrozynski9215]

If you like Carry Grant you should like "Father Goose" It's one of my favorite films.

[@cinemacodey]

Also your an amazing reactor. I liked and subscribed!

[@MoviesWithMia]

Thank you so much 😊

[@alexanderyacht6483]

If you want to see Cary Grant in another comedy, I highly recommend "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" from 1948, also with Myrna Loy. It's hilarious.

[@erinesque1889]

I recently found out that Edward Everett Horton is a cousin of mine, which makes watching movies with him in them more interesting and personal.

[@egonrhoodie2745]

Mia I'm enjoying your watching experience! Intelligent observations! Old movies just have that extra golden touch 🎥👀📺😇🙏

[@jillfromatlanta427]

..."it practically gallops!"...one of Grant's best lines in this....always makes me laugh.

[@Peejay1966]

Cary Grant, man; just the greatest. Still one of my favourite movies.

[@dwcinnc]

"There's a lot of worse guys he could think he was." Wonderful line.

[@dansdiscourse4957]

Cary Grant is of course a legend. Aside from Arsenic, my favorite comedies of his are Operation Petticoat and Father Goose, both WWII naval comedies.

[@ElliotNesterman]

Operation Petticoat is fun but I've always had a really soft spot for Father Goose, mostly because I'm a sucker for Leslie Caron.

[@dansdiscourse4957]

@@ElliotNesterman I think they're both great, just in different ways.

[@mack7882]

Saw this at age 13 on WGN out of Chicago around 1am, started laughing out loud and woke my dad up and got chewed out for it. It was worth it.

[@attorneyrobert]

My parents had both seen this film in the theater, and they couldn't wait for us kids to watch it (in the late 1980s). I definitely did not want to watch any old black and white films, but I found his film hilarious and tightly scripted with tons of laughs. Definitely became a favorite.

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

Really dig your analytical skills.... you don't miss a beat and pay attention to every detail and technical aspect.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Thank you! I have such a passion for films and cinema! There are so many different things that make a great film! I love to decipher elements and styles that are used to sell the story to the audience! Thank you so much for watching 😊

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

@@MoviesWithMia Same here, and it's a pleasure to watch, keep it up.

[@beatmet2355]

I love this movie. Edward Everett Horton was probably most well known as a voice actor in cartoons, especially Mr. Peabody in the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Charles Lane (reporter at the beginning) is a veteran of an insane number of movies and TV shows. He was also in It’s A Wonderful Life briefly as the man with a map talking to Potter about the homes that George Bailey built for poor people. It’s easier just to share hus Wikipedia page to see how many roles he had. The man lived to be over 100 years old! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor)

[@Hawk170122]

I was in this play in high school. We had the audience in stitches.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Oh man! That is awesome! I would love to see the play version of this 😂

[@Hawk170122]

I was the one they were trying to bump off with elderberry wine! Lol

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

I was in the play in high school as one of the aunts. I loved that character and play.

[@collegealgebravideos9540]

Yes, Charles Lane was in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and, cutely, his character's name was Nosey. We who grew up in the 60s know him best as the mean Homer Bedloe on Petticoat Junction. He was also Mr. Potter's assistant in It's a Wonderful Life.

[@iluvmusicals21]

You MUST watch "The Philadelphia Story", with Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart, witty, funny, with snappy dialog.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Yes! I have a video up of The Philadelphia Story! Check it out!

[@iluvmusicals21]

Will check, I looked, but didn't see.

[@klb9142]

This is one of my all time favorite movies. And mortimer was right to focus on committing his uncle. He was a disturbance to the neighborhood, who was going to force his committal over being a disturbance. It allowed him to find a good place for his uncle as opposed to what ever opening the courts could find. And just as important it took away the aunt’s ability to hide bodies. they would have no way to conceal future murders, thus they would have to stop. He wanted to end his aunt’s murder spree without getting them in trouble.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Ahh! That makes sense! I still kind of felt bad for Teddy, I really like him as a character 😅

[@klb9142]

@@MoviesWithMia Nothing wrong with feeling bad for him, unbeknownst to him he was party to multiple murders after the fact. I just realized you didn’t understand what the method to Mortimer’s madness was.

[@patrickmccarthy3421]

I just need to correct you on something if I may, he was his brother not his uncle. And even in the stage play teddy is addressed as Mortimer and Jonathan’s brother. Just saying

[@ljaygould]

@@MoviesWithMia No one should feel bad for Teddy! He'd be blissfully happy at Happy Dale (PLENTY of staircases to be San Juan Hill). Only if they tried to make him be someone else would there be a problem (hid under his bed for two days and wouldn't be anybody at all, if I remember the line correctly...)

[@AlanCanon2222]

It was said by some who knew Cary Grant that the he worked so very hard to appeal to his audiences through his performances, never quite realizing how utterly beautiful he was.

[@ruthsaunders9507]

When we were kids Daddy always "Went To Panama" when he was checking the furnace. This was a family favorite.

[@melenatorr]

Another interesting fact was that Boris Karloff, a great good sport, played Jonathan on Broadway and was committed to staying there during the time that the movie was made. That's the only reason he didn't appear in the movie. The Epstein brothers were responsible for the screenplay of "Casablanca" - a really gifted team! Preamble to this movie: This story takes place in Brooklyn, where anything can happen. And it usually does. The baseball scene we see very briefly is Ebbets Field, where the Brooklyn Dodgers broke hearts and nurtured insanity every season. John Alexander has a fun role in "Mr. Skeffington", starring Bette Davis and Claude Rains. He really does inhabit Teddy here, and is utterly charming. On the bright side, at Happy Dale, he won't be exploited by his aunts, and will likely settle down pretty well. I love how the musical theme of "There is a happy dale far, far away" weaves in and of the score and from the characters themselves. Yes, that gentleman was in tons of Capra films. His name is Charles Lane, and you also saw him in "It's A Wonderful Life". I love how completely different Josephine Hull is here compared to the panic-stricken lady she was in "Harvey". Here she's chipper and cheerfully in control. "It's wrong." "oh, piffle." Edward Everett Horton had one of the greatest, dryest voices in the industry. A family favorite. This movie was my introduction to Peter Lorre; I believe I had already seen Raymond Massey in "A Matter of Life or Death", or as Abraham Lincoln. He was an accomplished actor with a wonderful regal quality. Although there are at least 13 corpses in this house, we never see one. O'Hara is played by Jack Carson, a wonderful, versatile character actor, equally adept at playing heels, sweethearts, comedy, tragedy and understated charm. A priceless asset to any movie he was in. Our dad's favorite Twilight Zone featured Carson as a shady car seller who gets his comeuppance. The great and essential James Gleason as the Lieutenant. You will see him with Cary Grant again in "The Bishop's Wife"; with his own wife he appears in the charming little movie "The Clock", with Judy Garland and Robert Walker, and in a major supporting role in the original version of "Heaven Can Wait", but called "Here Comes Mister Jordan". His line "I ain't slept in 48 hours!' is somehow a mainstay in my mind.

[@rharvey2124]

Oh yes. The Clock. Not seen nearly enough!!!!!

[@brandonflorida1092]

Superb choice of movie, Mia! The first time I saw "Arsenic and Old Lace" was at a school play almost 60 years ago. I am aware of only one other KZbin content creator who, like you, doesn't only react to recent or relatively recent blockbusters, a guy named "Shadow Kingpin." Other movie and music reactors all copy each other. Some movies have had dozens of KZbin reactions this year alone, whereas most great movies from the past are completely ignored. Thanks for being smart enough to choose movies for yourself and not just copy everyone else. By the way, in the play, Johnathan was repeatedly said to look like Boris Karloff and was actually played by him. Also, if you want to see the ultimate Cary Grant film, watch Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest." And, finally, Peter Lorre's last name is pronounced Lor-ee.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Wow! Thank you Brandon! I am happy to cover these amazing classics! Now, after learning from the comments, I wish they could have gotten Karloff! It would have been HILARIOUS especially with their jokes 😂 and ahh my pronunciations are terrible 😅 thank you for letting me know 😊!

[@MoviesWithMia]

Oh, and we will be watching North by Northwest for our Hitchcock month! I am super stoked!!

[@brandonflorida1092]

@@MoviesWithMia I am thrilled. I think you will be the first person on KZbin to react to it.

[@tmatthewnielsen]

@@MoviesWithMia For Hitchcock Month, I hope you can fit "Shadow of a Doubt" on your list. It doesn't seem to be in a lot of the big Hitchcock collections (like "Psycho," "Birds," "Rear Window," etc.,) but I think it's one of his best, and one of my favorites of his. Plus, it has Joseph Cotten! And we love Joseph Cotten.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Oh for sure! I will definitely put shadow of a doubt on the schedule! Thank you for recommending 😊

[@edwardthorne9875]

They gave a lot of screen time to my favorite weasel, Peter Lorre. (I believe it is pronounced Lorr-ee.) A more slimey character actor cannot be found. He was so recognizable that he even appeared in the cartoons of the time.

[@TheGoauldApophis]

Thank you! I searched for "arsenic and old lace reaction", but wasn't expecting there to be one!

[@gfoyle69]

Love your reaction! Saw this as a kid and it's been an all-time favorite ever since.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Thank you so much :) This one was so much fun :)

[@thomast8539]

Another winner for Mia. So happy that you are watching so many good films from the archives. As far as I know, you are the only one out there bringing these old films to such a wide audience online. I hope more people catch on to your channel and learn about these films if they are not already aware. Please check out Cary Grant in "An Affair to Remember" with Deborah Kerr or in "Charade" with Audrey Hepburn. BTW, I hope that you are making room for some Spencer Tracy films like "Bad Day at Black Rock" and Joan Crawford films like "The Best of Everything". Keep up the great reviews and having fun doing so!

[@MoviesWithMia]

Thank you Thomas! I am glad you’re liking the videos! I will definitely check out your recommendations! PS I gotta check out Spencer Tracy! I keep seeing his name in the comments! I will take a look at Bad Day at Black Rock! Thank you for recommending 😊

[@charlesmills8712]

@@MoviesWithMia For Spencer Tracy, there are many choices, but please include "Desk Set" (1957 with IRL GF Katherine Hepburn) and "Captains Courageous" (1937).

[@CindyNavarro]

@@MoviesWithMia Adam's Rib is a must-see Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn film! I just stumbled across your channel tonight and am thrilled to see so many of my favorite films. I am looking forward to hours of enjoying the highlights & hearing your comments.

[@anthonyrome7543]

Love this movie. Peter Lorre is so much fun in this

[@MoviesWithMia]

Yes! Peter Lorre is becoming one of my favorite actors!

[@anthonyrome7543]

Then you must watch his breakout role in a film called “M”. He makes a completely unsympathetic character sympathetic. It’s amazing and disturbing and fascinating

[@tltatt]

@@MoviesWithMia I was familiar with Peter Lorre's(pronounced LOR-ree) image and voice from cartoons I would see on TV back in the 1960s before ever seeing any of his movies. His face, eyes and voice were commonly used for creepy characters. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff were also used that way. Images of Cary Grant, Clark Gable and other old Hollywood stars also appeared in cartoons. Somewhat off topic here, but I learned to love many pieces of classical music from hearing them in cartoons.

[@ericjanssen394]

Peter Lorre had a great sense of humor, that he rarely got to show at Warner, but later on in some of his Roger Corman B-movies with Vincent Price. And Disney’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”, of course.

[@TomCat777]

Great to see how much you liked this. You should see Operation Petticoat starting Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. Very funny movie

[@cimarronwm9329]

One of my favorite films is Room For One More based on a true story starting Cary Grant.. Another great films of his is Talk of the Town.

[@MoviesWithMia]

I will definitely check those out! Thank you for recommending 😊

[@rharvey2124]

Didn't Grant also do Monkeyshines with Marlynn Monroe and Ginger Rogers? Or maybe it was Young at Heart?

[@jeffmartin1026]

I am so glad you watched this classic. A lot of subtle jokes/humor develop with repeated viewings - my favorite is the use of the name Dr. Einstein which no one reacts to. Mortimer's line "It Talks" is a Karloff reference, it was the promotional tag line for the film Bride of Frankenstein. I hope you watch "M" with Peter Lorre - an intense psychological drama. Another great review! Carry On!

[@alanfoster6589]

Saw "M" (and "Metropolis") while a graduate film student at UCLA in 1969. The guest speaker for the day was...Fritz Lang.

[@williamcabell142]

Grant was amazing in this movie! 😂👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Capra was my favorite! He didn’t make a bad movie!

[@tltatt]

Arsenic and Old Lace is my favorite screwball comedy and favorite horror-comedy and I loved your reaction video. Bringing Up Baby is my 2nd favorite screwball comedy and I'm really looking forward to watching your reaction to it. Another favorite classic horror-comedy is Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) with Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, and the Wolfman from Universal's horror films. A few more of my favorite Cary Grant comedies: Topper(1937) with Constance Bennett, Roland Young, and Billie Burke; The Bachelor and the Bobby-soxer(1947) with Myrna Loy and a teen-age Shirley Temple; Monkey Business(1952) with Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe. I love the Ginger Rogers comedy The Major and the Minor(1942) and a favorite Marilyn Monroe comedy is Some Like It Hot(1959) with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Also, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon star with Natalie Wood in The Great Race(1965), a fun comedy. A fun June Allyson comedy is Too Young to Kiss(1951). I like comedies if you couldn't guess. Probably the movie Some Like It Hot is the best of my above recommendations.

[@profjohn9629]

Thanks for another great review of a great movie. Two other Cary Grant comedies I would recommend are Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (an inspiration for The Money Pit), and The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, both with Myrna Loy as his co-star. Another Cary Grant comedy which allows him to show a less suave side is Father Goose, where Grant plays a loner (and lover of drink) who is tricked into becoming a plane spotter during WW II and ends up rescuing & then "babysitting" an annoying (to him) school teacher and her students.

[@paintedjaguar]

Father Goose (1964) was his next to last film and his last as a romantic lead. Co-starring Trevor Howard and the charming Leslie Caron. It's a lot of fun.

[@philipholder5600]

This is too funny. One of the best..

[@barrywerdell2614]

There's an often-overlooked Cary Crant film titled "The Bachelor and the Bobby Socker" The title kept me away for years and then it was the only thing on. It was pretty good with comedy from the man who played Lt. Tragg in Perry Mason. "Who's got the power!" (if you watch the movie you'll recognize the line!" I recommend it.

[@alexgaskin985]

Rewatching films with you is a wonderful. You see these films in a way that reminds me of how I watch movies nowadays. Taking the context of the times and applying it to your own talent. Cary Grant is incredible and there is more in his wheelhouse I know you’d appreciate also Jimmy Stewart’s westerns are a perfect match for how we want to feel about the themes of what makes westerns apart of our culture as a whole.

[@Serai3]

OMG, how fun would it be to do an update of this film. Mortimer is an influencer, and his two aunts are addled old hippie ladies living in an old San Francisco townhouse who spread peace and love by gifting their old tenants with heaven and arsenic. You wouldn't even have to change the script. 😅

[@Divamarja_CA]

The word you may be looking for is “charismatic.” Cary Grant is enigmatic, funny, charming, suave, debonair, and yet, I always got the sense he was laughing at an inside joke that the rest of us never got. I sense that George Clooney patterns himself after Cary Grant.

[@jeenkzk5919]

“He said I looked like Boris Karloff “ So many running gags in this movie!

[@squeegybe]

During this whole film if you look at the back of Grant's head it has expression. It always cracked me up even as a kid

[@vintagesoup79]

Thanks for watching the classics, not enough people do. Peter Lorre (pronounced Lor-ee, sorry to be a smart ass) is my all time favourite actor and I discovered him through this film.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Hey Vintage Soup! Thank you for watching 😊! Oh no worries, you’re not being a smart ass 😂 As you watch more, you’ll come to realize that I am terrible with pronunciations 😅 I am really trying to get better with it! Thank you again for watching!!

[@rharvey2124]

Have you seen Lorre with Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr in the episode of Route 66

[@kruuyai]

I think the guy with the glasses (at the beginning) was Mr. Potter's righthand man in It's a Wonderful Life, and I think he also played Mr. Drucker, the general store owner in the TV sitcom Green Acres.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Yeah! Someone else in the comments said he loved to be 100! Man what a life, right? I lowkey thought he was very handsome ☺️

[@rharvey2124]

Not Mr. Drucker but the Cannonball's arch enemy of Homer Bedlow in Petticoat Junction. Both men lived long lives, only passing in the 2000 teens.

[@ElliotNesterman]

That was Charles Lane, one of the most working character actors in the history of Hollywood. As you continue to watch films from the 30s, 40s, and 50s you'll find him popping up in character roles all over the place. He went on to have a strong career doing guest spots in sitcoms on TV. Notable performances are Max Jacobs in the 1934 John Barrymore/Carole Lombard screwball comedy "Twentieth Century" and Constable Locke in the 1962 film adaptation of "Meredith Wilson's The Music Man." He was born Charles Levinson, which is how he was billed in his earliest films, but soon started using Lane as his stage name.

[@handsomestik]

Grant felt he had too be a little to over the top here. In some cases yes but given the situation it is warranted. great film

[@MoviesWithMia]

Ahh! That makes sense! I feel like he still seemed so effortless! He was one of the greats!

[@Cocat22]

Perfect timing! Good video before bedtime! This is a great comedy! Always get a kick out of the old ladies

[@MoviesWithMia]

Hahaha! Yes! This one was a good one!

[@scouseofhorror104]

Aaaah! I'm so delighted someone on KZbin has done a first time watching of this legendary comedy! Xx

[@scouseofhorror104]

Ooooh yes subscribed now! Can you also take a look at Dead of Night (original 194ish?!) I love your analysis, you understand stuff! Are you in film studies?!

[@MoviesWithMia]

Yay! Thank you so much for subscribing!! No, I am not in film studies, just a young person who loved the classics 🥰 thank you so much for watching 😁

[@stevenbosch429]

The reporter with the glasses is Charles Lane. Capra used to csll him “Sourpuss” and Used him in “Meet John Doe,” It’a a wonderful life, and went on to a long career in television being the sourpuss. He had a one shot on the Odd Couple ( Tony Randall and Jack Klugman). When he came on the set the audience recognized him and applauded like mad. A pro he hit his mark and carried on.

[@vandalfinnicus1507]

Holy shit! It never even occurred to me someone on YT might watch this. Greatly appreciated.

[@smakedoctor]

Also Charade with Cary Grant and Audrey Hephburn

[@MoviesWithMia]

Yes! I will definitely find a place for that in our schedule! I would love to watch Charade! Thank you for recommending 😊

[@mikeyates7931]

This has always been one of my favorites - and , Cary Grant is amazing 😍 if you want to see him as an older Man , I heartily recommend , "Walk , Don't Run" - on a side note , I love your nails ; the bright pink is very lovely

[@keishie23]

Love this reaction! Thanks again 🎊

[@jucadvgv3449]

i've always absolutely loved the fact that the 1st theatrical production, on which the movie's based, stars boris karloff as johnathan, who always gets so furious that everybody 'says' he looks like boris karloff lol. i 1st saw this in b & w in my teen yrs or 20's, and i've always loved this movie.

[@danieldekok6949]

I love this movie! Playing a very daffy story straight is nothing short of genius. A somewhat forgotten movie of Grant's is "Room for One More", a warm and gentle telling of a story of adoptive parents and the children they take in.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

"Allow me to introduce Doctor Einstein, a surgeon of some skill -- and something of a magician!?"

[@DCL26]

Another fabulous old movie! Thanks Mia

[@sarahdaw6648]

Please consider reacting to The Bishop's Wife, Cary Grant....and perfect for the Holiday season.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Noted 😉

[@ju2545]

Teddy actually looks like Teddy Roosevelt. Very smart

[@toodlescae]

I love that you delve into the classic films from eras where actors were actors and not just stars because of their looks or for being "action" stars. Sure there are some nowadays that can act but too many are famous despite the fact that they couldn't act their way out of a paper bag. In older films you had to have talent at acting. You couldn't rely on cgi, post film production and stuff like that to carry you in a movie. Older movies were more character and plot based rather than relying on gimmicks to make them good. One of my examples of this is from the 70's. In Superman you can actually see Christopher Reeve change from Clark Kent to Superman then back to Clark Kent (with no costume) with the act of taking off and putting on his glasses and changing his posture in one scene.

[@catherinelw9365]

Reeve's Clark Kent was based on Cary Grant's David Huxley in Bringing Up Baby!

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

Usually save this for Halloween.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Yes! I loved that this was a Halloween film! Before watching, I had no idea! So fitting :)

[@zvimur]

36:08, Forget it, Mia. It's Brooklyn.

[@southron_d1349]

It has always amused me that John Cleese's character in "A Fish Called Wanda" was named Archie Leach - Cary Grant's real name.

[@keithbrown8490]

A major inside joke written in the Broadway play that they also used in the movie was Jonathan Brewster looking like Boris Karloff. Karloff played the role on Broadway but they couldn't work out the scheduling conflicts so he couldn't do his part in the movie. Capra used the lighting and makeup on Raymond Massey to give him the look of the Frankenstein Monster, Karloff's most famous role. I was lucky enough to be in a local theater production of "Arsenic" a few years back and got to play Jonathan. I spent a hour in a makeup chair getting all the scars applied before each performance. Both the movie and play are loads of great fun !

[@jackieknows9129]

Thank you for another great review - so glad to be going down the Cary Grant rabbit hole. - One small thing - Peter Lorre pronounced his last name as [LORR] + [EE] , He may pop in in more movies on this channel - he often played gangster roles.

[@ladyofbookscoffee1706]

I absolutely got Addams Family vibes the first time I saw this film. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if Addams Family was inspired by this film/play.

[@tmatthewnielsen]

Great film, and some nice insights here. I love seeing more classics like this get this kind of attention. Definitely should check out "His Girl Friday" sometime for some hilarious fast-paced Cary Grant comedy.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Oh yes! I’ve got His Girl Friday on the list for this month!! Thank you for recommending!

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hello Mia Tiffany, I recommended this movie to many movie reactors for halloween and none took my advice. I used to roll about on the floor of our living room laughing to this movie many times. I hope one day you will watch " Houseboat ". I saw it and was in love with the lead actress at age seven. Edward Everett Horton was the narrator of "Fractured Fairy Tales" on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show

[@chrisboot2468]

I played Johnathan on stage. Had so much fun. Simply hilarious!!

[@jucadvgv3449]

i believe i read this first. i was in my 30's or 40's before i ever actually saw it, and i think i laughed the entire way through 😊.

[@Zebred2001]

To answer your interest in a "serious version" Mia might I suggest the Alfred Hitchcock classic Shadow of A Doubt (1943) in which a young woman played by Teresa Wright discovers that her beloved uncle played by Joseph Cotten is the "Merry Widow murderer!"

[@MoviesWithMia]

Oh yes! I will DEFINITELY take a look at that! Ooh that sounds very intriguing!! Thank you for recommending 😊

[@ericjanssen394]

In the original Broadway play, the joke about Jonathan’s plastic surgeon making him look like Boris Karloff was over the fact that he was played onstage by...Boris Karloff! They couldn’t get him away from Universal for the movie, though, and had to make do with Raymond Massey.

[@minnidrake8516]

Priscilla la e is one of my favorite actresses love her work might want to check out movies called people will talk to see a different side if cary grant love this film jack Carson plays rookie cop goes on to become leading man in b pictures love the reaction thanks

[@MoviesWithMia]

Oh yeah, I will definitely check those out thank you for recommending 😊 and thank you for watching!

[@americanswan]

The black and white "12 Angry Men" is so good.

[@franl155]

I still don't get exactly how Capra was able to get away with this - in the 40s! Of course it's brilliantly funny, but there are dark tones all through it. The British equivalent of this would most likely be Kind Hearts and Coronets; the style is different, of course, but the subject matter is roughly the same. If you haven't covered this, please do! For an added bonus, it has EIGHT Alec Guinness roles.

[@susanfreeman9500]

Raymond Massey is really wonderful here. His is the least comic character, but even at Jonathan's worst he doesn't break the mood of the film. Somehow his violence and menace serve the comedy. This is one of my favorite movies ever, and strangely, my mother's.

[@aleatharhea]

Cary Grant was probably the biggest heart throb of his day. Huge star. I was gonna say "suave", but then you did, lol. Interesting fact, his accent was a Hollywood invention. It was sort of Hollywood Received English. Have you seen Hitchcock's "Rope"? It's a psychological thriller about murder. The characters were based on the real life Leopold and Lowe.

[@earlbond007]

There is a whole list of classic films I would love to sit down and discuss with you lol I was raised my a cinefanatic so I've seen all these old films, for your John Wayne movies you need to include all his films with Maureen O'Hara even non cowboy film the quiet man. I think you would also love a classic films like Mr Smith goes to Washington it's a political version of it's a wonderful life, just saw you watched it already, another film you would love is father goose staring Cary grant lol. You should also follow some other movie stars like Mickey Rooney in the series of Andy hardy movies and all the big stars that acted in those. Then maybe move on through the war movie genre from the longest day to the modern saving private Ryan and band of brothers. To movies that deal with war in other ways like friendly persuasion and hacksaw ridge. Then the comedy kings like Laurel and Hardy and abbot and Costello and the stooges to Bob hope and bing Crosby to Dean Martin and Jerry lewis. There are so many classic films and so little time lol .

[@davidgollop2807]

Been watching "Movies with Mia" and she really know her stuff!!!