Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) – Filming Locations
Comedy / Crime · Directed by Frank Capra · Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Where was Arsenic and Old Lace filmed?
- Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles – The Brewster house exterior and interior scenes, the main setting of the film. The iconic Victorian house that serves as the primary setting was a standing set on the Warner Bros. lot, designed to represent Brooklyn but built entirely on the studio backlot in Burbank
- Brooklyn, United States, Brooklyn – Establishing shots of Brooklyn streets and the exterior neighborhood setting. Second unit photography captured authentic Brooklyn street scenes and exteriors to establish the film's setting and provide location authenticity for the opening sequences