That could explain the running joke that he looked like Boris Karloff, who played the Frankenstein monster in the 1931 movie. Fred Gwynne played Herman Munster, a character who looked like Frankenstein's monster.
Cindy From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Anderson Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 11:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff According IMDB (see below), Fred Gwynne played Jonathon Brewster in the 1969 television production. Cheers! Anthony ******************************* Anthony E. Anderson Assistant Director, Doheny Memorial Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213) 740-1190 [email protected] "Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou." ******************************** From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff Nearly impossible to get rights for TV productions from that era ( not too much easier for later ones) but has it even been legally released at all? Um wait I looked it up not only is it not released KARLOFF IS NOT IN IT. My guess is someone is confused because there is running joke in the play about Brewster LOOKING like Karloff who was in the original Broadway production. You might try THE OLD DARK HOUSE which you could license from Cohen Media ( not an easy one to figure) On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Patricia Ruocco <[email protected]> wrote: ​Hello, I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to get the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" to a small group of patrons at our library. It has Boris Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short series of films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one with them. Thanks for any help you can offer. Patricia Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.org facebook | twitter | pinterest Love Mysteries & Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends & Just Between Frames blogs! VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
