Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

★★★★★

Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 dark comedy, directed by Frank Capra, and starring Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster. After having just wed his sweetheart Elaine (Priscilla Lane), Mortimer returns home to his quirky Aunts, Abby (Josephine Hull), Martha (Jean Adair), and bizarre brother Teddy (John Alexander).

When discovering a corpse under the window seat in the Brewster sisters home, and assuming that Teddy did it, Mortimer confronts his Aunts, only to find that they have been taking in lonely old men and poisoning them to bring the gentlemen peace, while doing away with their bodies in the basement. Bigger problems arise when Mortimer's other brother, Jonathan (Raymond Massey), and plastic surgeon companion Dr. Einstein (Peter Lorre), arrive.

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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

★★★★★

Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 film based from a series of short stories by Sally Benson, of a family living in St. Louis during the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair (aka Saint Louis World's Fair) in 1904. Staring Judy Garland as Esther Smith, and directed by Vincente Minnelli. Filled with song, the most beautiful selection of colors, and sweet romance. Add to that a heartfelt family film, and you couldn't ask for more. One of the best known and loved holiday songs "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" made it's first introduction, sung by Judy Garland, for near the ending of this film.

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