Writing

Joseph Kesselring

Born June 21, 1902 · New York City, New York, USA

Died November 5, 1967 · aged 65

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Otto Kesselring (21 July 1902 – 5 November 1967) was an American writer and playwright known best for his play Arsenic and Old Lace, written in 1939 and originally entitled "Bodies in Our Cellar." He was born in New York City to Henry and Frances Kesselring. His father's parent's were immigrants from Germany. His mother was an English Canadian.  Kess…

Known For

Arsenic and Old LaceArsenic and Old Lace · 1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
7.61944
MovieComedyCrime
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!
Arsenic and Old LaceArsenic and Old Lace · 1969
Arsenic and Old Lace
7.01969
MovieComedyCrime
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
Arsenic & Old LaceArsenic & Old Lace · 1962
Arsenic & Old Lace
6.51962
MovieDramaThriller
1962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of murders they flippantly commit
Arseniko kai palia dantelaArseniko kai palia dantela · 1981
Arseniko kai palia dantela
1981
MovieTV MovieComedy
Members of an otherwise typical New York Brooklyn family are "tortured" by a kind of hereditary madness. In the meantime, the adopted nephew Mortimer tries to do everything to protect his two aunts, who indulge in a variety of dangerous acts, such as poisoning lonely and homeless elderly people, and burying them in the basement of their house. When another niece, Jonathan, arrives, the situation will spiral out of control. The play was released on DVD by Radiotileorasi magazine in December 2010 (78th DVD of the "ERT Cultural Film Archive" series).
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAlfred Hitchcock Presents · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.81955
SeriesMysteryDrama
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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