Premise: Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American dark comedy film directed by Frank Capra , starring Cary Grant , and based on Joseph Kesselring 's play Arsenic and Old Lace . Capra actually filmed the movie in 1941 because of star Cary Grant 's availability , but it was not released until 1944 , after the original stage version had finished its run on Broadway . Frank Russell Capra ( born Francesco Rosario Capra ; May 18 , 1897September 3 , 1991 ) was an Italian-American film director , producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s .
Hypothesis: Arsenic and Old Lace was filmed by director Frank Capra in 1941.
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