Hi again, I apologize - I had the year wrong. There was a TV version with Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster on NBC in 1962. (I think they were playing the joke about looking like Karloff the other way.) It is listed both on IMDb and Amazon. Here are the links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0595267/ http://www.amazon.com/Arsenic-And-Old-Lace-Television/dp/B00JUH9FGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405526715&sr=8-1&keywords=karloff+arsenic+and+old+lace I tried contacting NBC, but they replied that they didn't have the permission, and didn't know who did. It was also shown as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series, but that didn't seem like the right source either. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated. 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Today's Topics: 1. TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff (Patricia Ruocco) 2. Re: TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff (Jessica Rosner) 3. Re: TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff (Anthony Anderson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:45:38 +0000 From: Patricia Ruocco <ruoc...@lislelibrary.org> Subject: [Videolib] TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Message-ID: <1405521938055.71...@lislelibrary.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ?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<http://www.lislelibrary.org> facebook<https://www.facebook.com/lislelibrarydistrict> | twitter<https://twitter.com/lislelibrary> | pinterest<http://www.pinterest.com/lislelibrary/> Love Mysteries & Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends<http://murderamongfriends.wordpress.com> & Just Between Frames<http://justbetweenframes.wordpress.com> blogs!<http://frontstreetteens.wordpress.com/> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:12:49 -0400 From: Jessica Rosner <maddux2...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: <CACRe6m_+f=y70szxbzfrjtjodarhdmxfovtn1xo61nopmxw...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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 <ruoc...@lislelibrary.org> 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 <http://www.lislelibrary.org> > facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lislelibrarydistrict> | twitter > <https://twitter.com/lislelibrary> | pinterest > <http://www.pinterest.com/lislelibrary/> > > Love Mysteries & Movies? - Check out the *Murder Among Friends > <http://murderamongfriends.wordpress.com> *& *Just Between Frames > <http://justbetweenframes.wordpress.com>* blogs! > <http://frontstreetteens.wordpress.com/> > > 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. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:33:31 +0000 From: Anthony Anderson <antho...@usc.edu> Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Message-ID: <0916ae584a0f463cb21a190c77b7f...@co2pr07mb505.namprd07.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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 antho...@usc.edu<mailto:antho...@usc.edu> "Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou." ******************************** [cid:image001.jpg@01CFA0D0.9E91C9F0] [cid:image006.jpg@01CFA0D0.9E91C9F0] From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:13 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu 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 <ruoc...@lislelibrary.org<mailto:ruoc...@lislelibrary.org>> 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. 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