Writing
Joseph Kesselring
Born — Died
1902-06-21 — 1967-11-05
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known for
Writing
Credits
3 titles
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. Kesselring spent much of his life in and around the theater. In 1922 he began teaching vocal music and directed stage productions at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. After two years, Kesselring left teaching and returned to the stage, working for two years with an amateur theatrical group in Niag…
Known for
6.51962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of murders they flippantly commit
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
No synopsis available yet.
Arsenico e vecchi merletti
1969
NRMembers 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).
Arseniko kai palia dantela
1981
Behind the camera
6.51962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of murders they flippantly commit
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
No synopsis available yet.
Arsenico e vecchi merletti
1969
NRMembers 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).
Arseniko kai palia dantela
1981