not arsenic and old lace

[mickthemuppe]

which 1940's film and a stage play about two gentile and old fashioned spinster aunts who have a unfortunate penchant for poisoning their lodgers

[Quizmonkey]

Check the EXACT wording of the question...

[Marky B]

You mean gentle,not gentile,but I doubt they were Jewish. Yes,it is Arsenic and Old Lace - one of the funniest films and with Cary Grant at his frantic finest. A gem!!!!!!!

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Marky B

[mickthemuppe]

The question says written by a female author but Arsenic and old lace "was not written by a woman and the word gentile is correct in the wording as in quizmail no76 The clue also says published early in the 20th century.