Mortimer Brewster

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fictional character film character

Mortimer Brewster is the frantic, increasingly unhinged drama critic protagonist of the dark comedy film "Arsenic and Old Lace," who discovers his seemingly sweet aunts are serial poisoners.

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Label Occurrences
Mortimer Brewster canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
adaptedFrom Arsenic and Old Lace (play) ⓘ
appearsIn Arsenic and Old Lace (play) ⓘ
surface form: Arsenic and Old Lace
associatedWithTheme dark humor about murder ⓘ
characterTrait frantic ⓘ
increasingly unhinged ⓘ
countryOfWorkContext United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdFor Arsenic and Old Lace (film) ⓘ
discovers his aunts are serial poisoners ⓘ
filmReleaseYearContext 1944 ⓘ
genreOfWorkContext dark comedy ⓘ
languageOfWorkContext English ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
narrativeFunction protagonist ⓘ
notableSceneContext attempts to have Teddy committed ⓘ
conflict with Jonathan Brewster ⓘ
confrontation with aunts about poisoned wine ⓘ
occupation drama critic ⓘ
portrayedBy Cary Grant ⓘ
protagonistOf Arsenic and Old Lace (play) ⓘ
surface form: Arsenic and Old Lace
relative Abby Brewster ⓘ
Jonathan Brewster ⓘ
Martha Brewster ⓘ
Teddy Brewster ⓘ
roleIn Arsenic and Old Lace (play) ⓘ
surface form: Arsenic and Old Lace
settingContext Brooklyn ⓘ
spouse Elaine Harper ⓘ
workBasedOn Arsenic and Old Lace (play) ⓘ
surface form: Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring

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Arsenic and Old Lace (film) → mainCharacter → Mortimer Brewster ⓘ
Arsenic and Old Lace (play) → mainCharacter → Mortimer Brewster ⓘ
Arsenic and Old Lace (play) → character → Mortimer Brewster ⓘ