The Professor and Ravelli then decide to steal Chandler""s handkerchief, tie, and garters.His birthmark is also stolen - it suddenly appears on the Professor""s own forearm.BackgroundArsenic and Old Lace(1944) is a frenzied, hilarious, madcap black comedy from celebrated director Frank Capra.Studio control of stars significantly eroded when James Stewart signed a precedent-setting independent (or free-lance) two-picture contract with Universal Studios.Mulwray.].Not permitted o speak to Gittes privately, she asks him - with his operatives present - to investigate her husband""s alleged affair with another woman.Preparations for the Approaching Stormy Hurricane:When the wind started to blow, Nora began to fasten he outer hotel window shutters, and to secure the boats on the pier with McCloud...that crazy fella that""s a runnin"" it....They say he ain""t scared of nothing.If he wants a picture of a lion, he just goes up to him and tells him to look pleasant." Everybody around the dock is talking about the unusually large cargo and number of crew members - "three times more than the ship needs.