Arsenic and Old Lace was filmed in Technicolor.
Arsenic and Old Lace (film) . Capra actually filmed the movie in 1941 because of star Cary Grant 's availability , but it was not released until 1944 , after the original stage version had finished its run on Broadway . Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes , the first version dating from 1916 , and followed by improved versions over several decades .