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Dr Einstein | Arsenic & Old Lace | Not Reserved
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Character: Dr Herman Einstein
Fandom: Arsenic & Old Lace (film version)
Character Notes:
History:
The main story of Arsenic and Old Lace centres around Mortimer Brewster and his two aunts, who happen to be murdering old men as a 'charity' - thinking they are putting lonely old souls out of their misery. The film is a black comedy and much is played for laughs. An even darker twist, though, involves the appearance of Mortimer's brother Jonathan - a notorious criminal and murderer. With him, Jonathan brings his 'sidekick' Dr Herman Einstein, who is a plastic surgeon and alcoholic, about forty years old. Einstein has operated numerous times on Jonathan to change his appearance in hopes of evading the police. Not much is know about Dr Einstein prior to this although he claims to have studied officially at Heidelberg to prove his is a legitimate surgeon and doctor but his qualifications are debatable. He and Jonathan have travelled around together with Einstein being witness or directly involved with aiding Jonathan on his killing spree. The doctor does seem to find this violence distasteful but even so he goes along with much of Jonathan's wants, mostly out of fear for his own safety.
On the run from the police Jonathan and Dr Einstein seek shelter with Jonathan's aunts, Martha and Abby. Meanwhile Mortimer is there and has discovered that their aunts have about a dozen bodies buried in the basement. Jonathan compounds the problems by bringing along a dead body of his own, not realising what the old ladies have been doing. Along the way Jonathan plans to do away with Mortimer, with help from Dr Einstein but the plans are foiled by an unwitting policeman. Eventually Jonathan is caught and hauled away but Mortimer ends up letting Dr Einstein go free after getting him to sign over the other crazy relatives as a certified doctor.
Personality:
Dr Einstein is a jittery man, rather nervous and jumpy especially when he hasn't had a drink. Despite his sinister dealings with people like multiple killer Jonathan Brewster, Einstein isn't such a hardened criminal or psychopath. He's reluctant and he urges Jonathan to do it the 'quick way' when Mortimer is under threat by his brother, who prefers to torture and kill him slowly. Einstein is often craving alcohol and is often mentioned to be intoxicated - such as when he performed surgery to make Jonathan's face look like Boris Karloff - after having seen the actor in a film. He is rather quiet otherwise but earnest at times. Occasionally doing the right thing by trying to warn Mortimer of Jonathan's plan to kill him. But he can also be amused by the macabre such as when he finds out that the aunts have murdered about the same number of people as Jonathan. He's very grateful to save his own skin and will quickly flee from or avoid danger if he can, such as when he slips away near the end of the story, after being so close to being caught by the police. He appears to be adaptable in the way he goes along with people - having to pretend to go along with other brother Teddy's crazy antics and fluidly goes along with things both good and bad as long as he himself is safe.
Other: He's soft spoken with a German accent.
Additional Links: Wiki
Video clips Arsenic & Old Lace from approx 3 mins in to 5.45.
First Person (entry type):
[Video]
[There appears a fidgeting man on the screen. His glance to camera is furtive and fleeting and he's speaking in a breathless whispering way as if he's either been running and is out of breath or he's trying to hide from someone.]
I don't know vhat you vant me to tell you but you do vant me to say something, ja? Look, me and Chonny are... Something has to happen. His face. It needs to be changed again and I don't know vhy I am telling you this but you might be able to help. You might know of some quiet out of the way place we can lay low and... hide out. Ja, hideout.
[He nervously rubs his temple and utters a shaky laugh.]
Not that we've done anything wrong. Ve just... need a change. Ja. A change is needed. A change of scenery. Some space to think and plan and...
[More fidgeting as he looks around and mutters to himself.]
I need a drink...
Third Person:
Dr Herman Einstein was sitting alone in a hotel room.
Sometimes he hated to be left alone like this - even if it did mean that Jonathan was outside and away from him. The man made him nervous but they had been in a strange kind of partnership for over five years and leaving now was somehow more dangerous than sticking around. He thought about what Jonathan may be doing right now... and the images that immediately sprung to mind made him blanche and jump up from his chair, searching for a bottle.
"Now where did he put it...," he next swore quietly in German under his breath as he opened cupbopard after cupboard, his search becoming more frantic until he spied a green bottle, half full of some liquid. Einstein breathed out a loud sigh of relief and hugged the bottle to him as if it was a long lost baby.
Seeming calmer now, he sat down again and began pouring himself a drink when a sudden knock on the door made him startle and spill it. His expression was forlorn toward the spillage before he sighed resignedly and got to his feet reluctantly, moving toward the door.
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