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Death Takes a Holiday is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing. It is based on the 1924 Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella (1891–1957), as adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris.
Death Takes a Holiday: Directed by Mitchell Leisen. With Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing, Katharine Alexander. The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
Oct 23, 1971 · Death Takes a Holiday: Directed by Robert Butler. With Yvette Mimieux, Monte Markham, Melvyn Douglas, Myrna Loy. Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life.
Death Takes a Holiday is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan. The story is adapted from the 1924 Italian play La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella, which was adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris.
Death (Fredric March) is unable to relate to humans, so he takes the form of Prince Sirki, and tries life as a person. Many women are instantly attracted to Prince Sirki, but once they really...
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Death (Frederic March) decides to take a holiday from his usual business to see what it is like to be a mortal. Posing as Prince Sirki, he spends three days with Duke Lambert (Sir Guy Standing) and his guests at his dukal estate.
Aug 29, 2021 · Death Takes a Holiday will inspire discussion and contemplation on life and death – topics that are often uncomfortable to think about; but in Leisen’s film, romanticism overshadows morbidity, resulting in a shocking ending that leaves it up to the viewer to decide what to make of this haunting tale.
