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In the pre-code classic Death Takes a Holiday, the Grim Reaper (Fredric March) pays a visit to a family of wealthy socialites though he is not there on his usual business.
Aug 7, 2023 · Death Takes a Holiday (1934) Plot Death takes a human form and visits Earth to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful...
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Feb 3, 2023 · Death takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
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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.
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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.
On their way home from a carnival, Duke Lambert and his family and guests narrowly escape death in an auto accident caused by a mysterious shadow. At Lambert's Villa Felicitá, Lambert and his son Corrado, who is in love with Grazia, the daughter of Princess Maria, urge Grazia to marry Corrado soon. Grazia, however, is reluctant to marry ...
