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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.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Mitchell Leisen
- 1934-03-30
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Katharine Alexander. Alda. Gail Patrick. Rhoda. Watchlist. Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Death (Fredric March) is unable to relate to humans, so he takes the form of...
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- Fredric March
- Mitch Leisen
- Fantasy
The presence reveals himself as Death to Lambert and demands that Lambert accept him as a guest while he takes a three-day holiday in mortal form to discover why men cling to life. Death insists that Lambert reveal to no one his true identity when he appears in the form of Prince Sirki, a friend whom Lambert was expecting and who, unknown to ...
- Mitchell Leisen
- Fredric March
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.
Overview. After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him.
