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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.
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 u...
A fantasy romance film starring Fredric March as Death disguised as a Prince. He falls in love with a young woman (Evelyn Venable) while staying at a duke's estate.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Mitchell Leisen
- 1934-03-30
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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.
Oct 23, 1971 · A TV adaptation of the play and film Death Takes a Holiday, starring Yvette Mimieux, Monte Markham and Melvyn Douglas. Death disguises himself as a man and falls in love with a young woman, while no one dies on Earth for a day.
Apr 7, 2023 · Frederic March plays Death disguised as a prince who crashes a party at a villa and falls in love with a young woman. The film explores the meaning of life and death with beauty, wit, and horror in a pre-code allegorical fantasy.
