Death takes a holiday / a Paramount picture ; produced by E. Lloyd Sheldon ; screenplay, Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman ; directed by Mitchell Leisen.
Publisher:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Container of (work): Death takes a holiday (Motion picture : 1934)
Notes:
Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Sir Guy Standing, Kent Taylor, Henry Travers, Katharine Alexander, Gail Patrick, Helen Westley, Kathleen Howard, G.P. Huntley. Based on a play by Alberto Casella. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1934. Full screen (1.33:1).
Summary:
In this pre-code classic, Death, intent on entering the human world for a holiday, takes the form of a prince visiting a family of wealthy soclialites and encounters all of the pleasures and pains that go with a flesh-and-blood existence.
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