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Director:

Mitchell Leisen

Writers:

Maxwell Anderson (screenplay) and
Gladys Lehman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

30 March 1934 (USA) more

Genre:

Romance | Fantasy more

Tagline:

HE LIVED FOR THREE DAYS...AND LOVED FOREVER! (original print ad - all caps) more

Plot:

Death decides to take a holiday from his usual business to see what it is like to be a mortal. Posing as Prince Sirki... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

1 win more

User Comments:

Far superior to the remake more (31 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Fredric March ... Prince Sirki / Death
Evelyn Venable ... Grazia
Guy Standing ... Duke Lambert (as Sir Guy Standing)
Katharine Alexander ... Alda
Gail Patrick ... Rhoda
Helen Westley ... Stephanie
Kathleen Howard ... Princess Maria
Kent Taylor ... Corrado
Henry Travers ... Baron Cesarea
G.P. Huntley ... Eric (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
Otto Hoffman ... Fedele (as Otto Hoffmann)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Strange Holiday (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | USA:Unrated


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The English version of the play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 26 December 1929 and closed in June 1930 after 180 performances. The opening night cast included Rose Hobart and Philip Merivale. more

Quotes:

Baron Cesarea: [hearing that someone has just narrowly escaped death] Well, it just wasn't time for the Old Man to take him.
Death: [as Prince Sirki]
[offended]
Death: I beg your pardon! The Old Man?
[realizing the humor in the remark]
Death: [as Prince Sirki] Ah yes... the Old Man!
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Dead Like Me: Dead Girl Walking (#1.2)" (2003) more

Soundtrack:

Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), Op.333 more


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Far superior to the remake, 4 August 2001
Author: morticia-1 from Texas

I saw this film as a teenager and became an immediate Fredric March fan. I can't even imagine someone like Brad Pitt playing this haunting, romantic character. If you want to own this movie on DVD, though, the two-disc set of Meet Joe Black does contain a beautiful transfer of the original 1934 classic on the second disc in the set.

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