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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Maxwell Anderson (screenplay) and
Gladys Lehman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
30 March 1934 (USA) 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
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) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Strange Holiday (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
79 min
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Color:
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
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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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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.