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''Death Takes a Holiday'' is a 1934 American romantic fantasy drama fantasy-drama film based on a 1929 play of the same name, itself adapted from the 1924 Italian play ''La Morte in Vacanza'' ("Death on Vacation"). The film was directed by Creator/MitchellLeisen, as his second directorial effort for Creator/{{Paramount}}.
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In the span of a few hours, Death feels ThePowerOfLove, but when Alda finds out his identity and reveals his secret, he knows that he must leave Grazia behind— so he thinks.
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In the span of a few hours, Death feels ThePowerOfLove, but when Alda finds out his identity and reveals his secret, he knows that he must leave Grazia behind— or so he thinks.
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''Death Takes a Holiday'' (1934) is a drama/romance directed by Creator/MitchellLeisen, his second directorial effort for Creator/{{Paramount}}. It was remade as a TV movie in 1971, and in 1998 as ''Film/MeetJoeBlack''. A musical adaptation premiered in 2011.
Death (Creator/FredricMarch) has decided to take a three-day holiday to visit the mortal world and discover why humans fear him so, and forces Duke Lambert (Guy Standing) to keep him at his Italian estate. Taking the form of recently deceased Prince Sirki, Death enjoys the pleasures of the IdleRich which includes horse racing, boating, gambling, and being courted by lovely women.
Death (Creator/FredricMarch) has decided to take a three-day holiday to visit the mortal world and discover why humans fear him so, and forces Duke Lambert (Guy Standing) to keep him at his Italian estate. Taking the form of recently deceased Prince Sirki, Death enjoys the pleasures of the IdleRich which includes horse racing, boating, gambling, and being courted by lovely women.
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''Death Takes a Holiday'' (1934) is a drama/romance 1934 American romantic fantasy drama film based on a 1929 play of the same name, itself adapted from the 1924 Italian play ''La Morte in Vacanza'' ("Death on Vacation"). The film was directed by Creator/MitchellLeisen, as his second directorial effort for Creator/{{Paramount}}. It was remade as a TV movie in 1971, and in 1998 as ''Film/MeetJoeBlack''. A musical adaptation premiered in 2011.
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[[TheGrimReaper Death]] (Creator/FredricMarch) has decided to take a three-day holiday to visit the mortal world and discover just why humans fear himso, and so. He forces Duke Lambert (Guy Standing) to keep put him up at his Italian estate. Taking the form of recently deceased a recently-deceased nobleman, Prince Sirki, Death enjoys the various pleasures of the IdleRich which includes such as horse racing, boating, gambling, and being courted by lovely women.
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[[TheGrimReaper Death]] (Creator/FredricMarch) has decided to take a three-day holiday to visit the mortal world and discover just why humans fear him
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''Death Takes a Holiday'' (1934) is a drama/romance directed by Creator/MitchellLeisen, his second directorial effort for Creator/{{Paramount}}.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever At the beginning of the film, Death complains that living for all eternity, and especially with his line of work, is very lonely and depressing for him.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever At the beginning of the film, Death complains that living for all eternity, and especially with his line of work, is very lonely and depressing for him.him.
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: TheGrimReaper wears a black cape, and turns into a Prince.
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* TheComicallySerious: Death trying to analyze everything, everything even when he’s being romanced.
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* DiedHappilyEverAfter: A rather strange case, [[spoiler: because Grazia is more than happy to die in order to be with Death himself.]]
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* DiedHappilyEverAfter: A rather strange case, case [[spoiler: because Grazia is more than happy to die in order to be with Death himself.]]
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* FishOutOfWater: Death is a definite weirdo to everyone that meets him.
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* FishOutOfWater: Death is a definite weirdo to everyone that who meets him.
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* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: Death only gives himself three days to find out how it is to be human, and enjoy their pleasures.
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* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: Death only gives himself three days to find out how it is to be human, human and enjoy their pleasures.
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In the span of a few hours, Death feels ThePowerOfLove, but when Alda finds out his identity and reveals his secret, he knows that he must leave Grazia behind—or so he thinks.
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In the span of a few hours, Death feels ThePowerOfLove, but when Alda finds out his identity and reveals his secret, he knows that he must leave Grazia behind—or behind— so he thinks.
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''Death Takes a Holiday'' (1934) is a drama/romance directed by Mitchell Leisen, his second directorial effort for Paramount.
Remade as a TV movie in 1971, and in 1998 as ''Film/MeetJoeBlack''.
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* DiedHappilyEverAfter: A rather strange case, [[spoiler: because Grazia is more than happy to die in order to be with Death himself; she’s elated that she can be with him at last.]]
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* DiedHappilyEverAfter: A rather strange case, [[spoiler: because Grazia is more than happy to die in order to be with Death himself; she’s elated that she can be with him at last.himself.]]
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* TheReveal: She’s always seen him that way. [[spoiler: She being Grazia; she has always seen Death in his natural form.
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* TheReveal: She’s always seen him that way. [[spoiler: She being Grazia; she has always seen Death in his natural form. ]]
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In the span of a few hours, Death feels ThePowerOfLove, but when Alda finds out his identity, and reveals his secret, he knows that he must leave Grazia behind—or so he thinks.
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Everyone in the Lambert party is very taken by this handsome and odd fellow: Rhoda (Gail Patrick) and Alda (Katherine Alexander) vie for his love, Baron Cesarea (Henry Travers) is interested by his musings about life and love, and another pleasure arrives in the form of Grazia (Evelyn Venable), who Death falls for, and she falls for him, as well.
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Everyone in the Lambert party is very taken by this handsome and odd fellow: Rhoda (Gail Patrick) and Alda (Katherine Alexander) vie for his love, Baron Cesarea (Henry Travers) is interested by his musings about life and love, and another pleasure arrives in the form of Grazia (Evelyn Venable), who Death falls for, and she falls for him, as well.him.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever? At the beginning of the film, Death complains that living for all eternity, and especially with his line of work, is very lonely and depressing for him.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever? WhoWantsToLiveForever At the beginning of the film, Death complains that living for all eternity, and especially with his line of work, is very lonely and depressing for him.
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* PimpedOutDress: There has to be some
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Death’s main beef with the human race, as he thinks that he’s like an old friend that comes for you when the time is needed.
* PimpedOutDress: There has to be some
* PimpedOutDress: There has to be some
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Death’s main beef with the human race, as he thinks that he’s like an old friend that comes for you when the time is needed.
* PimpedOutDress: There has to be some
* PimpedOutDress: There has to be some
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* TheGrimReaper: He isn't that grim. Just misunderstood!
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Death (Frederic March) (Creator/FredricMarch) has decided to take a three-day holiday to visit the mortal world and discover why humans fear him so, and forces Duke Lambert (Guy Standing) to keep him at his Italian estate. Taking the form of recently deceased Prince Sirki, Death enjoys the pleasures of the IdleRich which includes horse racing, boating, gambling, and being courted by lovely women.
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In the span of a few hours, Death feels the power of love, but when Alda finds out his identity, and reveals his secret, he knows that he must leave Grazia behind—or so he thinks.
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In the span of a few hours, Death feels the power of love, ThePowerOfLove, but when Alda finds out his identity, and reveals his secret, he knows that he must leave Grazia behind—or so he thinks.
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And no one in the world has been able to die, even if they, by all odds, should have.
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''Death Takes a Holiday'' (1934) is a drama/romance directed by Mitchell Leisen, his second directorial effort for Paramount.
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''Death Takes a Holiday'' (1934) is a drama/romance directed by Mitchell Leisen, his second directorial effort for Paramount. Remade as a TV movie in 1971, and in 1998 as ''Film/MeetJoeBlack''.
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Everyone is very taken by this handsome and odd fellow: Rhoda (Gail Patrick) and Alda (Katherine Alexander) vie for his love, Baron Cesarea (Henry Travers) is interested by his musings about life and love, and another pleasure arrives in the form of Grazia (Evelyn Venable), who Death falls for, and she falls for him, as well.
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And no one in the world has been able to die, even if they, by all odds, should have.
Everyone in the Lambert party is very taken by this handsome and odd fellow: Rhoda (Gail Patrick) and Alda (Katherine Alexander) vie for his love, Baron Cesarea (Henry Travers) is interested by his musings about life and love, and another pleasure arrives in the form of Grazia (Evelyn Venable), who Death falls for, and she falls for him, as well.
Everyone in the Lambert party is very taken by this handsome and odd fellow: Rhoda (Gail Patrick) and Alda (Katherine Alexander) vie for his love, Baron Cesarea (Henry Travers) is interested by his musings about life and love, and another pleasure arrives in the form of Grazia (Evelyn Venable), who Death falls for, and she falls for him, as well.
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[[caption-width-right:350:When Death is this sexy, you can't say no.]]
ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
Death (Frederic March) has decided to take a three-day holiday to visit the mortal world and discover why humans fear him so, and forces Duke Lambert (Guy Standing) to keep him at his Italian estate. Taking the form of recently deceased Prince Sirki, Death enjoys the pleasures of the IdleRich which includes horse racing, boating, gambling, and being courted by lovely women.
Everyone is very taken by this handsome and odd fellow: Rhoda (Gail Patrick) and Alda (Katherine Alexander) vie for his love, Baron Cesarea (Henry Travers) is interested by his musings about life and love, and another pleasure arrives in the form of Grazia (Evelyn Venable), who Death falls for, and she falls for him, as well.
In the span of a few hours, Death feels the power of love, but when Alda finds out his identity, and reveals his secret, he knows that he must leave Grazia behind—or so he thinks.
''Death Takes a Holiday'' (1934) is a drama/romance directed by Mitchell Leisen, his second directorial effort for Paramount.
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!!Tropes:
*AllLoveIsUnrequited: Alda and Rhoda fight for Prince Sirki (they don’t know he’s Death himself), but he’s madly in love with Grazia.
*AnthropomorphicPersonification: TheGrimReaper wears a black cape, and turns into a Prince.
*BlackCloak: Death sports one, and so does Grazia [[spoiler: once she leaves with him.]]
*TheComicallySerious: Death trying to analyze everything, even when he’s being romanced.
*CuriosityCausesConversion: His three-day affair with the human world has made Death love every angry/sad/happy feeling he has felt up to now.
*DarkIsNotEvil: What Death has to remind everyone in his party once they find out his true identity.
*DeathTakesAHoliday: TropeNamer.
*DiedHappilyEverAfter: A rather strange case, [[spoiler: because Grazia is more than happy to die in order to be with Death himself; she’s elated that she can be with him at last.]]
*DontFearTheReaper: Death constantly reminds everyone that he is not to be feared; they should consider him a friend, and once they die, he’ll be an old friend they always knew.
*DrivesLikeCrazy: Corrando basically invites Death with his crazy driving that should’ve killed him and his party.
*DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Grazia makes the decision to leave with Death; she doesn’t fear it at all and wants to be with him.]]
*ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: Death only gives himself three days to find out how it is to be human, and enjoy their pleasures.
*FaceDeathWithDignity: Averted with Alda, once she finds out Prince Sirki’s true nature, but PlayedStraight with [[spoiler: Grazia, as she doesn’t fear him.]]
*FakeAristocrat: Prince Sirki is a little strange…
*FishOutOfWater: Death is a definite weirdo to everyone that meets him.
*FirstTimeFeeling: Death feels the power of all these emotions all at once, and is quite excited by them.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: The shadow that follows our characters when they’re driving in a rather suicidal way.
*HaveAGayOldTime: The tagline for this film: “No one can die - while he makes love!”
*HighClassGlass: Death sports one as Prince Sirki.
*HumanityIsInfectious: Even Death isn’t immune to our ways.
*ImColdSoCold: When Grazia goes out in the garden alone, Death brushes past her, and she has this very sensation which causes her to faint dead away.
*LoveHurts: Like all mortals, Death finds out the facts about love.
*TheProblemWithFightingDeath: When the Lambert party isn’t sure if Death is taking Grazia away without her consent, Corrando wants to fight Death, but Lambert wisely stops him, because that would be incredibly stupid.
*TheReveal: She’s always seen him that way. [[spoiler: She being Grazia; she has always seen Death in his natural form.
*RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Most of these aristocrats can’t really figure out what makes Prince Sirki so strange until it’s directly told to them.
*NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Death’s main beef with the human race, as he thinks that he’s like an old friend that comes for you when the time is needed.
*PimpedOutDress: There has to be some
*ShadowOfImpendingDoom: As mentioned above, Corrando drives so dangerously that death follows them. Lampshaded, as they all notice this shadow and feel that it’s dangerous.
*SomeoneHasToDoIt: It’s pretty tedious, but those souls aren’t going to collect themselves.
*TogetherInDeath: Almost quite literally. [[spoiler: Grazia decides to leave with Death and has no problem with it at all. She loves him that much.]]
*WeAllDieSomeDay: At the end of the film, Death reminds everyone this, and tells them not to be afraid, to treat him like an old friend.
*WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Love can’t be understood until Death experiences it himself.
*WhoWantsToLiveForever? At the beginning of the film, Death complains that living for all eternity, and especially with his line of work, is very lonely and depressing for him.
[[caption-width-right:350:When Death is this sexy, you can't say no.]]
ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
Death (Frederic March) has decided to take a three-day holiday to visit the mortal world and discover why humans fear him so, and forces Duke Lambert (Guy Standing) to keep him at his Italian estate. Taking the form of recently deceased Prince Sirki, Death enjoys the pleasures of the IdleRich which includes horse racing, boating, gambling, and being courted by lovely women.
Everyone is very taken by this handsome and odd fellow: Rhoda (Gail Patrick) and Alda (Katherine Alexander) vie for his love, Baron Cesarea (Henry Travers) is interested by his musings about life and love, and another pleasure arrives in the form of Grazia (Evelyn Venable), who Death falls for, and she falls for him, as well.
In the span of a few hours, Death feels the power of love, but when Alda finds out his identity, and reveals his secret, he knows that he must leave Grazia behind—or so he thinks.
''Death Takes a Holiday'' (1934) is a drama/romance directed by Mitchell Leisen, his second directorial effort for Paramount.
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!!Tropes:
*AllLoveIsUnrequited: Alda and Rhoda fight for Prince Sirki (they don’t know he’s Death himself), but he’s madly in love with Grazia.
*AnthropomorphicPersonification: TheGrimReaper wears a black cape, and turns into a Prince.
*BlackCloak: Death sports one, and so does Grazia [[spoiler: once she leaves with him.]]
*TheComicallySerious: Death trying to analyze everything, even when he’s being romanced.
*CuriosityCausesConversion: His three-day affair with the human world has made Death love every angry/sad/happy feeling he has felt up to now.
*DarkIsNotEvil: What Death has to remind everyone in his party once they find out his true identity.
*DeathTakesAHoliday: TropeNamer.
*DiedHappilyEverAfter: A rather strange case, [[spoiler: because Grazia is more than happy to die in order to be with Death himself; she’s elated that she can be with him at last.]]
*DontFearTheReaper: Death constantly reminds everyone that he is not to be feared; they should consider him a friend, and once they die, he’ll be an old friend they always knew.
*DrivesLikeCrazy: Corrando basically invites Death with his crazy driving that should’ve killed him and his party.
*DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Grazia makes the decision to leave with Death; she doesn’t fear it at all and wants to be with him.]]
*ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: Death only gives himself three days to find out how it is to be human, and enjoy their pleasures.
*FaceDeathWithDignity: Averted with Alda, once she finds out Prince Sirki’s true nature, but PlayedStraight with [[spoiler: Grazia, as she doesn’t fear him.]]
*FakeAristocrat: Prince Sirki is a little strange…
*FishOutOfWater: Death is a definite weirdo to everyone that meets him.
*FirstTimeFeeling: Death feels the power of all these emotions all at once, and is quite excited by them.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: The shadow that follows our characters when they’re driving in a rather suicidal way.
*HaveAGayOldTime: The tagline for this film: “No one can die - while he makes love!”
*HighClassGlass: Death sports one as Prince Sirki.
*HumanityIsInfectious: Even Death isn’t immune to our ways.
*ImColdSoCold: When Grazia goes out in the garden alone, Death brushes past her, and she has this very sensation which causes her to faint dead away.
*LoveHurts: Like all mortals, Death finds out the facts about love.
*TheProblemWithFightingDeath: When the Lambert party isn’t sure if Death is taking Grazia away without her consent, Corrando wants to fight Death, but Lambert wisely stops him, because that would be incredibly stupid.
*TheReveal: She’s always seen him that way. [[spoiler: She being Grazia; she has always seen Death in his natural form.
*RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Most of these aristocrats can’t really figure out what makes Prince Sirki so strange until it’s directly told to them.
*NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Death’s main beef with the human race, as he thinks that he’s like an old friend that comes for you when the time is needed.
*PimpedOutDress: There has to be some
*ShadowOfImpendingDoom: As mentioned above, Corrando drives so dangerously that death follows them. Lampshaded, as they all notice this shadow and feel that it’s dangerous.
*SomeoneHasToDoIt: It’s pretty tedious, but those souls aren’t going to collect themselves.
*TogetherInDeath: Almost quite literally. [[spoiler: Grazia decides to leave with Death and has no problem with it at all. She loves him that much.]]
*WeAllDieSomeDay: At the end of the film, Death reminds everyone this, and tells them not to be afraid, to treat him like an old friend.
*WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Love can’t be understood until Death experiences it himself.
*WhoWantsToLiveForever? At the beginning of the film, Death complains that living for all eternity, and especially with his line of work, is very lonely and depressing for him.