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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305222699
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 630522269X
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: March 08, 1999
Running Time: 79 minutes
Sales Rank: 1154
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: March 30, 1934
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Decades before Brad Pitt starred in Meet Joe Black, the story of a vacationing Grim Reaper was adapted for the screen from a popular play. Frederick March, playing Death, disguises himself as a European prince and spends three days with an amenable duke at his palatial estate. Women are instantly attracted to the Lord of the Underworld, but back off when they sense his true nature--that is, all women except for the beautiful young innocent (Evelyn Venable), who is destined to marry the duke's son.
Filmed in 1934, this is more sensual than the Pitt remake, though the acting style is more mannered than some audiences may enjoy. But at only 78 minutes, the emotional content, as well as the ending, feels more real than the lengthy '90s version. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - death rocks
loved it....much better than Meet Joe Black with Brad Pitt. Andrew L Weber should make it a broadway play ala Phantom....Death Rocks ! especially on holiday !
Rating: - Good old movie
This movie is the original "Death Takes a Holiday". It has good acting and realistic sets. A great "popcorn" and date movie. Enjoyable for men and women. OK for younger viewers too - no sex or violence in this old movie.
Rating:  - Sudden Death Is God's Mercy.
We, as human beings, search for the meaning in bad things which happen to us, and we may find our belief systems just don't hold up anymore. Finding meaning is not the same as finding rewards. "During a lenghty illness, we have a chance to make life changes while the person is still alive -- and we may be much readier to 'move on' that those dealing with a sudden death. We have to consider the unexpectedness of an auto accident which takes the life of a young person, which brings anguish due to the ... Read More
Rating: - Romance Through a Glass Darkly
From the moment a strange shadow seems to be following the car lovely Evelyn Venable is riding in the mood for this beautiful and darkly romantic film is set. When death itself takes on physical form to understand better why humans fear him so, the stage is set for a rich and unusual film experience.
One of the great films of the 1930's, it is not as well-remembered as it should be. There is a strange and almost haunting atmosphere to what in the end is realy a romantic look at love itself. ... Read More
Rating: - Death take a holiday
I was only 12 when I first seen this film but I think most of us is missing the point. Death took a holiday people stopped dying and death fell in love. And instead of being separate they were related death and life and love. I loved the dialect. The words they used were English in its proper usage. The romance was in the words not the characters. I was moved by the audio of this film. I actually understood it better than the modern day Joe Black which was made for visual purposes. I love the old films they ... Read More
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