导演:米切尔·莱森
主演:弗雷德里克·马奇 伊夫琳·维纳布尔 盖伊·斯坦丁 凯瑟琳·亚历山大 吉尔·帕特里克 凯瑟琳·霍华德 肯特·泰勒 亨利·崔佛斯 G·P·亨特利 莫洛尼·奥尔森 赫克托·萨尔诺 菲利普斯·斯莫利 Helen Westley Anna De Linsky Otto Hoffman Frank Yaconelli
Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage hel Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained. [Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration. To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming. More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching. (Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk) In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it. (Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net) I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts. (Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org) See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)详情主演:冯绍峰,倪妮,钮宝平,周德华,常小婧
主演:房祖名,薛凯琪
主演:林黛,高宝树,关山,蒋光超,杨志卿
主演:吴君如,古天乐,刘浩龙,黄秋生,周柏豪,邵美君,郑欣宜,卫诗雅,卢觅雪,许绍雄,周秀娜,陈妍希,郭子健,陈奕迅,李若彤,任达华,姜皓文,蔡瀚亿,卢燕,姚家豪,王菀之,黄伟文,李拾壹,关楚耀,冼色丽,陈家乐,赵硕之,孙建弘,颜子菲,林兆霞,卢海鹏,薛凯琪,梁洛施,陈静,谢霆锋,容祖儿,阮兆祥,叶伟信,陆永,吴君祥,区永权,冯勉恒,赵薇,鹿晗,彭于晏
主演:徐娇,胡夏,鲁诺,王力宏,蔡卓妍
主演:林黛,赵雷,杨志卿,罗维
主演:乐蒂,赵雷,杨志卿,唐若青,郝履仁
主演:凌波,乐蒂,任洁,井淼,高宝树
主演:坂口健太郎,斋藤飞鸟,市川实日子,磯村アメリ,浅香航大
主演:刘浩存,宋威龙,卜冠今,郭丞,高亚麟,倪虹洁,郭柯宇,张磊
主演:Brandin,Rackley,Frankie,Cullen
主演:Orestes,Ojeda,Anna,Marie,Gutierrez,Daniel,Fernando,Eugene,Enriquez,Amanda,Amores,Mike,Austria,彭·麦地那
主演:方·基默,琼妮·威利,沃维克·戴维斯,吉恩·马修,帕特里夏·海斯,比利·巴蒂,帕特·罗奇,加万·奥赫利希,菲尔·方德卡罗,托尼·考克斯,凯文·波拉克,瑞克·欧弗顿,肯尼·贝克,萨迪·科尔,鲁斯迪·戈夫,谢丽尔·霍华德,大卫·西布利,阿什利,C.威廉姆斯,David,Steinberg,Robert,Gillibrand,Mark,Northover,Mark,Vande,Brake,Joanna,Dickens,Ruth,Greenfield,Kate,Greenfield,Edwin,Alofs,Mic
主演:米罗斯洛·巴卡,马太乌兹·巴纳斯乌克,阿德里安娜·赫勒比茨卡,克里斯托夫·切佐特,艾萨贝拉·达布鲁夫斯卡,托马斯·卡罗拉克,Jacek,Knap,Ewa,Kolasinska,Monika,Krzywkowska,Jaroslaw,Marciniak,Helena,Mazur,Ina,Sobala,塞巴斯蒂安·斯坦齐维兹
主演:威廉·鲍威尔,玛娜·洛伊,莫琳·奥沙利文,纳特·彭德尔顿,Minna,Gombell,波特·霍尔,亨利·沃兹沃思,威廉·亨利,Harold,Huber,恺撒·罗摩洛,娜塔莉·穆尔黑德,爱德华·布罗菲,Edward,Ellis,Cyril,Thornton,Will,Aubrey,William,Augustin,波莉·贝利,Arthur,Belasco,布鲁克斯·贝内迪克特,Tui,Bow,Raymond,Brown,Ruth,Channing,杰克·奇塔姆,Clay,Clement,Nick,Copel
主演:Joan,Crawford,Gene,Raymond,Franchot,Tone
主演:达尼埃尔·达里约,皮埃尔·曼冈,Raymond,Galle,Paul,Escoffier,米歇尔·迪朗,让·瓦尔,Marcel,Maupi,Paul,Velsa,Georges,Malkine,Georges,Cahuzac,Gaby,Héritier
主演:斯坦·劳莱,奥列佛·哈台
主演:弗雷德里克·马奇,伊夫琳·维纳布尔,盖伊·斯坦丁,凯瑟琳·亚历山大,吉尔·帕特里克,凯瑟琳·霍华德,肯特·泰勒,亨利·崔佛斯,G·P·亨特利,莫洛尼·奥尔森,赫克托·萨尔诺,菲利普斯·斯莫利,Helen,Westley,Anna,De,Linsky,Otto,Hoffman,Frank,Yaconelli
主演:瑙玛·希拉,弗雷德里克·马奇,查尔斯·劳顿,莫琳·奥沙利文
主演:王人美,韩兰根,袁丛美,裘逸苇,罗朋