Death Takes a Holiday

April 23, 2009
There were no obituary reports for Thursday, April 23.
(Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan)

I found the above listing as I logged on to check the obituaries of my hometown. It put me in mind of the old movie,"Death Takes a Holiday," which is quite dark, but a newer version has a bit more glamour.

Meet Joe Black (1998)is a modern remake of the original "Death Takes a Holiday" and it stars Brad Pitt as Death. Worth a view.

Death Takes a Holiday (1934) is a romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing, based on a play by Alberto Casella.

After years of questioning why people fear him, Death (March) takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia (Venable), the only woman unafraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father, Duke Lambert sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Given that with Death temporarily occupied, people have stopped dying, thus interrupting the natural order.