The Resource Death takes a holiday, a Paramount picture ; produced by E. Lloyd Sheldon ; screenplay, Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman ; directed by Mitchell Leisen

Death takes a holiday, a Paramount picture ; produced by E. Lloyd Sheldon ; screenplay, Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman ; directed by Mitchell Leisen

Label
Death takes a holiday
Title
Death takes a holiday
Statement of responsibility
a Paramount picture ; produced by E. Lloyd Sheldon ; screenplay, Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman ; directed by Mitchell Leisen
Contributor
Actor
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In this pre-code classic, Death, intent on entering the human world for a holiday, takes the form of a prince visiting a family of wealthy soclialites and encounters all of the pleasures and pains that go with a flesh-and-blood existence
Member of
Cataloging source
INR
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Photographed by Charles Lang
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.D3875 2009
PerformerNote
Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Sir Guy Standing, Kent Taylor, Henry Travers, Katharine Alexander, Gail Patrick, Helen Westley, Kathleen Howard, G.P. Huntley
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1886-1957
  • 1888-1959
  • 1898-1972
  • 1897-1975
  • 1913-1993
  • 1873-1937
  • 1907-1987
  • 1874-1965
  • 1898-1981
  • 1911-1980
  • 1875 or 1879-1942
  • 1884-1956
  • 1904-1971
  • 1891-1957
  • 1891-1957
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Sheldon, E. Lloyd
  • Anderson, Maxwell
  • Lehman, Gladys
  • Leisen, Mitchell
  • March, Fredric
  • Venable, Evelyn
  • Standing, Guy
  • Taylor, Kent
  • Travers, Henry
  • Alexander, Katharine
  • Patrick, Gail
  • Westley, Helen
  • Howard, Kathleen
  • Huntley, George P.
  • Casella, Alberto
  • Casella, Alberto
  • Paramount Pictures, Inc
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
80
Series statement
Universal vault series
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Death (Personification)
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Death (Personification)
  • Man-woman relationships
Technique
live action
Label
Death takes a holiday, a Paramount picture ; produced by E. Lloyd Sheldon ; screenplay, Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman ; directed by Mitchell Leisen
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/011/235/000000000011235383.jpg
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on a play by Alberto Casella
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1934
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn567439966
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (80 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192052002
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
61112535
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)567439966
System details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, full frame (1.33:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Death takes a holiday, a Paramount picture ; produced by E. Lloyd Sheldon ; screenplay, Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman ; directed by Mitchell Leisen
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/011/235/000000000011235383.jpg
Publication
Note
  • Based on a play by Alberto Casella
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1934
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn567439966
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (80 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192052002
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
61112535
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)567439966
System details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, full frame (1.33:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Video recording format
DVD

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