---
title: 'Death Takes a Holiday (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mitchell Leisen'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 79
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-takes-a-holiday-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025037/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

1934 · 79 min · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Death Takes a Holiday is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing. It is based on the 1924 Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella (1891–1957), as adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mitchell Leisen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-leisen)
- **Screenplay:** [Maxwell Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/maxwell-anderson), [Gladys Lehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-lehman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Kaun](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-kaun)
- **Producer:** [E. Lloyd Sheldon](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-lloyd-sheldon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lang)

## Cast

- [Fredric March](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredric-march)
- [Evelyn Venable](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-venable)
- [Henry Travers](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-travers)
- [Gail Patrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/gail-patrick)
- [Kathleen Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-howard)
- [Helen Westley](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-westley)
- [Guy Standing](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-standing)
- [Kent Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/kent-taylor)

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