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米切尔·莱森
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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 WestleyAnna De LinskyOtto HoffmanFrank Yaconelli
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Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves a...展开nd immortality” – Emily DickinsonIf 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)收起
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Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mo
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Joe Thunderhorse, a Sioux Indian who has become the wealthy star of a Wild West show, returns home
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In the Mohave Desert, Olga runs a gas station, lunch counter, and auto camp with her younger siste
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Joe Thunderhorse, a Sioux Indian who has become the wealthy star of a Wild West show, returns home
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十七世纪的瑞典女王克里斯汀，为了逃避政治婚姻，她在乡间骑马时找到了心上人——新任西班牙大使安东尼奥。为了进一步了解他的底细，克里斯汀乔装成男性打扮到安东尼奥下榻的旅馆。两人结交成好友之后，女王才表明真正身份，二人以情侣关系共渡两天缠绵时光。其后，克里斯汀在皇宫正式接见安东尼奥，但私下仍秘密幽会，可惜他们的爱情无法见容于众，克里斯汀虽然决定为了爱情放弃皇位亦无法阻止悲剧的发生。
