Death Takes a Holiday

Death Takes a Holiday
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mitchell Leisen
Screenplay by	Maxwell Anderson Gladys Lehman
Based on	Death Takes a Holiday by Walter Ferris La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella
Produced by	E. Lloyd Sheldon Emanuel Cohen
Starring	Fredric March Evelyn Venable Guy Standing Katharine Alexander Gail Patrick Kent Taylor Helen Westley Henry Travers Kathleen Howard
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Music by	Bernhard Kaun John Leipold Milan Roder
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 23, 1934 (1934-02-23)[1]
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.