Director: Harold S. Bucquet

Writers: Alice D. G. Miller; Frank O'Neill; Claudine West

From novel: On Borrowed Time by Lawrence Edward Watkin

From a play by: Paul Osborn

Musical Score: Franz Waxman

Producer: Sidney Franklin

Keywords: Comedy, Drama

Mr. Brink, acting for the Grim Reaper, arrives to claim the soul of Gramps Northrup, guardian for his grandson, young orphaned Pud. Gramps plays a trick on Mr. Brink and death personified is confined to the upper reaches of a backyard apple tree; nobody can die, including those that suffer. Adaptation of the Broadway play, which lasted 321 performances in the 1938 season.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lionel Barrymore	Actor	28-Apr-1878	15-Nov-1954	Young Dr. Kildare
Beulah Bondi	Actor	3-May-1888	1-Jan-1981	Make Way for Tomorrow
Cedric Hardwicke	Actor	19-Feb-1893	6-Aug-1964	Suspicion
Una Merkel	Actor	10-Dec-1903	2-Jan-1986	Summer and Smoke
Grant Mitchell	Actor	17-Jun-1874	1-May-1957	Father Is a Prince
Nat Pendleton	Actor	9-Aug-1895	12-Oct-1967	At the Circus
Henry Travers	Actor	5-Mar-1874	18-Oct-1965	It's a Wonderful Life
Ian Wolfe	Actor	4-Nov-1896	23-Jan-1992	Bedlam

CAST

with
Lionel Barrymore	...   Julian Northrup ("Gramps")
Cedric Hardwicke	...   Mr. Brink
Beulah Bondi	...   Nellie Northrup ("Granny")
Una Merkel	...   Marcia Giles
Bobs Watson	...   Pud
Nat Pendleton	...   Mr. Grimes
Henry Travers	...   Dr. Evans
Grant Mitchell	...   Mr. Pilbeam
Eily Malyon	...   Demetria Riffle
James Burke	...   Sheriff Burlingame
Charles Waldron	...   Rev. Murdock
Ian Wolfe	...   Charles Wentworth
Phillip Terry	...   Bill Lowry
Truman Bradley	...   James Northrup

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