Death Takes a Holiday
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Search complete. 15 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Death Takes a Holiday".
Oct 5, 2026
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
It was a remake of a film from the '30s.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
Uh, but Death Takes a Holiday was the '30s film.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
But anyway, Meet Joe Black, that was the name of the title.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
Meet Joe Black.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
I'm trying to remember the name of the title of it.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
It was a remake of a film from the '30s, uh, uh, but Death Takes a Holiday was the '30s film.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
But anyway, Meet Joe Black, that was the name of the title.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
Meet Joe Black.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
It was a remake of a film from the '30s.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
Uh, uh, but Death Takes a Holiday was the '30s film.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
But anyway, Meet Joe Black, that was the name of the title.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
Meet Joe Black.
DuaneHOST
Lux Radio Theater, two episodes.
DuaneHOST
Death Takes a Holiday.
DuaneHOST
Starring Fredric March and Florence Eldridge.
DuaneHOST
March 22nd, 1937.
DuaneHOST
March 29th, 1937.
Cecil B. DeMilleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hollywood, California, Monday, March 22nd.
Cecil B. DeMilleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[upbeat music] The Lux Radio Theater presents Fredric March and Florence Eldridge in Death Takes a Holiday, with Kay Johnson, Arthur Byron, and Jean Lockhart.
Cecil B. DeMilleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[audience clapping] [upbeat music] Lux presents Hollywood.
Askia BookerHOST
Mm.
Natasha MiklesGUEST
Um, in my Death and Dying class, the first unit we do is on personified death, and we watch, uh, a movie from 1934 called Death Takes a Holiday, and it's a very old movie about Death deciding he's done.
Natasha MiklesGUEST
He's tired of everyone hating him, and so he goes on vacation, and no one dies for, um, several weeks while he basically goes on vacation, woos a girl, um, and then eventually gets convinced he has to go.
Natasha MiklesGUEST
That, like, that death is necessary, that death is good.
Askia BookerHOST
What's the movie called again?
Natasha MiklesGUEST
It's called Death Takes a Holiday.
Natasha MiklesGUEST
It was remade as Meet Joe Black-
Askia BookerHOST
Okay [laughs]
Joseph FinkHOST
And so having an episode like this is bizarre.
Meg BashwinerHOST
It's a nod to the 1934 film, Death Takes a Holiday, based off an Italian play of the same name, but in Italian.
Joseph FinkHOST
Well, I knew the title was, is the plot of Death Takes a Holiday have anything to do with this?
Meg BashwinerHOST
Yeah.
Meg BashwinerHOST
So death is, I've never actually seen it.