On Borrowed Time
The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen
1939 | 99m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Harold S. Bucquet |
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| Writer: | Alice D.G. Miller, Frank O'Neill, Claudine West, Lawrence Edward Watkin |
| Staring: |
| Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 07, 1939 |
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| Director: | Harold S. Bucquet |
| Writer: | Alice D.G. Miller, Frank O'Neill, Claudine West, Lawrence Edward Watkin |
| Genres: | Fantasy |
| Keywords | grandparent grandchild relationship, small town, tree, grandfather, wish, aunt, grandparents, love, inheritance, grim reaper, orphan, housekeeper, trapped, death, heartbreak, grandson, elderly couple, apple tree, child custody, troublemaker, grandfather grandson relationship |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lionel Barrymore | Julian Northrup aka Gramps |
| Cedric Hardwicke | Mr. Brink |
| Beulah Bondi | Nellie Northrup aka Granny |
| Una Merkel | Marcia Giles |
| Bobs Watson | Pud Northrup |
| Nat Pendleton | Mr. Grimes |
| Henry Travers | Dr. Evans |
| Grant Mitchell | Mr. Pilbeam |
| Eily Malyon | Demetria Riffle |
| James Burke | Sheriff Burlingame |
| Charles Waldron | Reverend Murdock |
| Ian Wolfe | Charles Wentworth |
| Phillip Terry | Bill Lowry |
| Truman Bradley | James Northrup |
| Dorothy Adams | Florist (uncredited) |
| Barbara Bedford | Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited) |
| Sonny Bupp | Boy in Tree (uncredited) |
| Hans Conried | Man in Convertible (uncredited) |
| Howard Hickman | Chief Surgeon (uncredited) |
| Dickie Jones | Boy in Tree (uncredited) |
| George Lloyd | Chief of Police (uncredited) |
| Ted Oliver | State Trooper (uncredited) |
| Doris Rankin | Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited) |
| Harold Schlickenmayer | First Stretcher Bearer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul Osborn | Theatre Play |
| Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Harold S. Bucquet | Director |
| Alice D.G. Miller | Screenplay |
| Frank O'Neill | Screenplay |
| Claudine West | Screenplay |
| Lawrence Edward Watkin | Novel |
| Dolly Tree | Costumer |
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Director of Photography |
| George Boemler | Editor |
| John S. Detlie | Assistant Art Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sidney Franklin | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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9.0
An old man fights to keep his orphaned grandson from being taken away by a scheming relative, and things get even more difficult when Death comes calling...in the form of the wry and gentlemanly Sir Cedric Hardwicke! The film is well-done and packs a definite emotional wallop. There is a very high ... standard of acting throughout, and the chemistry between Lionel Barrymore, as the crotchety grandfather, and Bobs Watson, as little Pud, is especially good. Even when confined to a wheelchair, Barrymore's thespian talent still shines through.
Jun 23, 2021