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On Borrowed Time

1939

Drama / Family / Fantasy

On Borrowed Time

1939

Drama / Family / Fantasy

Available in: 720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay

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7.7/10 · 2.5K

720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay

small town based on novel or book grandparent grandchild relationship tree wish grandfather

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Harold S. Bucquet

Top cast

Sonny Bupp as Boy in Tree

James Burke as Sheriff Burlingame

Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Brink

Henry Travers as Dr. Evans

Tech specs

720p.BLU 1080p.BLU

907.66 MB

1280*934

English 2.0

Passed

23.976 fps

1 hr 38 min

Seeds 1

1.65 GB

1480*1080

English 2.0

Passed

23.976 fps

1 hr 38 min

Seeds 10

Comments 3

diogi 232 days ago

I've been waiting for this for, literally, decades... Thank You.

RandyMantooth 232 days ago

not an obscure fact at all

karlpopper 232 days ago

Fun fact: Lionel Barrymore was the great-uncle of actress Drew Barrymore

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IMDb reviews

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9 / 10

An old man fights to keep his orphaned

barrymost

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…

9 / 10

"We're a-comin', Granny!!"

Amazing, wonderful performances in this gentle little tale about death. Mr. Brink (Sir Cedric Hardwicke, in a true actor's turn, striking not one false chord)…

7 / 10

Death And The Northrup Family

In point of fact we're all living On Borrowed Time and never know when the Grim Reaper will come calling. But apparently he's got a certain liking for the…

In point of fact we're all living On Borrowed Time and never know when the Grim Reaper will come calling. But apparently he's got a certain liking for the Northrup family because he makes a lot of calls on them in a short span of time in this film.His first call is on Truman Bradley who is a doctor and a widower with a small son, Bobs Watson. Bradley's death leaves Watson to be raised by his grandparents Lionel Barrymore and Beulah Bondi. Although they don't know it, they've got a magic apple tree in the Northrup backyard, one where if Barrymore wishes a party is stuck in that tree. When death in the form of Cedric Hardwicke makes another call on the Northrup family, Barrymore tricks Hardwicke into climbing that tree and he's stuck there. So like in Death Takes A Holiday while Hardwicke is stuck in the tree, a lot of people start living more than they should be off their allotted time. Running for 321 performances during the 1938 season on Broadway, Paul Osborn's play featured Dudley Digges and Frank Conroy in the roles of Grandpa Northrup and Mr. Brink (Death) respectively. Several years earlier Lionel Barrymore did a version of the David Belasco play, The Return Of Peter Grimm for the screen. That part also called for Barrymore to do many scenes with a child actor, in that film George Breakston. Louis B. Mayer must have remembered that film and thought that this play would also provide a perfect role for the curmudgeonly Barrymore's character and a child. In fact the best thing about the film is the on screen chemistry between Watson and Barrymore.Character actress Eily Malyon who probably is best known for playing the parish housekeeper Mrs. Carmody in Going My Way has a far less sympathetic role here. She's an aunt who would like custody of young Mr. Watson because of the hefty insurance policy that Barrymore and Bondi are using to raise him. Nobody likes her, but considering the characters involved in this particular play, she meets an unusual fate.After 71 years On Borrowed Time still retains its charm as a fantasy and Lionel Barrymore's performance is as fresh today as it was when it was filmed.

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