ON BORROWED TIME.

Mr. Brink (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) has recently taken Pud's parents in an auto wreck. Gramps (Lionel Barrymore) orders Brink off the property, believing Brink to be an ordinary stranger. Pud tells Gramps that when he does a good deed, he will be able to make a wish. Gramp tricks Brink into climbing the apple tree, dares him to climb the tree. While stuck in the tree, he cannot take Gramps or anyone else.

Credits

Cast
Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel
Complete catalog record
ON BORROWED TIME. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1939. 10 reels, sd., b&w. Based on the play by Paul Osborn from the novel by Lawrence Edward Watkin. Credits: Producer, Sidney Franklin; director, Harold S. Bucquet; screenplay, Alice D. G. Miller, Frank O'Neill, Claudine West; film editor, George Boemler; music score, Franz Waxman. Loew's, Inc.; 12Jul39; LP8965.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q12126734 ↗ — color, country