In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, that’s difficult. 

1939 film: 
On Borrowed Time (1939)

Release date: 
July 6, 1939

Cast: 
Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Bobs Watson, Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton, Henry Travers, Grant Mitchell, Eily Malyon, James Burke, Ian Wolfe, Phillip Terry, Sonny Bupp (uncredited)

Studio: 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director: 
Harold S. Bucquet

Plot:
When Pud’s (Watson) parents die, he goes to live with his grandparents Julian Northrup (Barrymore) and Granny Nellie (Bondi). Because of Pud’s inheritance, his aunt Demetria (Malyon) tries to adopt Pud using his grandfather’s bad influence as an excuse. When Death, named Mr. Brink (Hardwicke), visits to take Gramps, Gramps traps Death in a tree so he can stay with Pud and keep him away from Aunt Demetria.

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