On Borrowed Time 12/30/25

For the sensitive, this high-toned tale of Death trapped in a tree can be an emotional sledgehammer, with enough weeping and wailing for ten sad stories. To avoid being transported to the great beyond, Lionel Barrymore uses a magic tree to neutralize Mr. Brink — Death Himself. But that means that nobody dies anywhere, leaving thousands in a state of agony. Sir Cedric Hardwick is a cultured bringer of Doom; Beulah Bondi and Henry Travers co-star. The little boy in the story is Bobs ‘Waterworks’ Watson, a child prodigy who can cry gallons of tears and not perish from dehydration. Mr. Brink is no friend to you and me — watch out for that tree! On Blu-ray from The Warner Archive Collection.
12/30/25