On Borrowed Time (1939)

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents The boy and his grandfather are inseparable Gramps is concerned for Puds 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 Puds future