- BFI identifier41936
- Date1933-10-24 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom, USA
- Production company
- SynopsisHistorical comedy. The story of Henry VIII's numerous marriages. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThere is a full stop at the end of the title in the onscreen credits. The following statement regarding the story appears after the opening credits: 'Henry VIII had six wives. Catherine of Aragon was the first: but her story is of no particular interest - she was a respectable woman. So Henry divorced her. He then married Anne Boleyn. This marriage also was a failure - but not for the same reason.'
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Alexander Korda
Presents: London Film Productions
Production Company: United Artists [uncredited]
view all - CastCharles Laughton (Henry VIII)
Robert Donat (Thomas Culpeper)
Franklin Dyall (Thomas Cromwell)
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The Private Life of Henry VIII. (Original)
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Script - Script type: Release script - SCR-14569
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-41936
Medium pressbook held. See LONDON FILM PRODUCTIONS List (A/003), & CINEMA EPHEMERA: REGIONS (Oxford) & LONDON (Leicester Square Theatre) & PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY MATERIAL List (United Artists).
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Original Polish poster created in 1955 twenty two years after the UK release. Henry is seen holding his baby and heir to the throne. - PD-22282
Poster: film - Original Polish poster created in 1955 twenty two years after the UK release. Henry is seen holding his baby and heir to the throne. - SPD-3616594
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Work - 41936 - 1933-10-24 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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