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- 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.'
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- 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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Title
The Private Life of Henry VIII. (Original)
Oh Henry (Working)
Henry VIII (Working)
The Private Life of Henry VIII (Help search)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/6F1A-DA91-EC76-64F1-34F5-1Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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- Film / Video
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsDocument: report - BBFC-1-2-173
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
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-dfi
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-1ns
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-iew
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-iev
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-ieu
view all - Articles
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes January 2019
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +The Private Life of Henry VIII.
Work - 41936 - 1933-10-24 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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