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The Private Life of Henry VIII
HE GAVE HIS WIVES A PAIN IN THE NECK, And did his necking with an axe. Henry, the Eighth Wonder of the World! And this picture...the wonder of all time!
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges of treason, Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that wedded bliss also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the tyrannical king chooses German-born Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues.
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Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges of treason, Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that wedded bliss also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the tyrannical king chooses German-born Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues.
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Cast
Charles LaughtonHenry VIII
Robert DonatThomas Culpeper
Franklin DyallThomas Cromwell
Miles ManderWriothesley
Laurence HanrayArchbishop Cranmer
William AustinDuke of Cleves
John LoderPeynellCredits
- Directed by
- Alexander Korda
- Written by
- Lajos Biró, Arthur Wimperis
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $100K
- Box office
- $1M
Production
- London Films ProductionsUnited Kingdom
United ArtistsUnited States
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