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!
1933-08-17 | 97 minutes
Plot Summary
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.
Cast
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Charles LaughtonHenry VIII
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Robert DonatThomas Culpeper
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Franklin DyallThomas Cromwell
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Miles ManderWriothesley
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Laurence HanrayArchbishop Cranmer
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William AustinDuke of Cleves
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John LoderPeynell
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Claud AllisterCornell
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Gibb McLaughlinThe French Executioner
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Merle OberonAnne Boleyn
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Wendy BarrieJane Seymour
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Elsa LanchesterAnne of Cleves
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Binnie BarnesKatherine Howard
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Everley GreggKatherine Parr
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Lady TreeThe King's Nurse
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Frederick CulleyDuke of Norfolk (uncredited)
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Toni Edgar-BruceSpectator at Executions (uncredited)
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Carry On Henry
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Henry V
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The Young Victoria
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The Prince and the Pauper
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
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The Lost King
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The Last Rifleman
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A Man for All Seasons
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The Prisoner of Zenda
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Barry Lyndon
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Persuasion
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Queen of Katwe
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Pride & Prejudice
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Les Misérables
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Oranges and Sunshine
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Mayerling
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Taras Bulba
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Darkest Hour
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The Lion in Winter