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The Private Life of Henry VIII is a 1933 British film directed and co-produced by Alexander Korda and starring Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Merle Oberon and Elsa Lanchester. It was written by Lajos Bíró and Arthur Wimperis for London Film Productions, Korda's production company.
The Private Life of Henry VIII: Directed by Alexander Korda. With Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander. King Henry VIII marries five more times after his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon.
3 days ago · Henry VIII, the notorious English monarch with a tumultuous personal life and political reign, forever changed England’s history through his break from Rome and establishment of the Church of England.
The Private Life of Henry VIII. Directed by Alexander Korda • 1933 • United Kingdom. Charles Laughton gulps beer and chomps on mutton, in his first of many iconic screen roles, as King Henry VIII, the ultimate anti-husband.
Alexander Korda’s The Private Life of Henry VIII (London Films, 1933) is probably best remembered by cinema historians as the first British film to challenge Hollywood at its own game, both artistically and at the box office.
The Private Life of Henry VIII. Charles Laughton gulps beer and chomps on mutton, in his first of many iconic screen roles, as King Henry VIII, the ultimate anti-husband.
English king Henry VIII has over-ambitious, son-less second wife Anne Boleyn beheaded so he can marry sweet Jane Seymour. Alas, heir Edward's birth proves fatal for her. Next Anne of Cleves, a diplomatic choice from Germany, proves romantically unacceptable, but agrees to a divorce.
The Private Life of Henry VIII. NEW. Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII (Charles Laughton) goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn (Merle Oberon), his...
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Jane bears the king's long hoped for son and heir, but dies in childbirth. Thomas Culpepper, one of the king's squires, is in love with Katherine Howard, a lady of the court who met Henry on the day of Anne Boleyn's death and is ambitious to be queen herself one day.
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.
