The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Overview
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.
Cast
Charles Laughton
Henry VIII
Robert Donat
Thomas Culpeper
Franklin Dyall
Thomas Cromwell
Miles Mander
Wriothesley
Laurence Hanray
Archbishop Cranmer
William Austin
Duke of Cleves
John Loder
Peynell
Claud Allister
Cornell
Gibb McLaughlin
The French Executioner
Merle Oberon
Anne Boleyn
Wendy Barrie
Jane Seymour
Elsa Lanchester
Anne of Cleves
Binnie Barnes
Katherine Howard
Everley Gregg
Katherine Parr
Lady Tree
The King's Nurse
Frederick Culley
Duke of Norfolk (uncredited)
Toni Edgar-Bruce
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