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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.
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Ann... HE TOOK THEIR HANDS IN MARRIAGE AND THEIR HEADS IN DIVORCE!
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 first major international success is a raucous, entertaining, even poignant peek into the boudoirs of the infamous king and his six wives.
The film follows the private life of the infamous 16th century British monarch, King Henry the VIII, and his misadventures in his various marriages.
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII (Charles Laughton) goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn (Merle Oberon), his second wife, executed on charges of treason,...
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- History, Drama
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.
