This screenplay is excellent. Anyone who thinks there are silly, non-historical elements just don't get it. I think humans have always been vain and stupid. I think gender relations go back to cave-man days! This movie is brilliantly showing the King as just a human man. And Korda was famous for portraying females as intelligent, perceptive, and independent- despite so-called cultural norms. Great story telling is timeless. We see the truth, even if it is wrapped up in Hollywood splendor.
He was one of the finest actors ever were to grace the silver screen. Acting was his passion, however his endeavors on screen were a blend of his personal artistry welded a science in study molded thru strict discipline.. He carried it off to a tee actually becoming whom he played... bringing history to life for whatever present day granted such a glorious reunion with the past. I greatly admire his performances, whether the hero or fiend, a rarity for myself who usually does not care to see the switch from dark to Light in a favorite actor.
When work was dried up he would walk the streets of Scarborough, if memory serves, chap on doors and read passages from the bible to residents. To keep him "match fit" so to speak. It can easily be argued that he is the greatest British actor of all time. And his shot at directing is a masterpiece.@@kingdomfreedom8323
Anyone going to the cinema in 1933 to see this was certainly getting a treat for their money. A stunning and sumptuous depiction of life in Henry Vlll's court and sprinkled with many stars of the time. A superb production with a tour de force performance from Laughton at its heart.
Фильм 1933года посмотрела в 2023,через 90 лет!!!Получила огромное удовольствие от постановки,игры актёров,костюмов и декорации.Это настоящий шедевр.100 очков даст современным пустым"однодневкам" с их спецэффнктами и компьютерной обработкой.Фильм будет великолепно смотреться ещё 100 лет.
Seeing this movie in the 70s was what made my lifelong love of English history a reality, and although not comepletely true to that History, it was superbly acted by all involved, IMO
@@glorialange6446 I agree Gloria. I've always loved the history of the Tudors. I think it's because so much happened during the reign of Henry VIII, didn't it? And what happened changed England forever. He broke with Rome and founded the Church of England so he could divorce Katherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. He had Sir Thomas Moore executed because Thomas refused to sign the document saying that Henry VIII was the Head of the Church. And then, after only 3 years of marriage to Anne, he had her beheaded because she didn't give him the son he so desperately wanted. It's ironic that Henry VIII was so determined to have a son considering that his daughter Elizabeth I was such a brilliant Queen, ruthless but still brilliant. It was an amazing period in British history.
Yeah, like there’s so many things that she has done like, “no particular interest” she literally Was in full armor, heavily pregnant, defeating Scotland, while Henry was losing in France She has many interesting shit during her 24 years marriage to Henry and was a strong woman
One of the finest n greatest character actor of all time that England has ever produced during golden era.Born for this particular role followed by Mutiny on the Bounty(1935).Thnx for loading high class vintage movie.
An accurate depiction of a selfish man willing to do what he can to get what he wants. The best depiction yet of Henry V111. A revolting human, glad there are good men out there mind.
The real story is fascinating. Laughton is the best to portray the King by far. Imagine having to marry a man with a huge ulcerated sore in his leg (early injury- he fell from a Horse). The sore never healed, and the rotted flesh smelled so bad that the Court had to burn spices and use perfume constantly. The Director Korda's brother Vincent did the sets- great stuff! TY.
Actually I believe this is inaccurate. If it was an open wound it would have contracted an infection. I believe it was a cyst. It could be on the knee, calf, inner groin, tail bone. It is usually a closed looking boil. It fills with duct fluid, blood, puss, and can get a combination of other bodily fluid like sweat…. It smells worse than a dead body. It can be smelt on a person walking around with it… an off odor. periodically it will burst to drain out. The stench is profound and ungodly. The reason for a knock your sock off smell is because the gland was a swelling packet of rotting puss and blood for days, weeks, months and even years!! It’s a match because it’s a gland and zero chances of this stuff making it to the blood stream. You can lance it as much as you want.
Zapewniam że nie jest Pan sam.Czasy Tudorów są tak fascynujące że mają wielu interesujących się tą epoką.Również ja z niekłamaną przyjemnością interesuje się historią Angli.Pozdrawiam z Polski.
Good movie, but like most historical movies, it is not exactly accurate. Queen Katherine of Aragon was King Henry's wife for about 20 years and was not uninteresting. She basically led the action against an invasion while King Henry was away. Also, first, Jane Seymour died two weeks after giving birth, so she was still alive when Henry first saw his son. And Katherine Howard was a teenager when Henry married her. But, then, the TV series, The Tudors messed with history, too, and we should know better these days. Aside from The Tudors combining Henry's two sisters, Margaret and Mary into one and having that one marry a man neither married, at least Charles Laughton bears a resemblance to Henry.
Lol, I was watching the opening credits, wondering where Catherine of Aragon's name was. And then it shows that her story was of no particular interest. That is such an incorrect comment I laughed. Dam 1933!
His two most important wives were barely mentioned. The film wanted to focus mainly on Anne of Cleves and Kathryn Howard, two of his least important wives. It is what it is.
Alexander Korda directs Charles Laughton..... Genius directs the finest screen actor ever. What a movie, what a performance. My god these guys knew what they were doing, Sublime & ageless. Thank you so much for uploading this.
Amei kkkk, esse final entao kkk, gostei do jeito do ator que interpretou Henrique guloso, raivoso e atrapalhado a cena dele com Ana de cleevs foi a melhor
Because in his private life he really was a Quasimodo. Great actor. I like him as much as Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Sydney Greenstreet. Old English theatrical school.
They don't go into it in this film, but Catherine Parr came very close to losing her head also. She got too involved in Henry's affairs when it came to religion, which Henry did not approve. In the end, she had to grovel herself back into Henry's good graces, thus saving her own life. She outlived Henry by a year and eight months.
Interesting to see in color, in spite of the fact that it's fictionalized into oblivion. If you can temporarily ignore the fact that the real Henry was a monumental a-hole, the actor playing him here is adorable, all pudgy and whatnot. 😄
Фильм имеет познавательное значение! Мы переносимся в 16- й век и узнаём Придворную жизнь Короля Англии - Генриха Восьмого ! Он действительно был любителем чревоугодия, страдал гипертонией и болезнями ❤ сердца. Как лидер страны, он мало занимался государственными делами, а в личной жизни у него был сплошной хаос - шесть раз женился и не испытал настоящей любви! Сюжет фильма построен на реалиях, красивые костюмы, застолья в 16: м веке притягивают нас к этим историческим обстоятельствам. Фильм полезен и школьникам, не только взрослым, потому, что в те времена заключали соседние страны брачный союз для мирного сосуществования двух государств. 😮 🎉🎉🎉
Ahahahhahaha😂😂😂😂😂😂 Oh poor guy he fell in love 10000000000 times and every women was wrong. 😂😂😂😂😂 that is so misogynistic. We are women, shouldn't we vouch for other women too?
Well, i imagine it was: “ la folie à la cour d' Angleterre” at that time. This king was ....mad... and all his subjects had to follow, follow, follow… this is what we see here.
I was so happy to find this as this was the first time. I saw this movie in color and it makes it feel more alive. One of the reasons why I love watching this movie is because different characters and different scenes have their own story and it's really funny. From the copes in the kitchen to the people, getting everything ready for the marriage bed was funny. Then nanny as well, trying to help. This was honestly a great movie.
Love the interaction between Charles Laughton, and his real wife, Elsa Lanchester. A marriage of more convenience than anything. In later interviews, long after Laughton's death, Lanchester confessed that in all their years of marriage together, it was never consummated. 🤣
@@XoMyLauren Yes, there was an interesting story by Scotty Bowers, who wrote that Laughton liked making 💩 sandwiches from young men Scotty "secured" for him. Apparently a true story.
Automobiles today are perfect and good. But in the 1930's they were exciting and interesting. Wild designs from Europe and the World. Films are the same. You cannot complain about modern GM or Toyota, but a Bugatti Type 34 or a rightous Duesenberg are works of art and beauty. Same with film. Alex Korda and Charles Laughton are just magnificent. I loved the first 20 minutes of this film. Exposition mixed with comedy and intense drama.
Thank you CCC. Watching Charles Laughton in ANYTHING is a treat. The historical accuracy of this movie is more often skewed than not, but he's so good I don't care!
How is it off? By visual, or by that of character personality. It isn't exactly feasible to expect someone to know everything about a random date in time hardly any research tells of.
It's awful. I've seen color pictures from the 1930s, and photographs plenty from the 1930s-1920s-1910s-& 1900s. I saw one in Los Angeles in 1931, 2 years bwfore this film, neat variety of automobiles in different colors, beautiful fashion, gorgeous homes, orange-red taxis, and famous showcases.
I thoroughly enjoyed this!!! Charles Laughton was an excellent actor… he portrayed King Henry perfectly! His wife played the part great too! Whenever I see films with Laughton eating it kind of disgusts me now! After hearing of his “sandwich fetish” I can’t get that thought out of my head 🥺
The only good thing about this film is Charles Laughton as Henry V111. There wasn’t a block at Anne’s execution as she was topped with a sword. She’d have been kneeling upright. And Seymour didn’t marry the king on the same day as Anne’s execution. I could go on. I’ll leave it there.
The thing that puzzled me was that all these inaccuracies and interpretations were greenlit by a British movie board!!! You would have thought they would have been sticklers for accuracy in retelling a period of their own history! Yes, CL was great at this role, but I couldn't stop thinking that I was watching a comedic interpretation of the king's "private life."
She also was innocent of all charges but the film insinuates that she ‘wasn’t respectable’ and potentially guilty. Only Kathryn Howard (who wouldn’t have been at court in 1536) says Anne is innocent.
If it was colourised in the conventional sense of the time then they would have come along and pained each slide of film individually. So I don't think that would come into it, though it is strange. The only logical explanation I can think of is that Dye was expensive at that time in history, so most people wouldn't have colourful cloths. Or a cock up while painting the film 😂
3 oscar winners and nominee Oberon - lanchester , Donat and of course Charles . This film helped save the British film industry and the Yanks loved it , in my opinion Laughton was Britain's best ever actor - way ahead of Olivier et all . Laughton also taught acting classes and even the great Ustinov sat at his feet . Charles Laughton England's greatest ever King
The only film about Henry VIII where he looks like his portraits.
Well, the 1977 version played by Keith Mitchell was pretty good too.
Don't forget the bbc with the 1970 Version of Henry the eighth and his sixth wives.
@@jimenagarcia32019 good, but doesn't looks like the portraits, only like someone with a stuffed costume, but very good performance.
@@justingame4459 I like this version, but the closer performer could looks like Henry was Orson Welles.
Tolle schauspielleistung
This screenplay is excellent. Anyone who thinks there are silly, non-historical elements just don't get it. I think humans have always been vain and stupid. I think gender relations go back to cave-man days! This movie is brilliantly showing the King as just a human man. And Korda was famous for portraying females as intelligent, perceptive, and independent- despite so-called cultural norms. Great story telling is timeless. We see the truth, even if it is wrapped up in Hollywood splendor.
マジでホルバインの肖像画通りのヘンリー8世でびっくりした！
Dang Anne of Cleves nailed that thick German accent.
He won an Oscar for that performance
Thank you for showing this movie! Charles Laughton was a great actor!
Is there a movie with Charles Laughton fighting Robert Newton ?
@@Charlesputnam-bn9zy
Yes, there is ! 'Jamaica Inn', by Alfred Hitchcock, 1939, which Laughton also had produced.
@@gunterangel
Thank you for the data.
Fun Film Fact
Charles Laughton (Henry VIII) and Elsa Lanchester (Anne of Cleves) 53:50 were actually married to each other when this film was made.
@MrMousley Thanks for sharing! Its great to read all these fun facts in comments! Cheers to you from CCC!
But Charles Laughton was Gay wasn't he ?
@@joeblogs-vx4ep How dare you!
Bisexual @@joeblogs-vx4ep
@@joeblogs-vx4ep Yes, and he enjoyed scat play. Elsa knew all about it and even made comments to the press on at least one occasion.
Old movies rule! Screw the new ones, man!
@hamburgareable Right place to be!
@@CultCinemaClassics❤🎉❤❤❤
Anna Kletskaya is the smartest
I don't know why, but I find watching Charles Laughton's acting exilirating. Thanks for the upload!
Hobsons Choice was also very good.
He was one of the finest actors ever were to grace the silver screen. Acting was his passion, however his endeavors on screen were a blend of his personal artistry welded a science in study molded thru strict discipline.. He carried it off to a tee actually becoming whom he played... bringing history to life for whatever present day granted such a glorious reunion with the past.
I greatly admire his performances, whether the hero or fiend, a rarity for myself who usually does not care to see the switch from dark to Light in a favorite actor.
Yes, it sure was. He, John Mills, and the women playing his oldest daughter were all wonderful.@@Michael-yd5ry
Perhaps because he found his roles exhilarating?
When work was dried up he would walk the streets of Scarborough, if memory serves, chap on doors and read passages from the bible to residents. To keep him "match fit" so to speak. It can easily be argued that he is the greatest British actor of all time. And his shot at directing is a masterpiece.@@kingdomfreedom8323
Anyone going to the cinema in 1933 to see this was certainly getting a treat for their money. A stunning and sumptuous depiction of life in Henry Vlll's court and sprinkled with many stars of the time. A superb production with a tour de force performance from Laughton at its heart.
I was going to sugest Peter Ustinov should have played the part, of King H8, but realized he would just been a child.
Фильм 1933года посмотрела в 2023,через 90 лет!!!Получила огромное удовольствие от постановки,игры актёров,костюмов и декорации.Это настоящий шедевр.100 очков даст современным пустым"однодневкам" с их спецэффнктами и компьютерной обработкой.Фильм будет великолепно смотреться ещё 100 лет.
Seeing this movie in the 70s was what made my lifelong love of English history a reality, and although not comepletely true to that History, it was superbly acted by all involved, IMO
@@glorialange6446 I agree Gloria. I've always loved the history of the Tudors. I think it's because so much happened during the reign of Henry VIII, didn't it? And what happened changed England forever. He broke with Rome and founded the Church of England so he could divorce Katherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. He had Sir Thomas Moore executed because Thomas refused to sign the document saying that Henry VIII was the Head of the Church. And then, after only 3 years of marriage to Anne, he had her beheaded because she didn't give him the son he so desperately wanted. It's ironic that Henry VIII was so determined to have a son considering that his daughter Elizabeth I was such a brilliant Queen, ruthless but still brilliant. It was an amazing period in British history.
You are so right !!!
The opening info about Catherine of aragon couldn't be more wrong. She was an amazingly strong woman and queen, the public loved her.
This movie was not historically accurate in many ways. It took a lot of artistic license.
Yeah. This movie was entertaining and very cheeky not accurate!
That info was written by Henry 8th himself
Yes, I agree 100%.
Yeah, like there’s so many things that she has done like, “no particular interest” she literally Was in full armor, heavily pregnant, defeating Scotland, while Henry was losing in France She has many interesting shit during her 24 years marriage to Henry and was a strong woman
May 2024 who's with me?
I am and I can't believe how much I am enjoying it. Charles Laughton hasn't dated at all in the part. Keith Michell must share first place now.
I'm here
One of the finest n greatest character actor of all time that England has ever produced during golden era.Born for this particular role followed by Mutiny on the Bounty(1935).Thnx for loading high class vintage movie.
It was made 91 years ago.
An accurate depiction of a selfish man willing to do what he can to get what he wants. The best depiction yet of Henry V111. A revolting human, glad there are good men out there mind.
The Actress playing Anne Boleyn is beautiful 😍
Merel Oberon
The real story is fascinating. Laughton is the best to portray the King by far. Imagine having to marry a man with a huge ulcerated sore in his leg (early injury- he fell from a Horse). The sore never healed, and the rotted flesh smelled so bad that the Court had to burn spices and use perfume constantly. The Director Korda's brother Vincent did the sets- great stuff! TY.
Oh those poor women
Actually I believe this is inaccurate. If it was an open wound it would have contracted an infection. I believe it was a cyst. It could be on the knee, calf, inner groin, tail bone.
It is usually a closed looking boil. It fills with duct fluid, blood, puss, and can get a combination of other bodily fluid like sweat…. It smells worse than a dead body. It can be smelt on a person walking around with it… an off odor. periodically it will burst to drain out. The stench is profound and ungodly. The reason for a knock your sock off smell is because the gland was a swelling packet of rotting puss and blood for days, weeks, months and even years!! It’s a match because it’s a gland and zero chances of this stuff making it to the blood stream. You can lance it as much as you want.
His coffin burst and the smell was appalling, reportedly...sums up this abominable man!
But Charles L is great
Ain't no one with that perfect Harry face than Laughton
@@Manliadon How true. He looks like many of the King's pics.
I’ve never seen a better actor; simply brilliant
Robert Donat?
@@josephdunphy940 He too is a wonderful actor!
Zapewniam że nie jest Pan sam.Czasy Tudorów są tak fascynujące że mają wielu interesujących się tą epoką.Również ja z niekłamaną przyjemnością interesuje się historią Angli.Pozdrawiam z Polski.
Despite being about history depiction , the movie becomes a history itself
That scene with him playing cards with Anne of Cleves is so funny. :)
Elsa Lanchester also played the Bride of Frankenstein and was married to Charles Laughton
I think King Henry V111 would've loved to have seen this movie. Brilliant Cast .🌌🇬🇧💜🏴🙏🏻🥀
🤣🤣🤣
I imagine it would be quite a bewitching experience.
Dangerous to be married to Harry.
Good movie, but like most historical movies, it is not exactly accurate. Queen Katherine of Aragon was King Henry's wife for about 20 years and was not uninteresting. She basically led the action against an invasion while King Henry was away.
Also, first, Jane Seymour died two weeks after giving birth, so she was still alive when Henry first saw his son. And Katherine Howard was a teenager when Henry married her.
But, then, the TV series, The Tudors messed with history, too, and we should know better these days. Aside from The Tudors combining Henry's two sisters, Margaret and Mary into one and having that one marry a man neither married, at least Charles Laughton bears a resemblance to Henry.
Lol, I was watching the opening credits, wondering where Catherine of Aragon's name was. And then it shows that her story was of no particular interest. That is such an incorrect comment I laughed. Dam 1933!
Anyone in 2024???
Me!
The story of Catherine and Henry 8th only changed the course of history but according to this film was of no importance.
Yes that was awkward, to say the least.
His two most important wives were barely mentioned. The film wanted to focus mainly on Anne of Cleves and Kathryn Howard, two of his least important wives. It is what it is.
One of the greatest actors of his generation.
The art lives on, long after the artist is gone. Great movie!
Rest and peace 🕊️ Queen Anne Boleyn🕊️
He was absolutely brilliant in this movie as he is in other productions. Love his talent. 🇦🇺💕💐
Enrique viii es el fundador y cabeza de la iglesia anglicana rompiendo con la iglesia de Cristo!
Alexander Korda directs Charles Laughton..... Genius directs the finest screen actor ever. What a movie, what a performance. My god these guys knew what they were doing, Sublime & ageless.
Thank you so much for uploading this.
Charles Laughton is the best... thanks for uploading 😅
The one playing Anne Boleyn was a phenomenal actress
The beautiful Merel Oberon
Amei kkkk, esse final entao kkk, gostei do jeito do ator que interpretou Henrique guloso, raivoso e atrapalhado a cena dele com Ana de cleevs foi a melhor
Anne and Henry the actors were married in real life
I wish someone would upload Mr Laughton’s ‘Hunchback Of Notre Dame’. His is the best and most moving portrayal of Quasimodo I’ve ever seen.
Siiii sarebbe bellissimo!🍀
L' ho comprato tempo fa! L' avevo visto tante volte da bambina.
Sancutary sanctuary! Che brividi!!
The movie you mention is in Film Gorillas along with many other good ones. 🐶
Yes .
Because in his private life he really was a Quasimodo. Great actor. I like him as much as Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Sydney Greenstreet. Old English theatrical school.
They don't go into it in this film, but Catherine Parr came very close to losing her head also. She got too involved in Henry's affairs when it came to religion, which Henry did not approve. In the end, she had to grovel herself back into Henry's good graces, thus saving her own life. She outlived Henry by a year and eight months.
29:44 この時代の食事事情が興味深い。ナイフとフォーク🍴が普及する前だったのですね。
Charles Laughton is the best Henry VIII ever !!!! What an incredible performance.
Catherine was a teenager.
Only 17 when she was executed.
They must have had a blast filming this, it's hilarious! Can't believe I'd never got round to watching it before now.
I know why, because movies from 1933 in random categories you like aren't going to show up anytime soon.
Kate is such a fool in this film. She wants her cake and eat it too.
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THS MOVIE SHOW HENRY LIKE A CLOWN...! HAHAHA
A great film for a Sunday afternoon Charles laughton another fantastic English actor unbelievable country.Great scenes and costumes.
90 yr old film. Its in good nick for that age.
Interesting to see in color, in spite of the fact that it's fictionalized into oblivion. If you can temporarily ignore the fact that the real Henry was a monumental a-hole, the actor playing him here is adorable, all pudgy and whatnot. 😄
a real freak, not a king.
My word! Is this the movie that inspired Mel Brooks to go into writing comedy?! This movie is hilarious!
This actor portrays him quite well. He d does look like the old coot too.
Фильм имеет познавательное
значение! Мы переносимся
в 16- й век и узнаём Придворную
жизнь Короля Англии - Генриха Восьмого !
Он действительно был любителем чревоугодия, страдал
гипертонией и болезнями ❤ сердца. Как лидер страны, он
мало занимался государственными делами, а в личной жизни у него был сплошной хаос - шесть раз женился и не испытал настоящей
любви! Сюжет фильма построен
на реалиях, красивые костюмы,
застолья в 16: м веке притягивают нас к этим историческим обстоятельствам.
Фильм полезен и школьникам, не только взрослым, потому, что
в те времена заключали соседние страны брачный союз
для мирного сосуществования двух государств. 😮 🎉🎉🎉
Есть сериал ,,Тюдоры,,. Очень красивый фильм, замечательная игра актеров, великолепные костюмы.
Кошмарный лубок. Из исторического там только заглавие. Кастинг один из худших.
@@ArmanLF А мне нравятся
костюмы, застолья, танцы
того времени и прочее! Сравниваю
картины с учебником истории, а в фильме они оживают! 🙋
Ahahahhahaha😂😂😂😂😂😂 Oh poor guy he fell in love 10000000000 times and every women was wrong. 😂😂😂😂😂 that is so misogynistic. We are women, shouldn't we vouch for other women too?
Хорошо сказано! Я должен с вами полностью согласиться.
Khorosho skazano! YA dolzhen s vami polnost'yu soglasit'sya.
Well, i imagine it was: “ la folie à la cour d' Angleterre” at that time.
This king was ....mad... and all his subjects had to follow, follow, follow… this is what we see here.
Oh, I loved Anne of Cleves in this one!
Wonderful classic.beautiful costume design.great cast.
I am holding an entire large head of romaine lettuce in my fist like a turkey leg and eating it just like Henry VIII while watching this.
@maryfreebed9886 😂😂😂 What an experience! Ill give it a try myself! 😂😂😂
Poor dude just wanted a legitimate boy and destroyed 6 women in the process 😒
Weird. Is this comedy movie
めっちゃ肖像画そっくりやん！！
Undoubtedly the Finest Actor of anytime. Who ever can top Charles won't be human ! ❤
🌬💀🏴☠️
Robert Donat & Charles Laughton two of the greatest actors there has ever been, & both in the same film superb. 👍x
I was so happy to find this as this was the first time. I saw this movie in color and it makes it feel more alive.
One of the reasons why I love watching this movie is because different characters and different scenes have their own story and it's really funny.
From the copes in the kitchen to the people, getting everything ready for the marriage bed was funny. Then nanny as well, trying to help.
This was honestly a great movie.
8:20 wow, excellent introduction......Mr Laughton a genius of an actor❤
It was indeed, he was. His stance was copying the painting by Hans Holbein.
The actress for Catherine Howard is too old, she was 17 in real life.
Love the interaction between Charles Laughton, and his real wife, Elsa Lanchester. A marriage of more convenience than anything. In later interviews, long after Laughton's death, Lanchester confessed that in all their years of marriage together, it was never consummated. 🤣
Can you blame her? It would take some dutch courage to get excited for charles laughton 🤣
I guess it was a lavender marriage for both
@@XoMyLauren Yes, there was an interesting story by Scotty Bowers, who wrote that Laughton liked making 💩 sandwiches from young men Scotty "secured" for him. Apparently a true story.
Automobiles today are perfect and good. But in the 1930's they were exciting and interesting. Wild designs from Europe and the World. Films are the same. You cannot complain about modern GM or Toyota, but a Bugatti Type 34 or a rightous Duesenberg are works of art and beauty. Same with film. Alex Korda and Charles Laughton are just magnificent. I loved the first 20 minutes of this film. Exposition mixed with comedy and intense drama.
A Henry viii performance that captures his gentle voice. Mr. Laughton is amazing. Along with the entire cast.
does you know the E8 voice?
VIII
@Gravelgratious We don't call someone who is dead, Mr.
The garter on his left leg .
The coat of arms of the British Royal family was the garter.
1.26.14 Poor Henry. He was never truly loved.
Mr.Laughton also played King Henry VIII in the film Young Bess,about Queen Elizabeth I ,I9 years later.
Is this a comedy?
Yeah very satirical
Thank you CCC. Watching Charles Laughton in ANYTHING is a treat. The historical accuracy of this movie is more often skewed than not, but he's so good I don't care!
Thank you too ! Glad you enjoyed it despite the historical accuracy ... ❤🍿
How is it off? By visual, or by that of character personality. It isn't exactly feasible to expect someone to know everything about a random date in time hardly any research tells of.
The actress who played Katherine Howard was way to old in particular.
Laughton is, as always, extraordinary! Almost impossible to imagine the story without him. With him - History breathes!
There should be some law against this inferior method of colourization.
It's awful. I've seen color pictures from the 1930s, and photographs plenty from the 1930s-1920s-1910s-& 1900s. I saw one in Los Angeles in 1931, 2 years bwfore this film, neat variety of automobiles in different colors, beautiful fashion, gorgeous homes, orange-red taxis, and famous showcases.
Interesting and excellent movie. Thank you.
June 2024... I am so glad I found this movie it is absolutely brilliant the man is amazing as Henry.
Wow Merle Oberon As Ann Boleyn! I havent seen this since I was a little girl, I didnt realize who she was rhen.
I thoroughly enjoyed this!!! Charles Laughton was an excellent actor… he portrayed King Henry perfectly! His wife played the part great too!
Whenever I see films with Laughton eating it kind of disgusts me now! After hearing of his “sandwich fetish” I can’t get that thought out of my head 🥺
Ποιο ήταν το φετίχ σάντουιτς του ακριβώς ;Πάντως πιστεύω ότι η ζωή του υπήρξε πικάντικη την περίοδο με τις Μπολευν.
The only good thing about this film is Charles Laughton as Henry V111. There wasn’t a block at Anne’s execution as she was topped with a sword. She’d have been kneeling upright. And Seymour didn’t marry the king on the same day as Anne’s execution. I could go on. I’ll leave it there.
I agree, and I wish they had shown all the six wives especially I would have loved more of Anne Boleyn. Merle Oberon was so beautiful.
The thing that puzzled me was that all these inaccuracies and interpretations were greenlit by a British movie board!!! You would have thought they would have been sticklers for accuracy in retelling a period of their own history! Yes, CL was great at this role, but I couldn't stop thinking that I was watching a comedic interpretation of the king's "private life."
She also was innocent of all charges but the film insinuates that she ‘wasn’t respectable’ and potentially guilty. Only Kathryn Howard (who wouldn’t have been at court in 1536) says Anne is innocent.
I enjoy this movie, especially Anne of Cleaves and Catherine Parr
Mr. LAUGHTON WAS SUCH AND IMPRESSIVE AND FINE ACTOR,
Always one of my favorites and anything with the great Charles Laughton is gold!
King: One of you is not princess, I presume. Thank heaven for that. Haha
Delightful from start to finish ❤ great colourization, Charles Laughton and Elas Lanchester are the best of the best.
Delighted that you enjoyed the colorized version!
The new computerized colorization is so much better than the old kind!
Did they dress every1 in grey because they knew it would be black & white?
If it was colourised in the conventional sense of the time then they would have come along and pained each slide of film individually. So I don't think that would come into it, though it is strange. The only logical explanation I can think of is that Dye was expensive at that time in history, so most people wouldn't have colourful cloths. Or a cock up while painting the film 😂
Excelente! Atores brilhantes, filme perfeito.❤❤❤
The fact that he REALLY doesn’t want to consummate the marriage with Anne of Cleaves but has to try and explain it to her is hilarious.
I just have one question why was a block installed in the beginning for anne when she died with a sword kneeling up?
Laughton is top ten in my list.
Elsa Lanchester as the new queen was amazing. Funniest bit in the whole movie. Brilliant.
To date I believe that has been the best portrayal and most accurate look of Henry the eighth!
How about keith
Mr Laughton was an ideal incorporation for Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn execution was only seen by parliament
3 oscar winners and nominee Oberon - lanchester , Donat and of course Charles . This film helped save the British film industry and the Yanks loved it , in my opinion Laughton was Britain's best ever actor - way ahead of Olivier et all .
Laughton also taught acting classes and even the great Ustinov sat at his feet .
Charles Laughton England's greatest ever King
Love Charles Laughton✨💙💜💚✨
Laughton combing his beard and adjusting his man-tights before the rendevous is hilarious
Charles laughton was too thin to play Henry VIII.
Charles Laughton was a great actor. Thanks CCC!
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Great director too, Night of the Hunter!
That way quite funny wasn’t it. ❤❤❤❤
The older the movies - the closer to truth.