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When I pick up a film from the early thirties with a long ridged title like The Private Life of Henry VIII, I have my doubts.  Honestly, I expected some dry, very historical account of Henry’s life with a stuffy British narration.  I could not have been more wrong.

The first clue to how this film will play out is in the opening text explaining that Henry’s first wife is of “no particular interest.  She was an honorable woman, so he divorced her.”  Then the film starts just before Anne Boleyn’s execution.  While Anne (Merle Oberon) is enjoying her neck while she can, Henry (Charles Laughton) and his whole royal staff is getting ready for his wedding to Jane Seymour (Wendy Barrie).  She dies in childbirth, but thankfully produces a son.  Soon, the whole kingdom is saying that Henry should marry again.

During a dinner scene, we see the classic Henry VIII everyone would love to play.  He’s on his throne, a huge turkey in front of him just tearing it apart and rambling with his mouth full.  “There’s no delicacy nowadays. No consideration for others. Refinement’s a thing of the past! Manners are dead!”  And he proceeds to burp and toss the bones behind him casually.  When the topic of remarrying comes up at dinner he starts to bellow, “What am I, a breeding bull?”

He then goes on to marry Anne of Cleaves (played by Laughton’s wife Elsa Lanchester).  This short marriage is one of the funniest moments in the film.  Before the marriage, Henry doesn’t even want to marry this dopey girl, but if he sent her back to Germany they would be outraged.  Just before he enters the chamber for his wedding night he sighs, “The things I’ve done for England.”  Even better, Anne of Cleaves is completely oblivious to wedding night activities.  “That story about children being found under gooseberry bushes isn’t true,” Henry tells her.  The scene only gets better.

Seeing that this was the first non-US film to be nominated for Best Picture, this could have been one o

British animated television series

For the book series that the TV series is based on, see Horrid Henry.

Horrid Henry is a British animatedchildren's television series based on the British children's book series of the same name by Francesca Simon. The series is produced by British company Novel Entertainment, in association with Nelvana for its first series. It was broadcast from 30 October 2006 to 17 May 2019 on CITV. It is currently available to stream on Netflix in the UK. 250 episodes were produced in total.

Episodes

Main article: List of Horrid Henry episodes

Characters and cast

Product

2011 film by Nick Moore

Horrid Henry: The Movie is a 2011 British 3Dcomedy film directed by Nick Moore and produced by Allan Niblo, Rupert Preston, Mike Watts, and Lucinda Whiteley, who wrote it. In the film, Henry and the Purple Hand Gang fight to prevent the closure of their school by an evil private school headmaster. It is based on the fictional character Horrid Henry from the children's book series of the same name by Francesca Simon. The film itself takes place before series 3 of the TV series.

Horrid Henry: The Movie stars Theo Stevenson, Richard E. Grant, Parminder Nagra, Kimberley Walsh, Mathew Horne, Siobhan Hayes, Dick and Dom, Noel Fielding, Jo Brand, and Anjelica Huston. It was the first British film for children to be shot in 3D, and was officially released in cinemas on 29 July 2011 in 2D, RealD 3D, and 3D formats by Vertigo Films in the United Kingdom.

Phase 4 Films and Entertainment One released the film in theatres in the United States and Canada on 22 December 2012. The film was universally panned by critics and audiences, who criticised its humour, use of 3D, acting, and low quality, but was positively received from fans of the books and the TV series. It grossed $10.1 million worldwide. Horrid Henry: The Movie was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 28 November 2011 in the United Kingdom. Horrid Henry: The Movie has sold over 750,000 DVD copies in the UK.

Plot

After once again neglecting to finish his homework, Horrid Henry has his friend, Brainy Brian, forge a note from his mother claiming that his cat ate it. His teacher, Miss Battle-Axe, sees through Henry's ruse because the word "homework" is spelled correctly, something Henry struggles with. While Henry is in detention, his friends join him, and they rehearse for a school talent contest; they are interrupted by Miss Oddbod, the Headmistress, and two school

This afternoon, as part of my mission to see every single film ever nominated for best picture, I watched Alexander Korda’s 1933 biopic The Private Life of Henry VIII.

Now, I have to admit that I’ve never been a big fan of the historical King Henry VIII as I have a hard time finding much sympathy for a man who beheads one wife, not to mention two of them.   I like to imagine that he met his end in much the same way that Joe Spinell meets his end at the end of Maniac, with all of his dead wives suddenly showing up and ripping off his head.  But, Henry is one of those larger-than-life historical figures that always seems to end up as the subject of movies, speculative fiction, and, of course, Showtime television series. 

The Private Life of Henry VIII is one of the better known recreation of Henry’s life on-screen.  For the most part, the film ignores Henry’s policies as king and instead is a darkly humorous recreation of his relationships with five of his six wives.  (His first marriage, to Catherine of Aragon, is ignored.)  The episodic film opens with the execution of Anne Boyelen (Merle Oberon).  This sequence establishes the film’s tone early and it’s actually a lot more cynical than we usually expect a film from 1933 to be.  In between shots of Boyelen waiting to meet her fate, we get extended scenes of two executioners — one French and one English — arguing about which nationality is better when it comes to chopping off heads.  Meanwhile, the members of Henry’s court spend their time whispering innuendo about Henry’s new wife, Jane Seymour (Wendy Barrie).  When Henry (played by Charles Laughton) finally shows up on the scene, he turns out to be a buffoon, a childish man who happens to control the destiny of England.  After Jane dies in childbirth, Henry marries Anne of Cleves (played by Laughton’s wife, Elsa Lanchester).  Anne, however, finds Henry to