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The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII
Directed byAlexander Korda
Written byLajos Bíró
Arthur Wimperis
Produced byAlexander Korda
Ludovico Toeplitz
StarringCharles Laughton
Binnie Barnes
Robert Donat
CinematographyGeorges Périnal
Edited byStephen Harrison
Music byKurt Schröder
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 17 August 1933 (1933-08-17)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£93,710[1]
Box office£750,000[2]

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 film, which focuses on the marriages of King Henry VIII of England, was a major international success, establishing Korda as a leading filmmaker and Laughton as a box-office star.

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 17. Variety gave the figure as US $550,000 see "Good Pix Can't Be Made Cheaply". Variety. 12 June 1934. p. 21.
  2. ^ "British Film Losses". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, New South Wales. 8 February 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 4 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.

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