The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935

1935 in film

-Events:*Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .*Seven year old Shirley Temple wins a special Academy Award.*The Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment started in order to educate the Bantu peoples.-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:...

) is a British

Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Bernard Mainwaring

Bernard Mainwaring

-Selected filmography:* The Crimson Candle * Line Engaged * Old Roses * The Public Life of Henry the Ninth * Cross My Heart * Jennifer Hale * Member of the Jury...

 and starring Leonard Henry

Leonard Henry

Leonard Henry is a former American football running back of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft...

, Betty Frankiss, and George Mozart.

Production background

This film was the first ever film made by Hammer Films

Hammer Film Productions

Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic "Hammer Horror" films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies and in later...

 and is set largely in the bar of the Henry VIII public house

Public house

A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...

, with the title alluding to the 1933 Oscar-winning film The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII is a 1933 film about Henry VIII, King of England. It was written by Lajos Biró and Arthur Wimperis, and directed by Sir Alexander Korda.Charles Laughton won the 1933 Academy Award as Best Actor for his performance as Henry...

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Preservation status

This is now believed to be a lost film

Lost film

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, and is on the BFI 75 Most Wanted

BFI 75 Most Wanted

The BFI 75 Most Wanted is a list compiled by the British Film Institute of their most sought-after British feature films not currently held in the BFI National Archive, and classified as "missing, believed lost". The films chosen range from quota quickies and B-movies to lavish prestige...

 list of missing films.

Cast

• Leonard Henry
  Leonard Henry
  Leonard Henry is a former American football running back of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft...
  
   - Henry
• Betty Frankiss - Maggie
• George Mozart - Draughts Player
• Wally Patch
  Wally Patch
  Wally Patch was a British character actor, who had supporting roles in many films. He was born Walter Sidney Vinnicombe in Willesden, London on 26 September 1888...
  
   - Landlord
• Aileen Latham - Liz
• Mae Bacon
  Mae Bacon
  -Selected filmography:* The Public Life of Henry the Ninth * Riding High * Second Best Bed * Ten Days in Paris * Pool of London...
  
   - Landlady
• Herbert Langley
  Herbert Langley
  -Selected filmography:* The Wonderful Story * Flames of Passion * Chu-Chin-Chow * Southern Love * Carmen * Cupid in Clover 1929)* Number Seventeen * Letting in the Sunshine...
  
   - Police Constable
• Dorothy Vernon - Mrs. Fickle