The Private Life of Henry VIII

The film begins 20 years into King Henry VIII's reign and covers the last 11 years of his marital life in a series of comedic vignettes. In May 1536, in the immediate aftermath of the execution of his second wife Anne Boleyn, Henry marries Jane Seymour, who dies in childbirth 18 months later. He then weds a German princess, Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues. The weak and aging Henry consoles himself with a final marriage to Catherine Parr, who proves domineering.