02 January 1911 Drama, History 40 mins
Early silent movie adaptation of Shakespeare's play, focused on key moments: the arrest of the Duke of Buckingham, Henry's infatuation with Anne Boleyn at a banquet, the Trial of Queen Katharine, Cardinal Wolsey's downfall, and Anne's coronation.
Watch the official Henry VIII 1911 trailer in HD below.
Arthur Bourchier as Henry VIII
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Cardinal Wolsey
Violet Vanbrugh as Queen Katherine
Laura Cowie as Anne Boleyn
William Barker Director
Herbert Beerbohm Tree Director
William Shakespeare Original Story
Herbert Beerbohm Tree Adaptation
United Kingdom 02 January 1911
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23 February 1911
Bob Ford, a young college graduate and a man-about-town, self-willed and wild, who tries his father's patience and generosity by going the limit, is called to a sudden halt by the old gentleman and sent out west with his valet to work on Jones' ranch in Texas and prove to his father that he is not a hopeless renegade.
09 February 1911
A love story filled with amusing complications, but the contest is won by Dick because he believes that all is fair in love and manages to circumvent the fates which often decree otherwise.
21 December 1911
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18 May 1911
A reformed woman shows a petty thief the righteous path by her good example.
03 March 1911
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30 March 1911
Bill is discharged from Bar K Ranch and in his desperation decide to turn train robber. On his way to town he rescues Myrtle Mulligan, who has been driven from protection to the high branches of a tree by a vicious bull.
16 March 1911
"I do hate learnin', but oh! you schoolmarm!" is what the boys at the gulch said when Mary came to town; and, from "Big Bill" down to Hop Lee, the Chink, they all took to study, and to courtship.
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