King Henry VIII marries five more times after his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon..


If you’re looking for a stuffy, boring history lesson about British kings, you should probably skip this one. But if you want to see a fat guy yell about capons and play card games on his wedding night, then The Private Life of Henry VIII is actually a blast. People who love witty, theatrical comedies from the 1930s w...

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"If you’re looking for a stuffy, boring history lesson about British kings, you should probably skip this one. But if you want to see a fat guy yell about capons and play card games on his wedding night, then The Private Life of Henry VIII is actually a blast. People who love witty, theatrical comedies from the 1930s will have a great time here. Anyone expecting a deep, political drama about the Protestant Reformation will be totally annoyed because the movie basically ignores all of that stuff...."
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