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The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935)

The Public Life of Henry the Ninth poster
Directed by
Bernard Mainwaring
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man works as a bartender in a pub called the Henry VIII. His life and the regulars who visit the bar form the basis of a series of comic situations.

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What happens

The Public Life of Henry the Ninth is a lost 1935 British comedy film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Leonard Henry, Betty Frankiss, and George Mozart. It was written (uncredited) by C. G. H. "Bert" Ayres . The film was the first film made by Hammer Productions, and was Henry's film debut. It is set largely in the bar of the Henry VIII public house, with the title alluding to the 1933 Oscar-winning film The Private Life of Henry VIII. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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