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A Man for All Seasons

(1966)

Orson Welles as Cardinal Wolsey

Based on the play by Robert Bolt about the refusal of Sir Thomas More to support the break with the Catholic Church by Henry VIII. Paul Scofield delivers an excellent performance as More.

A Man for All Seasons (TV)

(1988)
Television version of Bolt's play, starring Charelton Heston as Sir Thomas More.

Anna Boleyn

(1920)
German made silent film about the second Queen of Henry VIII.

Anne of the Thousand Days

(1969)
Genevieve Bujold stars as Anne Boleyn in the story of her marriage to Henry VIII.

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Blackadder (Part II)

(1985)
Miranda Richardson plays a delightfully demented Queen Elizabeth I in this comedy series.

Carry On Henry (VIII)

(1971)
Historical comedy about Henry and gang.

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

(1924)

Dorothy is being pushed by her father into a marriage with her worthless kin, Sir Malcolm Vernon, when she loves the son of the neighboring Earl of Rutland.

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Drake of England
(1935)
Director: Arthur Woods
Cast: Matheson Lang (Drake), Athene Seyler (Elizabeth I), Jane Baxter, Donald Wolfit, Henry Mollison, George Merritt, Amy Veness, Sam Livesey, Ben Webster

Called Drake the Pirate and Elizabeth of England in the States, this historical pageant depicts Drake being knighted by Elizabeth I and defeating the Spanish Armada.

Elizabeth

(1998)
Tudor drama takes some liberties with history, but shines in settings and costumes. Cate Blanchett stars as Elizabeth, Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley, Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis Walsingham.

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Elizabeth, the Golden Age

(2007)
Reprising the roles they originated in seven-time Academy Award-nominated Elizabeth, Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush return for a gripping historical thriller laced with treachery and romance--The Golden Age. Joining them in the epic is Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh, a dashing seafarer and newfound temptation for Elizabeth.

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Elizabeth (TV)

(2000)

Presented by the writer David Starkey. With Imogen Slaughter as Elizabeth; Alex Bulgo and as Mary's Secretary. Directed by Mark Fielder, music composed by Andy Price.

Elizabeth I (HBO)

(2006)
Helen Mirren as Elizabeth I and Jeremy irons as Leicester in this HBO production.

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Elizabeth R (TV)

(1971)
Glenda Jackson stars as Elizabeth I in this excellent costume drama.

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Elizabeth the Queen (TV)

(1968)
Television play from the 1970 based on the Maxwell Anderson play. Judith Anderson is Elizabeth I, and Charlton Heston is Essex.

Fire Over England

(1937)
Set during the time of the Armada. Stars Flora Robson as Elizabeth I, Raymond Massey as Felipe II of Spain. Also starring Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.

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Gunpowder: Treason and Plot

(2004)

Award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern and film director Gillies MacKinnon bring the story behind the Gunpowder Plot to BBC TWO in two original films exploring the lives of Mary Queen of Scots and her son James I.

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Henry VIII

(1911)
Silent film based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Henry VIII (TV)

(1979)
BBC production, based on the play by William Shakespeare.

The Six Wives of Henry VIII (TV)

(1971)
Keith Michell stars as Henry VIII in this 6-part BBC series.

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

(1972)
A film version of the BBC television series. Keith Michell stars again as Henry, but the wives' actresses are different from the television series.

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Henry VIII

(2003)

Two-part TV series documenting the stormy 38-year reign of King Henry VIII.

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In the Shadow of the Tower

(1972)
James Maxwell plays Henry VII is a TV series similar to "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" and "Elizabeth R".

Lady Jane

(1986)
Helena Bonham Carter stars as the tragic Queen of Nine Days.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

(1971)
Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth and Vanessa Redgrave as Mary in this tale of rival monarchs.

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Mary of Scotland

(1936)
Katherine Hepburn plays Mary, Queen of Scots. Florence Eldridge played Elizabeth

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Nine Days A Queen

(1936)
(Also known as "Tudor Rose")
An early telling of the tale of Jane Grey, that begins with the death of Henry VIII.

Orlando

(1992)
Quentin Crisp plays Elizabeth I in this bizarre tale based on Virginia Woolf's novel.

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Queen Elizabeth

(1927)
Sarah Bernhardt stars as the Queen in this silent movie.

Sea Hawk

(1940)
Flora Robson plays Elizabeth I and Errol Flynn plays a buccaneer during the time of the Armada. With Alan Hale, Gilbert Roland, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Una O'Connor and Brenda Marshall. Directed by Michael Curtiz.

Seven Seas to Calais

(1962)
Italian film with the full cast of Elizabethan characters. Rod Taylor as Sir Francis Drake, Irene Worth as Elizabeth I.

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Shakespeare in Love

(1998)
Joseph Fiennes stars as the Bard himself. Dame Judi Dench plays the older Queen Elizabeth I.

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The Execution of Mary Stuart

(1895)
Directed by Thomas A. Edison, one of the first movies ever made.

The Loves of Mary Queen of Scots

(1923)
Silent film about the ill-fated Queen.

The Other Boleyn Girl
(2003)

A tale of sex and royal intrigue revealing the little-known story of Mary Boleyn, who was mistress to King Henry VIII before he married her sister, Anne.

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The Other Boleyn Girl

(2008)

The film about Phillippa Gregory novel.

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The Prince and the Pauper

(1937)
One version of Mark Twain's novel where Edward, the only son of Henry VIII, trades places with a boy from the London slums. With Errol Flynn and the twins Billy and Bob Mauch.

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The Prince and the Pauper

(1962)
Another version of Twain's novel. With Guy Williams, Sean Scully and Jane Asher.

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The Prince and the Pauper

(Crossed Swords)

(1978)
Another version of Mark Twain's novel, with Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Ernst Borgnine, Lalla Ward and Rex Harrison

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Mickey's the Prince and the Pauper

(1990)

Disney's version of Mark Twain's novel. A poor boy and a prince exchange identities and lives while the villainous Captain of the Guard plots to take advantage of this.

 Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper comes to life in this delightful Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation starring identical twins Jonathan and Robert Timmins.

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The Private Life of Henry VIII

(1933)
Charles Laughton plays Henry in the story of the monarch and his six wives. Laughton's real-life wife Elsa Lanchester plays Anne of Cleves. With Robert Donat, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie, Binnie Barnes and Everley Gregg.

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

(1939)
Bette Davis plays Elizabeth I and Errol Flynn is the dashing Earl of Essex.
Also known as "Elizabeth and Essex" and "Elizabeth the Queen"

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The Sword and the Rose

(1953)
(Also known as "When Knighthood was in Flower")
Starring Glynis Johns. The tale of Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, and Charles Brandon.

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The Tudors

(2007)

The Tudors is the epic new Showtime Original Series that reveals the scandalous life of the stunning young monarch, who ruled his kingdom with ruthless abandon.

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The Tudors

(2008)

Second season of the Showtime Original Series.

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The Virgin Queen

(1955)
Again Bette Davis stars again as Elizabeth I. With Joan Collins.

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The Virgin Queen

(2005)
Masterpiece Theatre production about Elizabeth I.

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Young Bess

(1953)
Jean Simmons plays the teenage Princess Elizabeth. Stewart Granger is Thomas Seymour and Deborah Kerr as Queen Catherine Parr. And Charles Laughton as Henry VIII again!

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