The Public Life of Henry the Ninth

Henry, an unemployed London street entertainer, gets his big break when he is engaged to perform as the opening act of a cabaret in local pub.

The Public Life of Henry the Ninth is one of three missing Hammer films

An Exclusive Films Presentation
A Marylebone-Hammer Production

Black & White 60 minutes

Filming dates: 19th November 1934 – 2nd January 1935
UK Release: 17 June 1935

Studio:
ATP Studios, Ealing, London

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Director	Bernard Mainwearing	Yes	38	1 Jan 1897	30 Jul 1963	66	2		2
Executive Producer	Will Hammer	No	47	21 Nov 1887	1 Jun 1957	69	3	4	7
Producer	Henry Passmore	Yes		1905	1 Aug 1987	82	4		4
Sound Camera Assistant	John Mitchell	No	18	14 Feb 1917	21 Nov 2005	88	2		2
Writer	Herbert Ayres	No	36	21 Sep 1898	14 Mar 1978	79	1		1
Writer	Bernard Mainwearing	Yes	38	1 Jan 1897	30 Jul 1963	66	2		2
CAST
Draughts Player	George Mozart	Yes	71	15 Feb 1864	10 Dec 1947	83	4		4
Henry	Leonard Henry	Yes	45	15 Mar 1890	6 Jan 1973	82	1		1
Landlady	Mae Bacon	Yes	38	3 Apr 1897	3 Jun 1981	84	1		1
Landlord	Wally Patch	Yes	46	26 Sep 1888	27 Oct 1970	82	2		2
Liz	Aileen Latham	Yes	18	24 Nov 1916	11 Dec 1991	75	1		1
Maggie	Betty Frankiss	Yes	22	15 Sep 1912	1992	79	1		1
Mrs. Fickle	Dorothy Vernon	Yes	59	11 Nov 1875	28 Oct 1970	94	1		1
Police Constable	Herbert Langley	Yes	47	1 Jan 1888	13 Sep 1967	79	1		1
With	Neal Arden	No	25	27 Dec 1909	4 Jun 2014	104		1	1
With	Jean Lester	No	52	21 Mar 1883	4 Jun 1944	61		1	1
With	Dennis Wyndham	No	48	15 Jan 1887	19 Aug 1973	86	1	2	3

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This is one of the “75 Most Wanted” films listed by the British Film Institute as “Missing, believed lost”.

This was the first film made by Hammer.

1935 BBFC Cert. “U”