The Public Life of Henry the Ninth – 1935

Black & White 60 minutes

Storyline

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. He proves a huge success and his popularity ensures his transition from pub entertainer to star performer.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Director	Bernard Mainwearing	38	1 Jan 1897	30 Jul 1963	66	2		2
Producer	Henry Passmore	30	1905	Aug 1987	82	4		4
Sound Camera Assistant	John Mitchell	28	14 Feb 1917	21 Nov 2005	88	2		2
Writer	Bernard Mainwearing	38	1 Jan 1897	30 Jul 1963	66	2		2
Writer	Herbert Ayres	36	21 Sep 1898	14 Mar 1978	79	1		1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Draughts Player	George Mozart	70	15 Feb 1864	10 Dec 1947	83	4		4
Henry	Leonard Henry	44	15 Mar 1890	6 Jan 1973	82	1		1
Landlady	Mae Bacon	38	3 Apr 1897	3 Jun 1981	84	1		1
Landlord	Wally Patch	46	26 Sep 1888	27 Oct 1970	82	2		2
Maggie	Betty Frankiss	22	15 Sep 1912	1992	79	2		2
Mrs. Fickle	Dorothy Vernon	60	11 Nov 1875	28 Oct 1970	94	1		1
Police Constable	Herbert Langley	47	1 Jan 1888	13 Sep 1967	79	1		1
Liz	Aileen Latham	19	24 Nov 1916	11 Dec 1991	75	1		1

Production


UK RELEASE	January 1935
STUDIO	Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Footnotes

This was the first film made by Hammer Film Productions Ltd. (then called Hammer Productions Ltd.)

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

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection