Anne Of The Thousand Days

The film begins in 1536 when Henry VIII (Richard Burton) considers whether or not he should sign the warrant for the execution of his second wife, Anne Boleyn. In a long flashback which takes up virtually the entire film, the whole truth is revealed. In 1527, Henry has a problem: he reveals his dissatisfaction with his wife, Catherine of Aragon, but the King is bored with her too. At a court ball, he notices Mary's 18-year-old sister Anne (Geneviève Bujold), who is engaged to the son of the Earl of Northumberland. The King

Credits

Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Written by: John Rigby Hale, Bridget Boland
Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Johnson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Geneviève Bujold, John Colicos, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Valerie Gearon, Terence Wilton, Lesley Paterson, Amanda Jane Smythe, William Squire, Kate Burton, Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Brook Williams, Cyril Luckham …
Produced by: Hal B. Wallis
Cinematography: Arthur Ibbetson
Music: Georges Delerue
Edited by: Richard Marden

Copyright

Registered 18Dec69 · LP38938 (Jan-Jun 1971) Copyright holder: Universal Pictures, Ltd

Complete catalog record

Cfa collection: Northwestern University Collection
Cfa elements: 1,300 feet, 1/4; 800 feet, 2/4; 1,650 feet, 3/4; 1,200 feet, 4/4
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/18545; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/18546; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/18547; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/18548

Sources

U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — title, year, creator, length, copyright
Wikidata · Q910226 ↗
Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, format, catalog record

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