Today’s film is a
period drama with a scene that happens on May 30. I hope you will enjoy this
motion picture and watch it tonight.
THE SIX WIVES OF
HENRY VIII: PART 3 – JANE SEYMOUR
A dying Jane Seymour is taken to the christening of her
son, Edward. She thinks back on the history of her relationship with Henry
VIII. Henry VIII visited her family on a royal progress. Henry later summons
Jane to court. Jane reluctantly takes the oath of allegiance to Henry. Henry
gives Jane a picture of himself, which arouses the wrath of Queen Anne
Boleyn. Henry is trying to force
through a bill to secularize the monasteries. He also has to deal with what he
thinks are treasonous plots involving his daughter Mary and the desire of
Cromwell to secure an agreement with the Emperor Charles and the Pope. Cromwell’s plot to get rid of Anne Boleyn
succeeds and Henry marries Jane Seymour on May 30, 1536. [49:09 to 49:25] Jane
persuades Henry to reconcile with his daughter Mary. The Pilgrimage of Grace
rebellion breaks out. Henry and Jane argue when she speaks against the
dissolution of the monasteries and in favor of mercy towards the rebels. Jane
becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son. However she dies only a few days
later. Cromwell immediately pushes Henry to remarry. Henry does at least appear
to be heartbroken by her death.
Jane Seymour was not as pedantic as Catherine of Aragon
nor as immoral as Anne Boleyn. She genuinely tried to promote peace, as shown
when she persuaded the King to reconcile with his daughter and spoke in favor
of mercy for the rebels. Probably the
best of Henry’s queens.
Henry VIII by Lucy Wooding (Routledge, New York,
2009) at page 200 gives the date of the wedding
Awards - The film won the Outstanding Single
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Michell)
Emmy award. It was also nominated for the Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding New Series, Outstanding Continued
Performance by an Actor in a leading role in a dramatic series (Michell) and
the Outstanding Single Program, drama or comedy at the 24th
Primetime Emmy Awards.
Producer - Ronald Travers
Director - John
Glenister
Screenplay - Ian Thorne
Released - January 15, 1970
Runtime - 1 hour 30 minutes
Starring –
Keith Michell as Henry VIII of England
Patrick Troughton as the Duke of Norfolk
Bernard Hepton as Thomas Cranmer
Sheila Burrel as Lady Rochford
Anne Stallybrass as Jane Seymour
Wolfe Morris as Thomas Cromwell
Daniel Moynihan as Edward Seymour
Alison Frazer as Lady Mary
Copyright by Ivan Walters 2014.
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