Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)


Anne of the Thousand Days
Release Date18 December 1969
Other NamesAnne of a Thousand Days
TaglineHe was King. She was barely 18. And in their thousand days they played out the most passionate and shocking love story in history!
GenreDrama, History
CountryUK
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono, 70 mm 6-Track
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPeriod Film, Marriage Drama, Biopic [feature]
Niche GenreHistorical Film
MoodFor Love of Country
ThemesCrowned Heads, Crumbling Marriages, Arranged Marriages
TonesCompassionate, Sentimental, Sweeping, Talky
TagsAristocrat, Courtship, Execution, Extramarital Affair, Frame Up, King, Marriage, Queen [royalty], Religion

Anne of the Thousand Days is a 1969 costume drama made by Hal Wallis Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Charles Jarrott and produced by Hal B. Wallis. The film tells the story of Anne Boleyn. The screenplay is an adaptation by Bridget Boland, John Hale and Richard Sokolove of the 1948 play by Maxwell Anderson; Anderson's blank verse format was retained for only portions of the screenplay, such as Anne's soliloquy in the Tower of London.


Cast and Crew


Cardinal Wolsey

Thomas Cromwell

Count Thomas Boleyn

Katharine Blake
Elizabeth Boleyn

Valerie Gearon

Michael Johnson
George Boleyn

Duke of Norfolk

Joseph O'Conor
Bishop Fisher

William Squire
Thomas More

Kingston

Lady Kingston

Vernon Dobtcheff
Mendoza

Brook Williams
Breareton

Smeaton

Norris

Weston

Terence Wilton
Lord Percy

Lesley Paterson

Princess Mary

June Ellis
Bess

Kynaston Reeves
Willoughby

Campeggio

Cyril Luckham
Prior Houghton

Amanda Walker
Anne's Lady-in-Waiting

Charlotte Selwyn
Anne's Lady-in-Waiting

Elizabeth Counsell
Anne's Lady-in-Waiting

Juliet Kempson
Cahterine's Lady-in-Waiting

Fiona Hartford
Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting

Lilian Hutchins
Catherine's Spanish Lady-in-Waiting

Anne Tirard
Catherine's Spanish Lady-in-Waiting

Amanda Jane Smythe
Baby Elizabeth

Serving Maid

Liza Todd Burton
Beggar Maid

Harry Fielder
Servant

Courtesan

Rita Tobin-Weske
Midwife

Director

Charles Jarrott
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Producer

Bridget Boland
writer

John Hale
writer

Richard Sokolove
adaptation

Richard McWhorter
associate producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Arthur Ibbetson
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Editor

Richard Marden
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Casting Director

Sally Nicholl
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Production Designer

Maurice Carter
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Art Director

Lionel Couch
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Set Decorator

Patrick McLoughlin
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Costume Designer

Margaret Furse
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Makeup Department

Ron Berkeley
makeup artist: Richard Burton

Joan Carpenter
hair stylist

makeup supervisor

Production Manager

James H. Ware
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Simon Relph
assistant director

Nicolas Hippisley-Coxe
second second assistant director

Nigel Wooll
second assistant director

Art Department

John Feehan
property master

Ferdinand Bellan
scenic artist

Andrew Campbell
sketch artist

Frank Graves
scenic artist

W. Simpson Robinson
scenic artist

Sound Department

John Aldred
sound dubbing mixer

Colin Miller
sound editor

Don Sharpe
dubbing editor

Robin Clegg
boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department

Paul Wilson
camera operator

Norman Gryspeerdt
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Ivy Baker
costume supervisor

Vi Murray
wardrobe mistress

Arthur Newman
wardrobe master

Editorial Department

Mary Kessel
assistant editor

Other Crew

Valerie Booth
continuity

Inez Easton
location manager

Patrick McLoughlin
researcher

Mary Skeaping
choreographer

Jeremy Taylor
horse master

Joan Williams
production secretary

Production Company

Hal Wallis Productions
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Distributor

Universal Pictures

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Universal Pictures
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MCA Home Video

MCA/Universal Home Video
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Universal Pictures France (UPF)
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