Cardinal Wolsey

Cardinal Wolsey

1912
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Overview

King Henry VIII smitten with Anne Boleyn wishes to displace his estimable Queen Catherine for her. He appeals to Cardinal Wolsey to set aside the tenets of the Church and consent to his divorce from the Queen. The cardinal absolutely refuses to do anything so inimical to his office, as representative of the Holy See. Angered King Henry induces the Archbishop of Canterbury to call a special council through which he divorces himself from Queen Catherine. In punishment for his refusal to accede to the king's wishes, the cardinal is exiled to Leicester Abbey where he dies three days afterward, conscious that he had sustained the sacredness of his office, a martyr to his faith and of service to his king.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Vitagraph Company of America
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
No Language

Keywords

short film bfi

Quick Facts

Release Date January 2, 1912
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0002087

Cast

Hal Reid
Hal Reid

Cardinal Wolsey

Julia Swayne Gordon
Julia Swayne Gordon

Catherine of Aragon

Clara Kimball Young
Clara Kimball Young

Anne Boleyn

Tefft Johnson
Tefft Johnson

King Henry VIII

Robert Gaillard
Robert Gaillard

Gardiner, later Bishop of Winchester

Logan Paul
Logan Paul

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

George Ober
George Ober

Bishop of Essex

Hal Wilson
Hal Wilson

King's friend (as Harold Wilson)

Key Crew

J. Stuart Blackton
Director
Laurence Trimble
Director