Tudor Rose (film)
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| Tudor Rose | |
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 Nova Pilbeam and John Mills |
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| Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
| Produced by | Hubert Bath |
| Written by | Miles Malleson (dialogue) Robert Stevenson (screenplay) |
| Starring | Cedric Hardwicke Nova Pilbeam |
| Music by | Hubert Bath (composer) Louis Levy (music director & additional music) |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
| Editing by | Terence Fisher |
| Distributed by | Gaumont British |
| Release date(s) | 1 September 1936 |
| Running time | 78 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Tudor Rose (US title Nine Days a Queen) is a 1936 British film starring Cedric Hardwicke and Nova Pilbeam and directed by Robert Stevenson.
The film is a dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's brief reign as Queen of England. It opens with King Henry VIII on his deathbed stating the order of succession, and ends with Jane's beheading. It took some liberties with the history of the period, including a fictional Earl of Warwick playing a similar role to John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland in real life.
[edit] Cast
- Cedric Hardwicke as the Earl of Warwick
- Nova Pilbeam as Lady Jane Grey
- John Mills as Lord Guilford Dudley
- Felix Aylmer as Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
- Leslie Perrins as Thomas Seymour
- Frank Cellier as King Henry VIII
- Desmond Tester as Edward VI
- Gwen Ffrangcon Davies as Mary Tudor
- Martita Hunt as Lady Frances Brandon Grey, Jane's mother
- Miles Malleson as Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Jane's father
- Sybil Thorndyke as Ellen
- John Laurie as John Knox
