Henry, an unemployed London street entertainer, gets his big break when he is engaged to perform as the opening act of a cabaret in local pub.
The Public Life of Henry the Ninth is one of three missing Hammer films
Production Details
An Exclusive Films Presentation
A Marylebone-Hammer Production
Black & White 60 minutes
UK Release 17 June 1935
Studio:
Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK
Cast & Crew
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Director | Bernard Mainwearing | 38 | 1 Jan 1897 | 30 Jul 1963 | 66 | 2 | 2 | |
Executive Producer | Will Hammer | 47 | 21 Nov 1887 | 1 Jun 1957 | 69 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Producer | Henry Passmore | 1905 | 1 Aug 1987 | 82 | 4 | 4 | ||
Sound Camera Assistant | John Mitchell | 18 | 14 Feb 1917 | 21 Nov 2005 | 88 | 2 | 2 | |
Writer | Herbert Ayres | 36 | 21 Sep 1898 | 14 Mar 1978 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |
Writer | Bernard Mainwearing | 38 | 1 Jan 1897 | 30 Jul 1963 | 66 | 2 | 2 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Draughts Player | George Mozart | 71 | 15 Feb 1864 | 10 Dec 1947 | 83 | 4 | 4 | |
Henry | Leonard Henry | 45 | 15 Mar 1890 | 6 Jan 1973 | 82 | 1 | 1 | |
Landlady | Mae Bacon | 38 | 3 Apr 1897 | 3 Jun 1981 | 84 | 1 | 1 | |
Landlord | Wally Patch | 46 | 26 Sep 1888 | 27 Oct 1970 | 82 | 2 | 2 | |
Liz | Aileen Latham | 18 | 24 Nov 1916 | 11 Dec 1991 | 75 | 1 | 1 | |
Maggie | Betty Frankiss | 22 | 15 Sep 1912 | 1992 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |
Mrs. Fickle | Dorothy Vernon | 59 | 11 Nov 1875 | 28 Oct 1970 | 94 | 1 | 1 | |
Police Constable | Herbert Langley | 47 | 1 Jan 1888 | 13 Sep 1967 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |
With | Neal Arden | 25 | 27 Dec 1909 | 4 Jun 2014 | 104 | 1 | 1 | |
With | Jean Lester | 52 | 21 Mar 1883 | 4 Jun 1944 | 61 | 1 | 1 | |
With | Dennis Wyndham | 48 | 15 Jan 1887 | 19 Aug 1973 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Film Poster
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Footnotes
This is one of the “75 Most Wanted” films listed by the British Film Institute as “Missing, believed lost”.
This was the first film made by Hammer.