History Film / MrsHendersonPresents

* FlippingTheBird: After a bomb lands close to the theatre and knocks Bertie and Maureen off balance, Maureen defiantly sticks her two fingers up to the theatre's ceiling.

* HypercompetantSidekick: Maggie. She is on top of almost all the happenings at the Windmill. When Mrs Henderson dresses up in a bearsuit to sneak out of the theatre after being caught, Maggie recognizes her immediately. After she gets away, Maggie instantly tells Van Damm "Try the river, it's Tuesday."

* RescueRomance: Subverted. After Bertie saves Maureen from drowning, Van Damm offers her a job at the theatre, and she accepts.

* HideYourGays: Defied. When Mrs Henderson asks if the girls excite him as a man, he answers that he "has other inclinations".

* FlippingTheBird: After a bomb lands close to the theatre and knocks Bertie and Maureen off balance, Maureen defiantly sticks her middle finger up to the theatre's ceiling.

The film tells the [[BasedOnATrueStory true story]] of the Windmill Theatre in UsefulNotes/{{London}}. Eccentric 70-year-old widow and socialite Mrs. Laura Henderson (Dench), who owns the theatre, decides to introduce nude shows in it, a move that causes much morality turmoil. She finds a loophole in that the nude performers have to remain immobile, so the performances can be considered art, the equivalent of nude works of art in museums. The theatre gains much success, especially when UsefulNotes/WorldWarII breaks out and London gets bombed during the Blitz.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mrs. Henderson's son died in a gas attack during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Part of her motivations to have nude performances at the Windmill Theatre is that her son died without ever seeing a naked girl for real. He only ever saw one on a French postcard he carried on him when he died.

The film tells the [[BasedOnATrueStory true story]] of the Windmill Theatre in UsefulNotes/{{London}}. Eccentric 70 year old widow and socialite Mrs Laura Henderson (Dench), who owns the theatre, decides to introduce nude shows in it, a move that causes much morality turmoil. She finds a loophole in that the nude performers have to remain remain immobile, so the performances can be considered art, the equivalent of nude works of art in museums. The theatre gains much success, especially when UsefulNotes/WorldWarII breaks out and London gets bombed during the Blitz.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mrs Henderson's son died in a gas attack during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Part of her motivations to have nude performances at the Windmill Theatre is that her son died without ever seeing a naked girl for real. He only ever saw one on a French postcard he carried on him when he died.

* {{Fanservice}}: The InUniverse gimmick to attract crowds at the Windmill. Mrs Henderson has the idea to emulate the UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}ian cabarets Folies Bergère and Moulin Rouge, which feature such shows for decades by the late 1930s.

* GlamorousWartimeSinger: The singing girls, since the theatre is attended by soldiers from 1940 onwards. Particularly with the song "Babies of the Blitz".

* EekAMouse: A playful British soldier who wants to see the girls move has the idea to bring mice into the theatre to scare them. The girls react appropriately, to everyone's amusement.

* GlamorousWartimeSinger: The singing girls, particularly with the song "Babies of the Blitz".

* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Henderson, an eccentric old lady who dares going against her times' establishment's pretty rigid morality to revoltionize entertainment.

* EekAMouse: A playful British soldier who wants to see the girls move has the idea to bring mice into the theatre. The girls react appropriately, to everyone's amusement.

''Mrs Henderson Presents'' is a 2005 {{biopic}} films directed by Stephen Frears and starring Creator/JudiDench, Creator/BobHoskins, Creator/KellyReilly and Will Young.

The film tells the [[BasedOnATrueStory true story]] of the Windmill Theatre in UsefulNotes/{{London}}. Eccentric 70 year old widow and socialite Mrs Laura Henderson (Dench), who owns the theatre, decides to introduce nude shows in it, a move that causes much morality turmoil. She finds a loophole in that the nude performers have to remain remain immobile, so the performances can be considered art, the equivalent of nude statues in museums. The theatre gains much success, especially when UsefulNotes/WorldWarII breaks out and London gets bombed during the Blitz.

The film tells the true story of the Windmill Theatre in UsefulNotes/{{London}}. Eccentric 70 year old widow and socialite Mrs Laura Henderson (Dench), who owns the theatre, decides to introduce nude shows in it, a move that causes much morality turmoil. She finds a loophole in that the nude performers have to remain remain immobile, so the performances can be considered art, the equivalent of nude statues in museums. The theatre gains much success, especially when UsefulNotes/WorldWarII breaks out and London gets bombed during the Blitz.

* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Henderson, an eccentric old lady who dares going against her times' establishment's pretty rigid morality to change the face of entertainment.

* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Henderson, an eccentric old lady who dares going against her times' pretty rigid morality to change the face of entertainment.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mrs Henderson's son died in a gas attack during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Part of her motivations to have nude performances at the Windmill Theatre is that her son died without ever seeing a naked girl, except on a French postcard he carried on him when he died.

* EekAMouse: A playful British soldier who wants to see the girls move has the idea to bring mice into the theater. The girls react appropriately, to everyone's amusement.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mrs Henderson's son died in a gas attack during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Part of her motivations to have nude performances at the Windmill Theatre is that her son died without ever see a naked girl, except on a French postcard he carried when he died.

The film tells the true story of the Windmill Theatre in London. Eccentric 70 year old widow and socialite Mrs Laura Henderson (Dench), who owns the theatre, decides to introduce nude shows in it, a move that causes much morality turmoil. She finds a loophole in that the nude performers have to remain remain immobile, so the performances can be considered art, the equivalent of nude statues in museums. The theatre gains much success, especially when UsefulNotes/WorldWarII breaks out and London gets bombed during the Blitz.

* EekAMouse: A playful British soldier who wants to see the girls move has the idea to bring mice into the theater. They react appropriately, to everyone's amusement.

!!''Mrs Henderson Presents'' provides examples of:

The film tells the true story of the Windmill Theatre in London. Eccentric 70-year-old widow and socialite Mrs Laura Henderson (Dench), who owns the theatre, decides to introduce nude shows in it, a move that causes much morality turmoil. She finds a loophole in that the nude performers have to remain remain immobile, so the performances can be considered art, the equivalent of nude statues in museums. The theatre gains much success, especially when UsefulNotes/WorldWarII breaks out and London gets bombed during the Blitz.

The film tells the true story of the Windmill Theatre in London. Eccentric 70-year-old widow and socialite Mrs Laura Henderson (Dench), who owns the theatre, decides to introduce nude shows in it, a move that causes much morality turmoil. She finds a loophole in that the nude performers have to remain remain immobile, so the performances can be considered art, the equivalent of nude statues in museums.