1 | * ActingForTwo: Creator/TerryScott as Cardinal Wolsey and the DeletedRole of [[spoiler:Queen Marie's baby]]. |
2 | * ActorInspiredElement: Cromwell and Cardinal Wolsey's last lines of "Carry on, executioner!" were suggested by Creator/KennethWilliams and Creator/TerryScott. |
3 | * BillingDisplacement: Creator/JulianHolloway was added to the list of stars on the original VHS release and "The Classic ''Film/CarryOn'' Film Collection" DVD boxset despite only playing a supporting role. |
4 | * CompletelyDifferentTitle: |
5 | ** Brazil: ''Send See, Henry''. |
6 | ** Germany: ''Henry's Bed Stories'' or ''How Garlic Came to England''. |
7 | ** Hungary: ''Go on, Henry!''. |
8 | ** Portugal: ''The Seventh Wife of Henry VIII''. |
9 | ** Sweden: ''Check Now we Take the Garlic''. |
10 | * CreatorBacklash: |
11 | ** Creator/KennethWilliams wrote harshly of the script in his diaries: |
12 | --->I read the script of ''Carry On Henry'' and I think it's abysmal. My part (Cromwell) seems to equate to the thing I did in ''[[Film/DontLoseYourHead Don't Lose Yr. Head]]''. It is liberally sprinkled with filth. |
13 | *** However his in diary entries from 1979 he seemed to have changed his tune: |
14 | ---->We saw the TV and it was ''Carry On Henry''... amazing how well this was made! Everyone in it was competent and the sheer look of the thing was so professional. |
15 | *** Despite this, he was back to hating it by 1988: |
16 | ---->Creator/{{ITV}} showed ''Carry On Henry''. Oh, dear! it was so bad in places... truly chronic dialogue... dreadful acting. Creator/SidJames had never been quite as bad as this. A collection of such rubbish you're amazed it could ever have been stuck together. Only an audience of illiterates could ever have found this tripe amusing. |
17 | ** Creator/JulianHolloway later admitted he wasn't remotely proud of his involvement with any of the ''Film/CarryOn'' films. |
18 | * CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/BarbaraWindsor named this as her favourite ''Film/CarryOn'' film. |
19 | * DeletedRole: |
20 | ** A pre-fame David Essex was filmed as a young man at Speaker's Corner who interjects a comment ("I intend to!") when Lord Hampton suggests "having it off" during the anti-Sex Enjoyment Tax argument. However, his role was cut from the finished film due to a banner prominently visible throughout the scene reading "Ban S.E.T. Tax", which would have made it "Ban Sex Enjoyment Tax Tax". Creator/AnthonySagar's heckler, Creator/JohnClive's dandy and another dandy known as Cedric were also part of the cut scene. |
21 | ** Others who had parts cut from the film were Creator/BrianWilde as a warder, Creator/ValerieShute as a maid, and Jane Cardew as King Henry's second wife. |
22 | ** In addition to playing Cardinal Wolsey, Creator/TerryScott had a scene as [[spoiler:Queen Marie's baby]] that was cut. |
23 | * DeletedScene: |
24 | ** Creator/PatsyRowlands confirms on the ''Film/CarryOnGirls'' DVDCommentary that the Queen's execution scene was much longer and she had given a long, dramatic speech, only for Creator/GeraldThomas to cut the scene short for being too dramatic. |
25 | ** Some of the marriage scene between King Henry and Queen Marie was cut to keep Creator/JoanSims' reveal as the Queen until later. |
26 | ** A line where Lord Hampton tells Fawkes his gunpowder will never work and he should leave it to his heirs was cut, making it seem as if Fawkes was actually UsefulNotes/GuyFawkes alive before he should have been. |
27 | --->'''Lord Hampton''': Oh for heaven's sake, Fawkes! Forget about your damned barrels of gunpowder! |
28 | --->'''Fawkes''': Well, I feel I ought to do something with them... |
29 | --->'''Lord Hampton''': Leave them to your heirs! Let them find something to do with them! |
30 | ** King Henry and Cardinal Wolsey looking at portraits of potential new wives: |
31 | --->'''Cardinal Wolsey''': Now this one should suit your Majesty quite well. Anna-Marie. She'd make an excellent Queen, I feel. |
32 | --->'''King Henry''': Umm, I don't know. Bit on the big side. What make? |
33 | --->'''Cardinal Wolsey''': The Schleswig-Holstein's. |
34 | --->'''King Henry''': No, no, I don't like German stuff. All right for a while but they don't build 'em to last. |
35 | ** Cardinal Wolsey being tempted to pinch a maid's bottom before the arrival of Conte di Pisa. |
36 | ** The scene where Cromwell explains the Sex Enjoyment Tax to King Henry was cut down, as Cromwell's mouth can still be seen moving when the scene fades out. |
37 | ** The scene where King Henry explains his family motto lost its ending, which featured an appearance from his second wife. |
38 | ** Lord Hampton advocating against the Sex Enjoyment Tax at Speaker's Corner while being heckled: |
39 | --->'''Lord Hampton''': Knowing that with S.E.T. you've got to pay up for every little kiss and cuddle? No! Let's have it off, I say! |
40 | --->'''Young Man''': I intend to! |
41 | ** Sir Roger briefly joining Queen Marie in the Tower. |
42 | ** King Henry and Bettina playing strip croquet in the gardens. |
43 | ** Cromwell and a warder moving Sir Roger from the rack to the Iron Maiden after he gets too stretched for it: |
44 | --->'''Cromwell''': What do you mean "He won't fit it any further"? |
45 | --->'''Warder''': The rack won't go any further! He's outgrown it! |
46 | --->'''Cromwell''': But that's ridiculous! There must be some way... |
47 | --->'''Sir Roger''': Make a bigger one. |
48 | --->'''Cromwell''': Would you please mind your own business?! |
49 | --->'''Sir Roger''': I should have thought it was my business. I've got to go on it. |
50 | ** Queen Marie's baby's true father being revealed to be [[spoiler:Cardinal Wolsey]]. |
51 | * DVDCommentary: With ''Film/CarryOn'' historian Robert Ross talking to director of photography Alan Hume. |
52 | * EditedForSyndication: The scene in the barn where King Henry has a rough and ready encounter with the buxom lass is often trimmed or completely removed for television screenings. |
53 | * EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/JoanSims ate real garlic in the bedroom scene, Creator/GeraldThomas used mints for the rehearsals and then surprised her for the filming which explains her facial reaction. This was also done to her in ''Film/CarryOnRegardless'', ten years prior (albeit with real gin instead of real garlic). |
54 | * FakeBrit: |
55 | ** The South African-born Creator/SidJames plays the British King Henry. |
56 | ** The Polish Creator/JohnBluthal as royal tailor Moshe Montmorency. |
57 | * FakeNationality: |
58 | ** Creator/JoanSims, Creator/JulianOrchard, Creator/PeterGilmore, Creator/GertanKlauber, and David Davenport play French characters. |
59 | ** The Italian Conte Filippo di Pisa is played by the British Alan Curtis. |
60 | * NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: One of the horses threw Creator/JulianHolloway off while he was riding it, leaving him with a noticeable limp. |
61 | * OneTakeWonder: Creator/SidJames and Creator/BarbaraWindsor did their dance scene in one take, having just learned it the morning before filming. |
62 | * OnSetInjury: Creator/JulianHolloway was thrown off a horse during filming and can be seen limping in several of his scenes. |
63 | * OrphanedReference: A portrait is visible on the floor in one scene, which was once in a DeletedScene where King Henry and Cardinal Wolsey look through new wives for the King. |
64 | * PromotedFanboy: Before being in this film, Alan Curtis was a fan of the previous ''Film/CarryOn'' films. In particular, he considered ''Film/CarryOnUpTheKhyber'' to be a masterpiece. |
65 | * PropRecycling: This is the second time that Creator/SidJames has played a character that was originally portrayed by Creator/RichardBurton, as well as worn the same costume (wearing his costume from ''Film/AnneOfTheThousandDays''). The first time was ''Film/CarryOnCleo'' as UsefulNotes/MarkAntony. |
66 | * SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film had been in development as far back as 1966 but wasn't released until 1971. |
67 | * StuntDouble: When King Henry leaps over the hedge to escape the farmer and is pulled up a tower by a horse-pulled rope, he isn't played by Creator/SidJames, but rather a stunt double. |
68 | * ThrowItIn: Creator/TerryScott ad-libbed Cardinal Wolsey's line "Mind me 'at!" when he is being taken away to the Tower. |
69 | * UncreditedRole: |
70 | ** Creator/JohnBluthal as Moshe Montmorency. |
71 | ** Creator/PeterButterworth as Charles, Earl of Bristol. |
72 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
73 | ** Creator/HarrySecombe was considered the role of King Henry because the production team didn't think that Creator/SidJames would be available for the filming. |
74 | ** Early versions of the script had the composing and performing of popular madrigals as a major part of the plot. |
75 | ** Creator/JackiPiper was hoped to return after appearing in the previous two films but was unavailable as she had just gotten married and was also busy in the West End. |
76 | ** Creator/PeterButterworth was unable to take a larger role due to his stage commitments, so the small role of Charles, the Earl of Bristol, was written especially for him. |
77 | * WorkingTitle: ''Anne of a Thousand Lays''. |
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