Line #67 Trivia/CarryOnHenry


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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