Talk:Henry V (1944 film)

Bishop of Ely
I wrote about the Bishop of Ely (Robert Helpmann): "in the film, he appears as a clown figure". That was reverted, referring to the fact that the exaggerated makeup was part of the on-stage characterization. Which is of course clear - but the makeup part also applies to all other characters! So why did I write this? Because the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely are clearly conceived as a comical duo in the vein of "Laurel and Hardy" in the film. While the archbishop is more "straight", the bishop's clownish hairdo and behavior (see the scene with the papers where the Archbishop holds his long monologue!) justify I think the remark that he is a "clown figure" in the film. Lumendelumine 04:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * As the editor who deleted this, I agree with you that Helpmann's comic characterisation goes beyond the clown-like makeup. I changed it because of the modern slapstick implications in the word, which was not how it was played. I have reinstated, but with "comic" replacing "clown" – I hope that is acceptable. Thanks for the explanation. --Moonraker88 06:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Date dispute
Shouldn't this article actually be titled Henry V (1944 movie)? That was the release date in the country of production. Even USers like Your Humble can see that styiling it as a 1946 film because it was released in Los Angeles in that year is US-centric.

Yes, it's painfully US-centric, as well as inaccurate, that's why I'm changing it. JW

Title
I changed ...History Or... to ...History of.... Various sources including IMDB have "Or", but the title in the First Quarto used "of" and I doubt Olivier would have made the mistake. If someone has material from the movie itself, it'd be good to know. David Brooks 06:55, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Extras
I am led to believe that many of the men who appear in the battle of Agincourt scenes, filmed in Ireland were a mixture of Irish Defence force volunteers. Remarkably those who brought their own horse received an additional pound a day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.252.171 (talk) 13:23, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Technical stuff
Two items... I've read in a number of places that the glorious color was possible because the production escaped the tyrannical supervision of Natalie Kalmus, daughter of the developer of Technicolor, who dictated the color style of all films shot in that color system. Alas, I have no citations to offer.

The sound of the massed flight of English arrows was truly hair-raising. (As a child, I played that section on the film's 78 rpm record album over and over.) Given the technical level of field recording at the time, the sound was likely an effect added later. (Branagh's version of Henry V used almost exactly the same sound.) Again, I'm here in the Talk suburbs because I have no more information and no citations.Jim Stinson (talk) 23:16, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Reception
Perhaps this less-known reaction to the film might be inserted.


 * (John) Davis was already known to dislike Del Giudice, whom he regarded as a rival for power within the organisation, and did what he could to sabotage Two Cities projects - he had earlier previewed Henry V in the East End, where eggs (though still rationed) were thrown at the screen.

(OBITUARIES: Jill Craigie. By Tom Vallance, The Independent. Wednesday 15 December 1999. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-jill-craigie-1132511.html)

Falstaff deathbed scene
Having watched the film on TV some years ago, I have long wondered if the deathbed scene of Falstaff roughly as Henry's expeditionary force leave Southampton, played by George Robey, was something in Shakespeare's narrative or an addition by dramatic licence? I have read in Robey's wiki article that he himself considered the part inessential, as if to imply (perhaps with dramatic experience) that Shakespeare did not write Falstaff into the play.Cloptonson (talk) 19:00, 31 May 2023 (UTC)