Cardinal Wolsey (1912)
King Henry VIII smitten with Anne Boleyn wishes to displace his estimable Queen Catherine for her. He appeals to Cardinal Wolsey to set aside the tenets of the Church and consent to his divorce from the Queen. The cardinal absolutely refuses to do anything so inimical to his office, as representative of the Holy See. Angered King Henry induces the Archbishop of Canterbury to call a special council through which he divorces himself from Queen Catherine. In punishment for his refusal to accede to the king's wishes, the cardinal is exiled to Leicester Abbey where he dies three days afterward, conscious that he had sustained the sacredness of his office, a martyr to his faith and of service to his king.
- Released
- 1912-01-02
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Laurence Trimble, J. Stuart Blackton
Cast
- Hal Reid as Cardinal Wolsey
- Julia Swayne Gordon as Catherine of Aragon
- Clara Kimball Young as Anne Boleyn
- Tefft Johnson as King Henry VIII
- Robert Gaillard as Gardiner, later Bishop of Winchester
- Logan Paul as Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
- George Ober as Bishop of Essex
- Hal Wilson as King's friend (as Harold Wilson)