tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post2337341490346764695..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)elena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-57786675612869710582008-10-09T09:44:00.000-04:002008-10-09T09:44:00.000-04:00This is one of my favorite movies.This is one of my favorite movies.Dymphnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469622835449220113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-21583470843160388142008-10-08T20:34:00.000-04:002008-10-08T20:34:00.000-04:00I love "Young Bess." I'll have to write about that...I love "Young Bess." I'll have to write about that film sometime.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-57495858605052414042008-10-08T20:27:00.000-04:002008-10-08T20:27:00.000-04:00I love that film. I don't know how many times I'v...I love that film. I don't know how many times I've seen it. Burton and Bujold were fantastic together. I had no idea Elizabeth Taylor makes a cameo...<BR/><BR/>My other Old Hollywood favourite set in the Tudor era is 'Young Bess' with Jean Simmons in the title role.Lee Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828712906247704669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-35651841711656936712008-10-08T13:28:00.000-04:002008-10-08T13:28:00.000-04:00You are welcome, Gareth. Yes, Anne was reform-mind...You are welcome, Gareth. Yes, Anne was reform-minded but not a die-hard Protestant. I read somewhere that she did not like how the wealth of the monasteries was given to the king's henchmen rather than being given to the poor. She herself patronized many charities.<BR/><BR/>That was Elizabeth? I never knew.....elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-24760777364939038392008-10-08T12:12:00.000-04:002008-10-08T12:12:00.000-04:00One of my absolute favourite films of all time. I ...One of my absolute favourite films of all time. I think Bujold is an amazing Anne Boleyn and Burton a sublime Henry VIII. Two things struck me about your post, both of which I find interesting. On the subject of the monasteries - two recent studies of Anne's life suggest that her religion was probably far more "traditional" than she's given credit for. It was "radical" on certain issues, but she was a devout believer in Transubstantiation and in the final weeks of her life, she used her court padre to actually protest at the immoral dissolution of the Monasteries. The words Shakespeare put in her mouth are certainly true - that it was a cruel thing to be wear a glistening sorrow.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, you mentioned Elizabeth Taylor. A little fact I learned recently is that she's actually in the movie. Do you remember the scene where Katherine of Aragon is in the chapel praying and two bejewelled courtiers burst in? The woman behind the mask is Taylor!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for a very interesting post, Miss Vidal.GarethRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998029730097377244noreply@blogger.com