3-023-182 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

The Actors Emil Jannings and Henny Porten Dressed in Period Costume Getting Out of a Car Whilst Surrounded by Other German Actors on the Set of 'Anne Boleyn', 1920s. Filming '...on the outside lot of, of believe it or not, the German [silent] film production of Ann Boleyn. Not only was director Ernst Lubitsch making good films, but he was also using a British theme for his script. The star of the film is actor Emil Jannings as Henry VIII. For Elstree, an eye for an eye, a movie for a movie'. From "Time To Remember - Came the Dawn", 1925 (Reel 2); peek at the British Film Industry of the 1920s - clips from great silent films and newsreels.