Secret Philadelphia (A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure)
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Released January 26, 1934
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Van Beuren / RKO
17.1 min. (Short Subject)
17.1 min. (Short Subject)
King Henry the Eighth's (Bert Lahr) wives come and go. Queen Annie has been beheaded, and new wife Queen Kitty discovers that Henry doesn't have a clue about the birds and the bees. So like the wives before her, she turns to the King's trusted adviser, Sir Thomas Culpeper (Monte Collins).
Produced by Van Beuren Pictures; released by RKO Radio Pictures
Avg. Rating: 
[5.20/10]
[5.20/10]
Bert Lahr
Henry the Eighth
Janet Reade
Queen Kitty
Leni Stengel
Anne Cleves
Monte Collins
Sir Thomas Culpepper
Shemp Howard
Artie, King's lackey
The Girl Friends
Ladies in waiting
Unidentified HENRY THE ACHE 1
Catherine of Aragon
Unidentified HENRY THE ACHE 2
Anne Boleyn
Unidentified HENRY THE ACHE 3
Jane Seymour
Unidentified HENRY THE ACHE 4
Announcer
Unidentified HENRY THE ACHE 5
King's lawyer
Raymond McCarey
Director
Monroe Shaff
Producer
Meyer Davis
Associate Producer
Bert Granet
Screenplay
Burnet Hershey
Screenplay
Joe Ruttenberg
Photography
Sam Leavitt
Assistant Cameraman
Harold Spina
Music and Lyrics
Johnny Burke
Music and Lyrics
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