Henry VIII and His Six Wives Howard, Duke of Norfolk. Henry and Catherine marry, with Henry lavishing her with many gifts and jewels. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer then discovers that Catherine has had liaisons before her marriage, and presents this knowledge to Henry, who at first refuses to believe the charges. Cranmer secures a confession from Catherine, who also admits of an affair with Thomas Culpeper during her marriage to Henry. Catherine is beheaded. Henry, now elderly, approaches Catherine Parr, a widow from two previous marriages. Catherine is at first reluctant, citing her religious views which differ from Henry's, but Henry admits his need for companionship in
Four Wives nephews. Frank S. Nugent of "The New York Times" writes in his movie review: "Sequels so rarely even approximate the quality of their originals that the Warners deserve a special word of commendation this morning for their "Four Wives," the Strand's inevitable aftermath to the "Four Daughters" which appeared on most of the ten-best lists last year. For it is a singularly happy film, well-written, well-directed and well-played, and it reconciles us tranquilly to the vista it has opened of a "Four Mothers" (although part of that already has been realized), a "Four Grandmothers" and possibly a "Four Granddaughters. The