Last night I watched Chimes At Midnight, which I'm still pondering. The Wars of the Roses fascinates me, and I really love Shakespeare's Henry V, but my problem with all the history plays, since there are large number of characters to keep track of, I usually feel I am at another's family reunion where I know only a few people, and I spend the time trying to figure oput the relationships with no guidance.
So, I enjoyed the film - the back and white photography is beautiful - and the performances, although I did not recognize John Gielgud as Henry IV until late in the movie. I liked Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly and Alan Webb as Shallow, and I wondered why Jeanne Moreai was cast as Doll Tearsheet and if she were dubbed. As to the screenplay, it seems to mainly be the Falstaff scenes from Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, with enough of the remainder of the plays for continuity and then a bit of Henry V for Mistress Quickly's account of Falstaff's death.