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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.

6.3(96)1h 46mNovember 11, 1939

Drama History Romance

Michael Curtiz

Director

Norman Reilly Raine, Æneas MacKenzie

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

Cast

Bette Davis

Queen Elizabeth

Errol Flynn

The Earl of Essex

Olivia de Havilland

Lady Penelope Gray

Donald Crisp

Francis Bacon

Alan Hale

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex · Cinemalant

The Prince of Tyrone

Vincent Price

Sir Walter Raleigh

Henry Stephenson

Lord Burghley

Henry Daniell

Sir Robert Cecil

James Stephenson

Sir Thomas Egerton

Nanette Fabray

Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

Ralph Forbes

Lord Knollys

Robert Warwick

Lord Mountjoy

Leo G. Carroll

Sir Edward Coke

Forrester Harvey

Bit Part (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

Majordomo (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: November 11, 1939
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Country: United States of America

Keywords

queenqueen elizabeth itudorearl16th centurybritish monarchy

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