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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Dir. Michael Curtiz
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
“Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.”
Drama
History
Romance
Director
Michael Curtiz
Screenplay
Norman Reilly Raine, Æneas MacKenzie
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
Release
Nov 11, 1939
Budget
—
Country
United States of America
Revenue
—
Cast
Bette Davis
Queen Elizabeth
Errol Flynn
The Earl of Essex
Olivia de Havilland
Lady Penelope Gray
Donald Crisp
Francis Bacon
Alan Hale
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)
Reviews
★★★★★
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Trailer
Official trailer
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
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