The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939
Directed by Michael Curtiz
- Drama, History, Romance
- 106 min
- NR
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
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Cast
- Bette DavisQueen Elizabeth
- Errol FlynnThe Earl of Essex
- Olivia de HavillandLady Penelope Gray
- Donald CrispFrancis Bacon
- Alan HaleThe Prince of Tyrone
- Vincent PriceSir Walter Raleigh
- Henry StephensonLord Burghley
- Henry DaniellSir Robert Cecil
- James StephensonSir Thomas Egerton
- Nanette FabrayMistress Margaret Radcliffe
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- Michael CurtizDirector
- Aeneas MacKenzieScreenplay
- Norman Reilly RaineScreenplay
- Sol PolitoDirector of Photography
- Erich Wolfgang KorngoldOriginal Music Composer
- Owen MarksEditor
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