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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

6.319391h 46mDrama / History / Romance

“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
Ralph ForbesLord Knollys
Robert WarwickLord Mountjoy
Leo G. CarrollSir Edward Coke
GBGuy BellisLord Charles Howard (uncredited)
JDJacob DanceEssex's Soldier (uncredited)
Forrester HarveyBit Part (uncredited)
Holmes HerbertMajordomo (uncredited)
I. Stanford JolleySpectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)
Doris LloydHandmaiden (uncredited)
John SuttonCapt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited)
Rosella TowneLady of the Court (uncredited)
Maris WrixonLady of the Court (uncredited)

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Status
Released
Release date
11 November 1939
Runtime
106 min
Director
Michael Curtiz
Writers
Aeneas MacKenzie, Norman Reilly Raine, Maxwell Anderson
Music
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
United States
Languages
English, Italian
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