The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

AKA:
Elizabeth the Queen
Release Date:
Sep 27, 1939
Running Time:
1:46
Genre:
Historical Drama
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Bette Davis Queen Elizabeth
Errol Flynn Earl of Essex
Olivia de Havilland Lady Penelope Gray
Donald Crisp Francis Bacon
Alan Hale Earl of Tyrone
Vincent Price Sir Walter Raleigh
Henry Stephenson Lord Burghley
Nanette Fabares Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
Ralph Forbes Lord Knollys
Guy Bellis Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)
Robert Warwick Lord Mountjoy
Leo G. Carroll Sir Edward Coke
Forrester Harvey Bit Part (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd Handmaiden (uncredited)
Maris Wrixon Lady of the Court (uncredited)
Rosella Towne Lady of the Court (uncredited)
John Sutton Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)
Producers:
Hal B. Wallis
Writers:
Norman Reilly Raine, Æneas MacKenzie
Language:
English
Related Programs:
Tower of London
Young Bess
Elizabeth
The Young Victoria

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Queen Elizabeth secretly loves the ambitious and courageous Earl of Essex, but at the same time she distrusts his desire for power, fearing he will exploit his political influence to her detriment. Though Essex's popularity soars when he returns victorious from a military campaign in Spain, Elizabeth instead chides him for prosecuting an unprofitable war. While the lovers quarrel, Sir Walter Raleigh schemes to bring about the downfall of Essex.

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