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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Overview
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
Details
- Release date
- 1939-11-11
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth
- Errol Flynn as The Earl of Essex
- Olivia de Havilland as Lady Penelope Gray
- Donald Crisp as Francis Bacon
- Alan Hale as The Prince of Tyrone
- Vincent Price as Sir Walter Raleigh
- Henry Stephenson as Lord Burghley
- Henry Daniell as Sir Robert Cecil
- James Stephenson as Sir Thomas Egerton
- Nanette Fabray as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
- Ralph Forbes as Lord Knollys
- Robert Warwick as Lord Mountjoy
Crew
- Michael Curtiz - Director
- Norman Reilly Raine - Screenplay
- Æneas MacKenzie - Screenplay
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