The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Nov 11, 1939

1h 46m

★ 6.3

Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.

Overview

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

Genres

Drama

History

Romance

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Queen Elizabeth

Bette Davis

The Earl of Essex

Errol Flynn

Lady Penelope Gray

Olivia de Havilland

Francis Bacon

Donald Crisp

The Prince of Tyrone

Alan Hale

Sir Walter Raleigh

Vincent Price

Lord Burghley

Henry Stephenson

Sir Robert Cecil

Henry Daniell

Sir Thomas Egerton

James Stephenson

Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

Nanette Fabray

Lord Knollys

Ralph Forbes

Lord Mountjoy

Robert Warwick

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