The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

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

  • Genre: Drama, History, Romance
  • Release Date: 1939-11-11
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 79 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 46min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Michael Curtiz
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From 79 Ratings
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Summary

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

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  • 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

  • Leo G. Carroll

    as Sir Edward Coke

  • Guy Bellis

    as Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)

  • Jacob Dance

    as Essex's Soldier (uncredited)

  • Forrester Harvey

    as Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Holmes Herbert

    as Majordomo (uncredited)

  • I. Stanford Jolley

    as Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)

  • Doris Lloyd

    as Handmaiden (uncredited)

  • John Sutton

    as Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited)

  • Rosella Towne

    as Lady of the Court (uncredited)

  • Maris Wrixon

    as Lady of the Court (uncredited)
Writing Æneas MacKenzie Screenplay
Directing Michael Curtiz Director
Writing Norman Reilly Raine Screenplay
Crew Hans F. Koenekamp Special Effects
Writing Maxwell Anderson Theatre Play
Art W. Howard Greene Assistant Director of Photography
Sound Leo F. Forbstein Music Director
Production Jack L. Warner Executive In Charge Of Production
Sound Hugo Friedhofer Orchestrator
Crew Byron Haskin Special Effects
Sound Milan Roder Orchestrator
Crew Ali Hubert Technical Advisor
Art Anton Grot Art Direction
Sound Erich Wolfgang Korngold Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Orry-Kelly Costume Design
Sound C.A. Riggs Sound
Editing Owen Marks Editor
Production Robert Lord Associate Producer
Costume & Make-Up Perc Westmore Makeup Artist
Directing Sherry Shourds Assistant Director
Production Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer
Camera Sol Polito Director of Photography

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