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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

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1939
1h 46m
NR
English
Drama, History, Romance
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6.8
Critic Score: 
73
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This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

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Movie
1939
1h 46m
English
Drama, History, Romance
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This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
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CRITIC SCORE
73

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Cast

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Bette Davis
Queen Elizabeth
Errol Flynn
The Earl of Essex
Olivia de Havilland
Lady Penelope Gray
Donald Crisp
Francis Bacon
Alan Hale
The Prince of Tyrone
Vincent Price
Sir Walter Raleigh
Henry Stephenson
Lord Burghley
Henry Daniell
Sir Robert Cecil
James Stephenson
Sir Thomas Egerton
Nanette Fabray
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
Ralph Forbes
Lord Knollys
Robert Warwick
Lord Mountjoy
Leo G Carroll
Sir Edward Coke
Guy Bellis
Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)
Jacob Dance
Essex's Soldier (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey
Bit Part (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Majordomo (uncredited)
I Stanford Jolley
Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace ...
Doris Lloyd
Handmaiden (uncredited)
John Sutton
Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (...
Rosella Towne
Lady of the Court (uncredited)
Maris Wrixon
Lady of the Court (uncredited)
Directed By: Michael Curtiz
Written By: Æneas MacKenzie (Screenplay), Norman Reilly Raine (Screenplay)

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CinemaSerf
3 years ago
Bette Davis; Errol Flynn some swash, buckle and a rousing Korngold score - what more could you want? This is a sumptuous costume drama based on the real life story of an elderly Queen Elizabeth's infatuation with the much younger and more reckless Earl of Essex. There is an engaging chemistry betwee More
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