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 80 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 80 Ratings

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

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