The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex(1939)

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

63

1h 46m

  • Drama,
  • History,
  • Romance

Overview

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

Cast

  • Bette Davis

    Bette Davis

    Queen Elizabeth

  • Errol Flynn

    Errol Flynn

    The Earl of Essex

  • Olivia de Havilland

    Olivia de Havilland

    Lady Penelope Gray

  • Donald Crisp

    Donald Crisp

    Francis Bacon

  • Alan Hale

    Alan Hale

    The Prince of Tyrone

  • Vincent Price

    Vincent Price

    Sir Walter Raleigh

  • Henry Stephenson

    Henry Stephenson

    Lord Burghley

  • Henry Daniell

    Henry Daniell

    Sir Robert Cecil

  • James Stephenson

    James Stephenson

    Sir Thomas Egerton

  • Nanette Fabray

    Nanette Fabray

    Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

  • Ralph Forbes

    Ralph Forbes

    Lord Knollys

  • Robert Warwick

    Robert Warwick

    Lord Mountjoy

  • Leo G. Carroll

    Leo G. Carroll

    Sir Edward Coke

  • Forrester Harvey

    Forrester Harvey

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Holmes Herbert

    Holmes Herbert

    Majordomo (uncredited)

  • I. Stanford Jolley

    I. Stanford Jolley

    Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)

  • Doris Lloyd

    Doris Lloyd

    Handmaiden (uncredited)

  • John Sutton

    John Sutton

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

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    Status

    Released (Nov 11, 1939)

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