1939 · 106 min
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Drama · History · Romance
Plot
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
Cast
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
Crew
Norman Reilly Raine
Screenplay
Michael Curtiz
Director
Aeneas MacKenzie
Screenplay
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Original Music Composer
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