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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

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

19391h 46mNRDramaHistoryRomance
6.3
TMDB96 votes

Synopsis

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

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Release Date

November 11, 1939

Audio

EnglishItalian

Subtitles

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Director

Michael Curtiz

Writers

Norman Reilly Raine, Æneas MacKenzie

Cast & Crew

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

Guy Bellis

Guy Bellis

Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)

Jacob Dance

Jacob Dance

Essex's Soldier (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey

Forrester Harvey

Bit Part (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert

Majordomo (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley

Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)

Extras

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