The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Movie Details

Original Title The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.6

Cast

Bette Davis

Queen Elizabeth

Popularity: 1.2

Errol Flynn

The Earl of Essex

Popularity: 1.0

Olivia de Havilland

Lady Penelope Gray

Popularity: 0.8

Donald Crisp

Francis Bacon

Popularity: 1.4

Alan Hale

The Prince of Tyrone

Popularity: 4.3

Vincent Price

Sir Walter Raleigh

Popularity: 1.1

Henry Stephenson

Lord Burghley

Popularity: 0.5

Henry Daniell

Sir Robert Cecil

Popularity: 6.5

James Stephenson

Sir Thomas Egerton

Popularity: 1.0

Nanette Fabray

Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

Popularity: 0.9

Ralph Forbes

Lord Knollys

Popularity: 1.6

Robert Warwick

Lord Mountjoy

Popularity: 2.3

Key Crew

Screenplay Norman Reilly Raine, Æneas MacKenzie

Director Michael Curtiz

Editor Owen Marks

Executive Producer Hal B. Wallis

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Keywords

queen queen elizabeth i tudor earl 16th century british monarchy

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 8/10

Jun 22, 2022

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 ... Read more