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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

NR ★ 6.3/10 106 min Drama, History, Romance United States English
Director: Michael Curtiz
Screenplay by: Æneas MacKenzie, Norman Reilly Raine
Theatre Play: Maxwell Anderson
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Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.

Description

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

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Top 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

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