The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

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

Drama History Romance

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

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  • Release Date: 1939-11-11
  • Runtime: 1h 46min
  • Director: Michael Curtiz

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    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

    • Leo G. Carroll

      Sir Edward Coke

    • Guy Bellis

      Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)

    • Jacob Dance

      Essex's Soldier (uncredited)

    • Forrester Harvey

      Bit Part (uncredited)

    • Holmes Herbert

      Majordomo (uncredited)

    • I. Stanford Jolley

      Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)

    • Doris Lloyd

      Handmaiden (uncredited)

    • John Sutton

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

    • Rosella Towne

      Lady of the Court (uncredited)

    • Maris Wrixon

      Lady of the Court (uncredited)

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