The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Directed by Michael Curtiz
1939    1h 46m    Approved
Drama, Romance, Biography,
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A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.
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  • Bette DavisQueen Elizabeth
  • Errol FlynnThe Earl of Essex
  • Olivia de HavillandLady Penelope Gray
  • Donald CrispFrancis Bacon
  • Alan HaleThe Prince of Tyrone
  • Vincent PriceSir Walter Raleigh
  • Henry StephensonLord Burghley
  • Henry DaniellSir Robert Cecil
  • James StephensonSir Thomas Egerton
  • Nanette FabrayMistress Margaret Radcliffe
  • Ralph ForbesLord Knollys
  • Robert WarwickLord Mountjoy
  • Leo G. CarrollSir Edward Coke
  • Guy BellisLord Charles Howard (uncredited)
  • Jacob DanceEssex's Soldier (uncredited)
  • Forrester HarveyBit Part (uncredited)
  • Holmes HerbertMajordomo (uncredited)
  • I. Stanford JolleySpectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)
  • Doris LloydHandmaiden (uncredited)
  • John SuttonCapt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited)
  • Rosella TowneLady of the Court (uncredited)
  • Maris WrixonLady of the Court (uncredited)
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