The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
1939 • NR • 1h 46m
6.2/10
(80 users) 
Overview
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be Ki This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
6.2/10
(80 users) Cast / Crew 
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) 
Michael Curtiz Director 
Norman Reilly Raine Screenplay Æneas MacKenzie Screenplay Maxwell Anderson Theatre Play 
Jack L. Warner Executive In Charge Of Production 
Byron Haskin Special Effects Hans F. Koenekamp Special Effects W. Howard Greene Assistant Director of Photography Leo F. Forbstein Music Director 
Hugo Friedhofer Orchestrator Milan Roder Orchestrator Ali Hubert Technical Advisor Robert Lord Associate Producer 
Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer 
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Original Music Composer
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) Michael Curtiz Director Norman Reilly Raine Screenplay Æneas MacKenzie Screenplay Maxwell Anderson Theatre Play Jack L. Warner Executive In Charge Of Production Byron Haskin Special Effects Hans F. Koenekamp Special Effects W. Howard Greene Assistant Director of Photography Leo F. Forbstein Music Director Hugo Friedhofer Orchestrator Milan Roder Orchestrator Ali Hubert Technical Advisor Robert Lord Associate Producer Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer Erich Wolfgang Korngold Original Music Composer 
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