The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
1939
Rated
NR
106
minutes
Drama, History, Romance
Directed By:
Michael Curtiz
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
Language
English
Release Date
November 11, 1939
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)
Show Full Crew
Directing
Writing
Sound
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Original Music Composer
Milan Roder
Orchestrator
C.A. Riggs
Sound
Art
Camera
Editing
Costume & Make-Up
Production
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Robert Lord
Associate Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive In Charge Of Production
Crew