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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

IMDb 7.0·1939·1h 46m·movie·Drama, History, Romance, Biography

Directed by Michael Curtiz

Cadrate frame score

Synopsis

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

Cast

Main cast
Bette Davis portrait

Bette Davis

Queen Elizabeth

Errol Flynn portrait

Errol Flynn

The Earl of Essex

Olivia de Havilland portrait

Olivia de Havilland

Lady Penelope Gray

Donald Crisp portrait

Donald Crisp

Francis Bacon

Alan Hale portrait

Alan Hale

The Prince of Tyrone

Vincent Price portrait

Vincent Price

Sir Walter Raleigh

Henry Stephenson portrait

Henry Stephenson

Lord Burghley

Henry Daniell portrait

Henry Daniell

Sir Robert Cecil

James Stephenson portrait

James Stephenson

Sir Thomas Egerton

Nanette Fabray portrait

Nanette Fabray

Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

Ralph Forbes portrait

Ralph Forbes

Lord Knollys

Robert Warwick portrait

Robert Warwick

Lord Mountjoy

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