The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
November 11, 1939Release Date
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
November 11, 1939Release Date


Plot.
Where to Watch.







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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)

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)

Norman Reilly Raine
Screenplay

Michael Curtiz
Director

Æneas MacKenzie
Screenplay

Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator

Jack L. Warner
Executive In Charge Of Production

Maxwell Anderson
Theatre Play

Byron Haskin
Special Effects

Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director

Ali Hubert
Technical Advisor

Milan Roder
Orchestrator
Media.



Details.
Release DateNovember 11, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, for a time also entitled Elizabeth the Queen, is a 1939 American historical romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson—which had a successful run on Broadway with Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in the lead roles—the film fictionalizes the historical relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. The screenplay was written by Norman Reilly Raine and Aeneas MacKenzie.
It was the fifth of nine films that Flynn and de Havilland starred in, while it was the second of his three with Davis.
The supporting cast included Donald Crisp, Henry Daniell, Henry Stephenson, and Vincent Price. The score was composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who later used a theme from the film in his Symphony in F sharp major. The Technicolor cinematography was by Sol Polito, and the elaborate costumes were designed by Orry-Kelly.
The film was a Warner Bros. Pictures production, and became the hit the studio had anticipated and returned a handsome profit. Among the film's five Academy Award nominations was a nomination for Best Color Cinematography. Bette Davis was tipped to receive an Academy Award nomination for her role; however, she was nominated for Dark Victory (also from Warner) instead.
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