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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Bette Davis
Queen Elizabeth
Errol Flynn
Earl of Essex
Olivia de Havilland
Lady Penelope Gray
Donald Crisp
Francis Bacon
Alan Hale
Earl of Tyrone
Vincent Price
Sir Walter Raleigh
Henry Stephenson
Lord Burghley
Henry Daniell
Sir Robert Cecil
James Stephenson
Sir Thomas Egerton
Ralph Forbes
Lord Knollys
Nanette Fabray
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
Michael Curtiz
Director
Robert Warwick
Lord Mountjoy
Norman Reilly Raine
Writer
Leo G. Carroll
Sir Edward Coke
Guy Bellis
Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)
Æneas MacKenzie
Writer
Maxwell Anderson
Writer
Jacob Dance
Essex's Soldier (uncredited)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Composer
Forrester Harvey
Bit Part (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Majordomo (uncredited)
Sol Polito
Cinematographer
Owen Marks
Editor
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)
Jack L. Warner
Executive In Charge Of Production
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 11, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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.