The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Bette Davis is the homely Queen Elizabeth I, whose jealous love of the handsome Earl of Essex leads to tragedy. Co- starring Olivia De Havilland and Donald Crisp, Nanette Fabares, Leo G. Caroll and Hollywood legend Vincent Price. Directed by Michael Curtiz.
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Cast & Crew
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Michael Curtiz Director
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Bette Davis Elizabeth I
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Errol Flynn Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex
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Olivia de Havilland Penelope Gray
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Vincent Price Sir Walter Raleigh
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Donald Crisp Francis Bacon
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Alan Sr. Hale Earl of Tyrone
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Henry Stephenson Lord Burghley
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Henry Daniell Sir Robert Cecil
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James Stephenson Sir Thomas Egerton
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Ralph Forbes Lord Knollys
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Robert Warwick Lord Mountjoy
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Leo G. Carroll Sir Edward Coke
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Nanette Fabray Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
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Hal B. Wallis Producer
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Maxwell Anderson Play Author
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Aeneas MacKenzie Screenwriter
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Norman Reilly Raine Screenwriter
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Guy Bellis Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)
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Forrester Harvey Bit Part (uncredited)
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Doris Lloyd Handmaiden (uncredited)
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Maris Wrixon Lady of the Court (uncredited)
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John Sutton Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited)
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Stanford Jolley Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)
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Hal Wallis Producer
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Aeneas MacKenzie Screenwriter
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Norman Raine Screenwriter
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Title The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Release Date 1939-11-11
Country USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Historical
Runtime 1h 46m
Sub Genres Period Film, Biopic [feature]
Language English