The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
- NR
 - 09/27/1939 (US)
 - Drama, History, Romance
 - 1h 46m
 
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
Overview
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
Æneas MacKenzie
ScreenplayMichael Curtiz
DirectorNorman Reilly Raine
ScreenplayCast
    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