

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