The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Movie 1939 · 1h 46m 18

Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.

BioShock Drama Romance History

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This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

Cast

20 people

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

G Guy Bellis Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)

J Jacob Dance Essex's Soldier (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey Bit Part (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert Majordomo (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)