The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

106 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Nov. 11, 1939

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

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

106 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Nov. 11, 1939

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Directors Sherry Shourds, Michael Curtiz
Writers Maxwell Anderson, Norman Reilly Raine, Æneas MacKenzie

Cast

Bette Davis

as Queen Elizabeth

Errol Flynn

as The Earl of Essex

Olivia de Havilland

as Lady Penelope Gray

Donald Crisp

as Francis Bacon

Alan Hale

as The Prince of Tyrone

Vincent Price

as Sir Walter Raleigh

Henry Stephenson

as Lord Burghley

Henry Daniell

as Sir Robert Cecil

James Stephenson

as Sir Thomas Egerton

Nanette Fabray

as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

Ralph Forbes

as Lord Knollys

Robert Warwick

as Lord Mountjoy

Leo G. Carroll

as Sir Edward Coke

Guy Bellis

as Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)

Jacob Dance

as Essex's Soldier (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

as Majordomo (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

as Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)

Doris Lloyd

as Handmaiden (uncredited)

John Sutton

as Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited)

Rosella Towne

as Lady of the Court (uncredited)

Maris Wrixon

as Lady of the Court (uncredited)