| Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex, The | |||||
| Warner Bros. (1939) | |||||
| Biography, Drama, Romance | |||||
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| Bette Davis | Queen Elizabeth I | |
| Errol Flynn | Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex | |
| Donald Crisp | Francis Bacon | |
| Olivia de Havilland | Lady Penelope Gray | |
| Alan Hale | Hugh O'Neill, Earl 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 (as Nanette Fabares) | |
| Mel Blanc | ||
| John Deering | ||
| John Litel |
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| Producer | Hal B. Wallis
Robert Lord |
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| Writer | Aeneas MacKenzie
Norman Reilly Raine Maxwell Anderson |
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A brilliant historical drama of the war between passion and power. Bette Davis and Errol Flynn made The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex fascinatingly public, striking sparks with this lavish Technicolor tale of the ill-fated love between the aging Elizabeth I and the dashing Earl of Essex. Thoroughly unglamorous here - eyes and hairline shaved, face painted chalky white - double Academy Award winner Davis exudes such intelligence, energy and ardor that her romance with the decades - younger Essex (Flynn at the peak of his remarkable good looks and athletic verve) is completely believable. Based on Maxwell Anderson's play Elizabeth the Queen and directed by Michael Curtiz, this nominee for five Oscars takes liberties with historical accuracy, but none with dramatic impact. Long may these tempestuous, titled lovers reign! |
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