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  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
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    106 min | Biography, Drama, History
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Approved
106 min | Biography, Drama, History

A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.
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Director
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Norman Reilly Raine (screen play) | Æneas MacKenzie (screen play) (as Aeneas MacKenzie) | Maxwell Anderson (from the stage play by)
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Release date
Nov 11, 1939 (United States)

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22 cast members
Name Known for
Bette Davis
Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth   See fewer
Errol Flynn
Earl of Essex Earl of Essex   See fewer
Olivia de Havilland
Lady Penelope Gray Lady Penelope Gray   See fewer
Donald Crisp
Francis Bacon Francis Bacon   See fewer
Alan Hale
Earl of Tyrone Earl of Tyrone   See fewer
Vincent Price
Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh   See fewer
Henry Stephenson
Lord Burghley Lord Burghley   See fewer
Henry Daniell
Sir Robert Cecil Sir Robert Cecil   See fewer
James Stephenson
Sir Thomas Egerton Sir Thomas Egerton   See fewer
Nanette Fabray
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe (as Nanette Fabares) Mistress Margaret Radcliffe (as Nanette Fabares)   See fewer
Ralph Forbes
Lord Knollys Lord Knollys   See fewer
Robert Warwick
Lord Mountjoy Lord Mountjoy   See fewer
Leo G. Carroll
Sir Edward Coke Sir Edward Coke   See fewer
Guy Bellis
Lord Charles Howard (uncredited) Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)   See fewer
Forrester Harvey
Bit Part (uncredited) Bit Part (uncredited)   See fewer
Holmes Herbert
Majordomo (uncredited) Majordomo (uncredited)   See fewer
I. Stanford Jolley
Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited) Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)   See fewer
Doris Lloyd
Handmaiden (uncredited) Handmaiden (uncredited)   See fewer
John Sutton
Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited) Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Rosella Towne
Lady of the Court (uncredited) Lady of the Court (uncredited)   See fewer
Maris Wrixon
Lady of the Court (uncredited) Lady of the Court (uncredited)   See fewer
Katherine Yorke
Lady of the Court (uncredited) Lady of the Court (uncredited)   See fewer
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