Bette Davis

Errol Flynn

Olivia de Havilland

Donald Crisp

Alan Hale

Vincent Price

Henry Stephenson

Henry Daniell

James Stephenson

Nanette Fabray

Ralph Forbes

Robert Warwick

Leo G. Carroll

Guy Bellis

Jacob Dance

Forrester Harvey

Holmes Herbert

I. Stanford Jolley

Doris Lloyd

John Sutton

Rosella Towne

Maris Wrixon

Michael Curtiz

Norman Reilly Raine

Æneas MacKenzie

Maxwell Anderson

Jack L. Warner

Byron Haskin

Hans F. Koenekamp

W. Howard Greene

Leo F. Forbstein

Hugo Friedhofer

Milan Roder

Ali Hubert

Robert Lord

Hal B. Wallis

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Sol Polito

Owen Marks

Anton Grot

Orry-Kelly

Perc Westmore

Sherry Shourds

C.A. Riggs

Drama

History

Romance

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Bette Davis; Errol Flynn some swash, buckle and a rousing Korngold score - what more could you want? This is a sumptuous costume drama based on the real life story of an elderly Queen Elizabeth's infatuation with the much younger and more reckless Earl of Essex. There is an engaging chemistry between them - though the script does rather drag at times; and the usual suspects in support - including Olivia de Havilland; Henry Stephenson, Henry Daniell & Donald Crisp keep the whole thing moving along nicely. This is also the first film in which I actually recall Vincent Price having a more substantial part in, too. Lots of theatrical licence taken with the actual turn of events, but hey - it is all good fun...

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) - Trailer