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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

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Average Rating:7.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Michael Curtiz's expansive period drama sets the tumultuous on-again, off-again affair between Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) and the second earl of Essex (Errol Flynn) against Essex's powerful... Michael Curtiz's expansive period drama sets the tumultuous on-again, off-again affair between Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) and the second earl of Essex (Errol Flynn) against Essex's powerful ambition to assume the throne of England. Having won several important battles, Essex's popularity among the masses is soaring. Fearing the earl's power over the people, Elizabeth sends him on a disastrous campaign to Ireland. Returning defeated with his troops behind him, Essex marches into London and demands the heirless queen share her throne with him. Though agreeable at first, the crafty Elizabeth begins to plot a way to get rid of her cunning suitor for good. The film was originally slated to be released as ELIZABETH THE QUEEN, the title of the play by Maxwell Anderson on which the film is based. THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX, a richly endowed blend of romance, adventure, and political intrigue, was nominated for five Academy Awards. [More]

Starring: Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp

Starring: Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Vincent Price, Henry Stephenson, Henry Daniell, Nanette Fabray, Ralph Forbes

Director: Michael Curtiz

Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Robert Lord
Story: Maxwell Anderson
Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

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Mar 13, 1990

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is a far cry from the sentimental ahistorical nonsense I... More
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This film is the original and 1998's "Elizabeth" is the remake. Except that this is a grand... More
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