The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.

Duration: 106 min

Release date: 1939-11-11

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

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as Queen Elizabeth

as The Earl of Essex

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

as Lady Penelope Gray

as Francis Bacon

as The Prince of Tyrone

as Sir Walter Raleigh

Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson

as Lord Burghley

as Sir Robert Cecil

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

as Sir Thomas Egerton

as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

as Lord Knollys

as Lord Mountjoy

as Sir Edward Coke

as Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)

as Essex's Soldier (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey

Forrester Harvey

as Bit Part (uncredited)

as Majordomo (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley

as Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)

as Handmaiden (uncredited)

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

as Lady of the Court (uncredited)

as Lady of the Court (uncredited)

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Æneas MacKenzie

Æneas MacKenzie

Norman Reilly Raine

Norman Reilly Raine

Hans F. Koenekamp

Hans F. Koenekamp

Special Effects

Maxwell Anderson

Maxwell Anderson

W. Howard Greene

W. Howard Greene

Assistant Director of Photography

Leo F. Forbstein

Leo F. Forbstein

Executive In Charge Of Production

Hugo Friedhofer

Hugo Friedhofer

Special Effects

Technical Advisor

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Original Music Composer

Associate Producer

Assistant Director

Executive Producer

Director of Photography

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