The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

1939 • 106 minutes
4.4
24 reviews
80%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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About this movie

Academy Award-winner Bette Davis ("Jezebel," "Dark Victory") is the homely Queen Elizabeth I, whose jealous love of the handsome Earl of Essex (played by Errol Flynn -- "The Adventures of Robin Hood," "Captain Blood") leads to tragedy. Co-starring Academy Award-winners Olivia De Havilland ("Gone with the Wind," "The Adventures of Robin Hood") and Donald Crisp ("How Green was My Valley ," "Wuthering Heights"), Emmy Award-winner Nanette Fabares ("The Band Wagon," "Harper Valley P.T.A."), Emmy Award-nominee Leo G. Caroll ("North by Northwest," "Strangers on a Train") and Hollywood legend Vincent Price ("Edward Scissorhands," "House on Haunted Hill"). Directed by Academy award-winner Michael Curtiz ("Casablanca," "Yankee Doodle Dandy") and nominated for three Oscars.

Ratings and reviews

4.4
24 reviews
Lewis Scruggs
October 10, 2014
This is what true "ACTING" is.Man, Errol was before his time & Betty was the Queen of screen!Wonderwhy couldn't they get along off set?!
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July 30, 2022
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Carl Bayuk
October 11, 2021
Out standing movies Rated a top ten
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