The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex
A colourful and elaborate costume drama featuring fine performances from Bette Davis as an aging Queen Elizabeth I, and Errol Flynn as her flamboyant suitor, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. It was a tempestuous affair that was doomed from the start. Davis disliked Flynn and disapproved of his casting, wanting Laurence Olivier for the part, (though in later life she apparently admitted she had been wrong); when she slaps Essex across the face, she really gave him a whallop and the anger on Flynn's face is quite real. Olivia de Havilland, Vincent Price and Leo G Carroll all provide great support in this grand historical epic.
Year: 1939
Genre: Drama, Classic Drama, True Stories, Alice's Playhouse, Biography, Royalty, Classic Cinema
Country: USA
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, Vincent Price, Henry Daniell
Duration: 102 Minutes
Rating: PG
7.2/10
Location in store: Classic Drama
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