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"The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" quotes

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex poster
A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.

Director: Michael Curtiz
Writer: Norman Reilly Raine, Æneas MacKenzie, Maxwell Anderson
Production: N/A
Genre: biography, drama, history
Year: 1939
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.0
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 11 Nov 1939
Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. 5 nominations total

7 video clips

Queen Elizabeth IMistress Margaret RadcliffeEarl Of TyroneFrancis Bacon
And when he takes you in his arms again - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 01:02 And when he takes you in his arms again I would not have taken that from the king your father - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 00:08 I would not have taken that from the king your father So you're the Earl of Tyrone eh - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 00:12 So you're the Earl of Tyrone eh Elizabeth Because the necessities of a queen - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 00:06 Elizabeth Because the necessities of a queen And now may I go - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 00:07 And now may I go I'm only a woman - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 00:08 I'm only a woman And whoever holds Ireland points a dagger - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 00:05 And whoever holds Ireland points a dagger

Cast

Queen Elizabeth - Bette Davis
Earl of Essex - Errol Flynn
Lady Penelope Gray - Olivia de Havilland
Francis Bacon - Donald Crisp
Earl of Tyrone - Alan Hale
All Cast