The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.
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- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.37:1
- Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: November 28, 2017
- Originally Released: 1939
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland & Donald Crisp | |
Performer: | Vincent Price, Alan Hale, Henry Stephenson, Henry Daniell, James Stephenson, Nanette Fabray, Ralph Forbes, Robert Warwick & Leo G. Carroll | |
Directed by | Michael Curtiz | |
Edited by | Owen Marks | |
Screenplay by | Norman Reilly Raine & Æneas MacKenzie | |
Original story by | Maxwell Anderson | |
Composition by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |
Art Direction by | Anton Grot | |
Produced by | Hal B. Wallis | |
Director of Photography: | Sol Polito |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
Lavish, star-studded, but ultimately rather dull
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: 2/4 --
Davis seizes every possible opportunity to make herself into a mad spectacle.
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Slant Magazine
Rating: 3/5 --
It's a war of minds and wills, but where it stands is at a point where Michael Curtiz still could direct ably, but the material wouldn't give way toward something better.
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Film Threat
This strange film--a romantic fable, wholly fictitious yet rooted in historically accurate minutiae--is a pleasure
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Adapted by Norman Reilly Raine and Æneas McKenzie from Maxwell Anderson's blank-verse play Elizabeth the Queen, the story concerns the tempestuous relationship between the middle-aged Elizabeth (Bette Davis) and the ambitious Essex (Errol Flynn). At one point, the Queen intends to marry Essex and relinquish her throne, until she realizes that his plans for advancement would ultimately prove disastrous for England. When afforded the opportunity to execute Essex for treason, she reluctantly signs his death warrant. Minutes before his final walk to the chopping block, Elizabeth begs Essex to ask for a pardon. But Essex, fully aware that his warlike policies will only resurface if he is permitted to live, refuses to accept the Queen's mercy, and goes off to meet his doom.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 39,394
- UPC: 888574564834
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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