The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) on DVD

Actor :               Alan Hale, Bette Davis, Donald Crisp, Doris Lloyd, Errol Flynn, Forrester Harvey, Guy Bellis, Henry Stephenson, I. Stanford Jolley, John Sutton,                                              Leo  G.Carroll, Margaret Fabares, Maris Wrixon, Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Forbes, Robert Warwick, Rosella Towne, Vincent Price
Director:           Michael Curtiz
Genre:               Drama
Year:                 1939
Studio:              WARNER BROS. DIGITAL DIST
Length:            106minutes
Released:        11 November 1939
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Format:              NTSC
Misc:                   NTSC
Language:        English
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DESCRIPTION:

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Ever the victor on the battlefield, Devereux returns to London after defeating Spanish forces at Cadiz. Middle-aged Elizabeth, so attracted to the younger Devereux but fearful of his influence and popularity, sends him on a new mission: a doomed campaign to Ireland. When he and his troops return in defeat, Devereux demands to share the throne with the heir-less queen, and Elizabeth, at first, intends to marry. Ultimately sensing the marriage would prove disastrous for England, Elizabeth sets in motion a merciless plan to protect her people and preserve her throne.