The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

USA, 107 min
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Original title The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1940-02-12

Cast

Bette Davis
drottning Elisabet (Queen Elizabeth)

Errol Flynn
Robert Devereux, greve av Essex (Earl of Essex)

Olivia de Havilland
Lady Penelope Gray

Donald Crisp
Sir Francis Bacon

Alan Hale
Hugh O'Neill, greve av Tyrone (Earl of Tyrone)

Vincent Price
Sir Walter Raleigh

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Titles

Original title
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Swedish release title
  • Elisabeth och Essex
Working title
  • Elizabeth the Queen
  • The Knight and the Lady
  • Elizabeth and Essex

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Dialogue Coach
Special Effects
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Unit Manager
Assistant Camera Operator
Conductor
Orchestration
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Stunt
Sound Effects

Cast

Bette Davis drottning Elisabet (Queen Elizabeth)
Errol Flynn Robert Devereux, greve av Essex (Earl of Essex)
Olivia de Havilland Lady Penelope Gray
Donald Crisp Sir Francis Bacon
Alan Hale Hugh O'Neill, greve av Tyrone (Earl of Tyrone)
Vincent Price Sir Walter Raleigh
Henry Stephenson Lord Burghley
Henry Daniell Sir Robert Cecil
James Stephenson Sir Thomas Egerton
Nanette Fabray (as Nanette Fabares) Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
Ralph Forbes Lord Knollys
Robert Warwick Lord Mountjoy
Leo G. Carroll Sir Edward Coke
- Ej krediterade:
Guy Bellis Lord Charles Howard
Holmes Herbert hovmästare
John Sutton kapten Armand vid drottningens garde
Maris Wrixon hovdam
Rosella Towne hovdam
Doris Lloyd tjänarinna
I. Stanford Jolley åskådare utanför Whitehall
Forrester Harvey en man

Companies

Production Company Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Copyright Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 1939-11-11 (LP9220)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Warner Bros.-First National 1940

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 60960
Date 1940-01-30
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2924 meters
Censored length 2915 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Sound System
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2925 meter
Length in minutes 107 min
Reels 12 reels


Original work

Original title Elizabeth the Queen (Play)
Author Maxwell Anderson


Production location

1939-06 1939-08
Warner Bros. Burbank Studios, 4000 Warner Boulevard Burbank, Kalifornien USA (ateljé)

Release dates

First showing 1939-09-27 Beverly Hills, Kalifornien USA 107 min
Other showing 1939-11-11 USA 107 min (US release)
Release in Sweden 1940-02-12 China Stockholm Sweden 107 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Lyrics Christopher Marlowe (postumt publicerad 1599)
Sung by Nanette Fabares


Original title The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
Lyrics Walter Raleigh (publicerad 1600)
Sung by Faith Kruger (dubbar Olivia de Havilland)


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Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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