Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
HBO Max Amazon ChannelStream
YouTube TVStream
IndieFlixStream
HBO MaxStream
IndieFlix Shorts Amazon ChannelStream
Amazon VideoRent
Apple TV StoreRent
Google Play MoviesRent
YouTubeRent
Fandango At HomeRentAvailability · US
Community
Vote on scenes, quotes, and characters for The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939).
The moment that still lives in your head.
Starters for The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Your take
Rate this title
Tap half or full stars · 0.5–10 scale
Be the first Cinemoood rating
Open communitySign in to save your rating.
None yet
See all
Bette Davis
Queen Elizabeth
Errol Flynn
The Earl of Essex
Olivia de Havilland
Lady Penelope Gray
Donald Crisp
Francis Bacon
Alan Hale
The Prince of Tyrone
Vincent Price
Sir Walter Raleigh
Henry Stephenson
Lord Burghley
Henry Daniell
Sir Robert Cecil
James Stephenson
Sir Thomas Egerton
Nanette Fabray
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
Ralph Forbes
Lord Knollys
Robert Warwick
Lord Mountjoy
Leo G. Carroll
Sir Edward Coke
Guy Bellis
Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)
Jacob Dance
Essex's Soldier (uncredited)
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
1895 · 6.3
Restoration
1995 · 6.1
The Merchant of Venice
2004 · 6.8
Macbeth
1971 · 7.1
The Madness of King George
1994 · 6.8
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 · 6.7
Queen of the Damned
2002 · 6.1
Kagemusha
1980 · 7.8
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982 · 6.7
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · 6.7
