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Bette Davis In The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

continues a tribute to this great star, appearing here as Queen Elizabeth. With Errol Flynn as the Earl of Essex and Olivia de Havilland as Lady Penelope Grey.
Infatuated with the dashing young Earl of Essex,
Elizabeth I is soon to find herself torn between her love for him and her duty as a monarch.
Screenplay by NORMAN REILLY RAINE and AENEAS MACKENZIE based on the play Elizabeth the Queen by MAXWELL ANDERSON Produced by HAL B WALLIS Directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ ('As Summers Die ' tomorrow at 9.00pm)
∙ FILMS: page 23

Contributors

Unknown:
Errol Flynn
Unknown:
Olivia de Havilland
Unknown:
Lady Penelope Grey.
Unknown:
Norman Reilly Raine
Unknown:
Aeneas MacKenzie
Produced By:
Hal B Wallis
Directed By:
Michael Curtiz
Francis Bacon:
Donald Crisp
Earl of Tyrone:
Alan Hale
Sir Walter Raleigh:
Vincent Price
Lord Burghley:
Henry Stephenson
Sir Robert Cecil:
Henry Daniell
Lord Knollys:
Ralph Forbes
Source: Radio Times

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