The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939 · 106 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 6,347 VOTES · DIR. Michael Curtiz
Overview
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,463 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:17 There he is!
00:08:03 ...gathered fame for himself by storming the town.
00:12:51 I have received the wrong. Let her seek pardon of me."
00:18:03 Why didn't you move?
00:23:54 Look at me.
00:28:25 - Why has he not returned to court? - Not for lack of attraction...
00:32:49 - 'Tis his duty. - What?
00:36:26 Insults?
00:40:19 Nothing. I think the fashion suddenly became too popular.
00:44:33 If only sometimes you'd hate me.
00:48:18 - Am I afraid of such...? - I asked you not to be angry.
00:51:38 I wash my hands of it.
00:55:03 ...when he'd forgotten and was angry...
01:00:16 The queen gave you letters to be forwarded. If Essex did not receive them...
01:03:44 Tell me truly, bitter or not.
01:09:22 - My terms... - Your terms.
01:14:09 ...by Master Shakespeare and his players without consulting me.
01:18:12 Didn't you receive my orders directing you to disband?
01:21:42 Not I, sweet.
01:25:27 But now, no.
01:31:43 If it is true...
01:35:43 Oh, but, Your Majesty...
01:40:07 - Don't you know it means...? - My death?
50:00:00 says he...
Cast & Characters
Bette Davis
Queen Elizabeth
Errol Flynn
Earl of Essex
Olivia de Havilland
Lady Penelope Gray
Donald Crisp
Francis Bacon
Alan Hale
Earl 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
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,463
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:02:17
Final line50:00:00
Production Record
DirectorMichael Curtiz
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,347