The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex 1939 Genres: Period Drama, Biography, Drama, History, Romance Country: United States Director: Michael Curtiz Duration: 106 Min Year: 1939 Actors: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, Vincent Price, Henry Stephenson, Henry Daniell, James Stephenson, Nanette Fabray, Ralph Forbes, Robert Warwick, Leo G. Carroll, Guy Bellis, Forrester Harvey, Holmes Herbert, I. Stanford Jolley, Doris Lloyd Storyline: A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Release: November 11, 1939 (United States)