Showing posts with label Elizabeth I. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elizabeth I. Show all posts

Monday, September 17, 2012

The Virgin Queen: Warrior, Woman, Queen


Hollywood created many films about Queen Elizabeth I. Recently, The Movie Channel presented a number of these biopics spanning from 1939 to the present. Take a look at a brief assortment:

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Matronly Elizabeth I loves Robert Deveraux, 2nd Earl of Essex, but politics come before the relationship. Better Davis stars, along with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.