The Virgin Queen
Summary:
Having previously portrayed England's Queen Elizabeth I in 1939's The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Bette Davis reprises the role in the Technicolor-and-Cinescope costumer The Virgin Queen. Harry Brown and Mindret Lord's screenplay proposes that Elizabeth's relationship with adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) was somewhat more than cordial. Raleigh is depicted as ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Bette Davis - (Elizabeth I)
Richard Todd - (Sir Walter Raleigh)
Joan Collins - (Beth Throgmorton)
Jay Robinson - (Chadwick)
Herbert Marshall - (Lord Leicester)
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Review:
It doesn't measure up to the earlier The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, but as long as Bette Davis is on screen, The Virgin Queen commands our attention. The problem is that Queen was originally conceived not as Elizabeth's story but as that of Sir Walter Raleigh, with the Queen originally conceived of as a supporting part.... Continue >>
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