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Marthanda Varma
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Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
Top Billed Cast
Bette Davis Queen Elizabeth
Errol Flynn The Earl of Essex
Olivia de Havilland Lady Penelope Gray
Donald Crisp Francis Bacon
Alan Hale The Prince 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
Ralph Forbes Lord Knollys
Robert Warwick Lord Mountjoy
Leo G. Carroll Sir Edward Coke
Guy Bellis Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)
Jacob Dance Essex's Soldier (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey Bit Part (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert Majordomo (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd Handmaiden (uncredited)
John Sutton Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited)
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