 Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I, Flynn as the Earl of Essex |
 Olivia deHavilland, as a lady in waiting to the Queen, cannot win Essex's love away from the monarch. |
 Audiences found it hard to believe that any queen,no matter how protective of her crown, could have her lover beheaded, when he was played so handsomely by Flynn. |
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