Queen Elizabeth I
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- DirectorHenri DesfontainesLouis MercantonStarsSarah BernhardtLou TellegenMax MaxudianEpisodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603), focusing on her ill-fated love affair with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
- DirectorThomas BentleyStarsSyd WalkerArthur CleaveJack DentonA private dreams he is William the Conqueror, at Runnymede, at Plymouth Hoe, and a bootlegger at the Boston Rea Party.
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsMatheson LangAthene SeylerJane BaxterFaced with a Spanish conspiracy, Queen Elizabeth gives the pirate Drake carte blanche to raid a Spanish settlement and plunder that country's wealth.
- DirectorJohn FordLeslie GoodwinsStarsKatharine HepburnFredric MarchFlorence EldridgeThe recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyWilliam DieterleStarsErrol FlynnClaude RainsHenry StephensonA poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueSacha GuitryStarsJacqueline DelubacSacha GuitryLyn HardingThree narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls, four of them now in the British Crown. Episodes whirl us from Pope Clement VII to Mary Queen of Scots, from whom the pearls are stolen while she's occupied with the headsman. Historic events are seasoned with sly, satiric humor, and famous beauties are portrayed by stunning actresses. Then the narrators meet, and decide to try tracing the three unrecovered pearls from 1587 to the present...
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsLaurence OlivierFlora RobsonVivien LeighDuring the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnBrenda MarshallClaude RainsGeoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for an attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills with the sword.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBette DavisErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandA depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsBette DavisRichard ToddJoan CollinsSir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
- DirectorCarl FroelichStarsZarah LeanderWilly BirgelMaria KoppenhöferWhile awaiting her unjust execution at the hands of the treacherous Queen Elizabeth I, the tragic Mary Stuart reflects at the series of cruel political machinations that set up her path to the scaffold.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsTommy HandleyEvelyn DallGeorge MoonA minor music hall star uses a professor's time machine to travel back to the Elizabethan era.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsJean SimmonsStewart GrangerDeborah KerrThe early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsRonald ColmanHedy LamarrGroucho MarxThe Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
- DirectorRudolph MatéPrimo ZeglioStarsRod TaylorKeith MichellEdy VesselSir Francis Drake goes on an expedition to the New World and steals gold from the Spaniards. After making a daring getaway, he returns to England where he protects Queen Elizabeth I from a network of spies who are plotting to overthrow her.
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsVanessa RedgraveGlenda JacksonPatrick McGoohanDuring the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsOliver ReedRaquel WelchMark LesterPoor boy Tom Canty and Edward, Prince of Wales exchange identities, but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.
- DirectorSally PotterStarsTilda SwintonBilly ZaneQuentin CrispAfter Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsCate BlanchettLiz GilesRod CulbertsonThe early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsCate BlanchettClive OwenGeoffrey RushA mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.
- DirectorJohn MaddenStarsGwyneth PaltrowJoseph FiennesGeoffrey RushThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsRhys IfansVanessa RedgraveDavid ThewlisThe theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.
- DirectorRichard BracewellStarsMathew BayntonSimon FarnabyMartha Howe-DouglasWhat really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute-player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.
- DirectorJosie RourkeStarsSaoirse RonanMargot RobbieJack LowdenMary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.