“The Virgin Queen” stars Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I in this full-blown Hollywood production filmed in CinemaScope. Director Henry Koster (“Stars and Strips Forever” 1952) pulled out all the stops and instilled the movie with top-rate production values, including big stars, historic drama, and a well-crafted screenplay by Harry Brown.
The supporting cast behind Bette Davis includes Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson, Herbert Marshall, Dan O’Herlihy, Robert Douglas, Romney Brent, Leslie Parrish, Lisa Daniels, and Rod Taylor in an uncredited role, his motion picture debut. The watchable movie “The Virgin Queen” was popular at the box office for producer Charles Brackett and 20th Century Fox, and was nominated for one Oscar for Best Costume Design. Ms. Davis previously played Elizabeth I in “The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex” (1939).
The Virgin Queen (1955)
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My Review
“The Virgin Queen” stars Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I in this full-blown Hollywood production filmed in CinemaScope. Director Henry Koster (“Stars and Strips Forever” 1952) pulled out all the stops and instilled the movie with top-rate production values, including big stars, historic drama, and a well-crafted screenplay by Harry Brown.
The supporting cast behind Bette Davis includes Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson, Herbert Marshall, Dan O’Herlihy, Robert Douglas, Romney Brent, Leslie Parrish, Lisa Daniels, and Rod Taylor in an uncredited role, his motion picture debut. The watchable movie “The Virgin Queen” was popular at the box office for producer Charles Brackett and 20th Century Fox, and was nominated for one Oscar for Best Costume Design. Ms. Davis previously played Elizabeth I in “The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex” (1939).