
Queen Elizabeth I (Dame Flora Robson) is running this show. The men in her court should be thinking about how to add to the glory of the Elizabethan Age and how to foil those pesky Spanish who have far too much influence in England when her older sister Mary was on the throne, after their father Henry VIII was succeeded by their sickly half-brother. Elizabeth thinks Michael Ingolby (Sir Laurence Olivier) can do great things. Michael is mostly thinking about one of Elizabeth's... (Full plot summary below)
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Queen Elizabeth I (Dame Flora Robson) is running this show. The men in her court should be thinking about how to add to the glory of the Elizabethan Age and how to foil those pesky Spanish who have far too much influence in England when her older sister Mary was on the throne, after their father Henry VIII was succeeded by their sickly half-brother. Elizabeth thinks Michael Ingolby (Sir Laurence Olivier) can do great things. Michael is mostly thinking about one of Elizabeth's ladies in waiting, Cynthia (Vivien Leigh). Soon his mind is on survival when Elizabeth sends him on a voyage to Spain.
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| User ReviewVadim DAnother good story dealing with the reign of Elizabeth I. Though the character Olivier plays is fictional, the story's still there. |
| User ReviewVictoria WI thought it was a treat to see Olivier and Leigh in an early film together. I liked it a lot. |
| User ReviewLuke RI would rate it higher if the sound quality wasn't so bad. Olivier and Leigh do well. Propaganda for the approaching ww2. |
| User ReviewMelissa YI don't remember what happened in the movie because I spent the whole time making screenshots of young Viv & Larry who are just too adorable/gorgeous. |
| User ReviewStephanie FSadly (?), this movie has fallen out of copyright, so it's very unlikely we'll ever get a decently restored DVD version of this movie. Is it trite? Yes, in many, many ways, especially in relation to the Leigh/Olivier romantic sub-plot. The marvel here, though, is Flora Robson's Elizabeth I, for my money still the best one committed to film. She's stern, steely, gruff and even a bit philosophical, with none of the bombast evident in Judi Dench's performance or the soporific navel-gazing of Cate Blanchett's. This is Robson's movie all the way, and her speech to the troops at Tillbury is still very effective. |
| User ReviewKatie Bhistory is not really my thing but I didn't fall asleep! |
| User ReviewMorganMischiefan average film, not greatly interesting. vivien was beautiful though |
| User Reviewdavid sNot bad for a film made in 1937. The sets weren't the best but that's to be expected. The acting was excellent, particularly that of Flora Robson. She gave one of the better portrayals of Elizabeth I. The script however was not the greatest. |
| User Reviewjay nHistorical Korda production, with Flora Robson as Liz, Raymond Massey as the King of Spain, Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier as lovers (for the first time), and notable James Wong Howe cinematography. A good looking film. |
| User ReviewPrivate UI thought this movie was only okay. Yes, Leigh and Olivier had good chemistry together (obviously), but I don't really like Larry all that much... I just had a hard time getting past that... |