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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Flora Robson | ... | Queen Elizabeth | |
| Raymond Massey | ... | Philip of Spain | |
| Leslie Banks | ... | Leicester | |
| Laurence Olivier | ... | Michael | |
| Vivien Leigh | ... | Cynthia | |
| Morton Selten | ... | Burleigh | |
| Tamara Desni | ... | Elena | |
| Lyn Harding | ... | Sir Richard | |
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George Thirlwell | ... | Gregory |
| Henry Oscar | ... | Spanish Ambassador | |
| Robert Rendel | ... | Don Miguel (as Robert Rendell) | |
| Robert Newton | ... | Don Pedro | |
| Donald Calthrop | ... | Don Escobal | |
| James Mason | ... | Vane | |
| Charles Carson | ... | Adm. Valdez | |
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Queen Elizabeth 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 got 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 can do great things. Michael is mostly thinking about one of Elizabeth's ladies in waiting, Cynthia. Soon his mind is on survival when Elizabeth sends him on a voyage to Spain. Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 March 1937 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Eld över England See more »Filming Locations:
Denham Studios, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UKCompany Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Queen Elizabeth I of England: If you use threats of that kind, I will chase you out of my kingdom.
Spanish Ambassador: But, your grace. You MUST listen.
Queen Elizabeth I of England: Must? Little man, little man, must is NOT a word to use to princes. Our council shall confer with you. Meanwhile, go home and be quiet!
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ITS KING PHILIP RULES BY FORCE AND FEAR
BUT SPANISH TYRANNY IS CHALLENGED BY THE FREE PEOPLE OF A LITTLE ISLAND
ENGLAND
EVERYWHERE ENGLISH TRADERS APPEAR ENGLISH SEAMEN THREATEN SPANISH SUPREMACY
A WOMAN GUIDES AND INSPIRES THEM ELIZABETH THE QUEEN. See more »
(uncredited)
Sixteenth century English ballad by Henry Morley
Sung by Vivien Leigh
Reprised by Laurence Olivier and Tamara Desni
Reprised by Laurence Olivier at the Spanish court
Played as background music often
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It was while screening this movie, that agent Myron Selznick saw Vivien Leigh and decided that she was Scarlett O'Hara. Coincidentally, she was in Hollywood to accompany her lover and future husband, Sir Laurence Olivier who was making Wuthering Heights (1939), and Selznick brought her down to the Gone with the Wind (1939) set, "The Burning of Atlanta", and introduced her to his brother David O. Selznick as his new Scarlett O'Hara. See more »Goofs
Queen Elizabeth uses a small telescope to check on the progress of her fleet against the Spanish Armada (1588). The telescope was invented in 1608, five years after her death. See more »Quotes
Spanish Ambassador: If your majesty will not hear words, we must come to cannon and see if you will hear them.Queen Elizabeth I of England: If you use threats of that kind, I will chase you out of my kingdom.
Spanish Ambassador: But, your grace. You MUST listen.
Queen Elizabeth I of England: Must? Little man, little man, must is NOT a word to use to princes. Our council shall confer with you. Meanwhile, go home and be quiet!
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Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: IN 1587 SPAIN POWERFUL IN THE OLD WORLD MASTER IN THE NEWITS KING PHILIP RULES BY FORCE AND FEAR
BUT SPANISH TYRANNY IS CHALLENGED BY THE FREE PEOPLE OF A LITTLE ISLAND
ENGLAND
EVERYWHERE ENGLISH TRADERS APPEAR ENGLISH SEAMEN THREATEN SPANISH SUPREMACY
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Soundtracks
The Spanish Lady's Love(uncredited)
Sixteenth century English ballad by Henry Morley
Sung by Vivien Leigh
Reprised by Laurence Olivier and Tamara Desni
Reprised by Laurence Olivier at the Spanish court
Played as background music often
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This is a great movie with excellent production values, performances and exposition. These were very complicated times and neither Elizabeth nor Philip was a simple ruler. Neither was good nor bad and both were permitted by the mores of their times to be outrageous. Given that Flora Robson did not resemble Elizabeth in the slightest and was far, far younger at the time of her portrayal, she presents the great Queen as she should be portrayed except that Elizabeth was a beauty in her youth and permitted the illusion of beauty to continue long after it was lost. See it, hear it and enjoy it. It is a mountain beside the current portrayals of these people and their times as a bland pageant of farthingales.