The Virgin Queen(Movie, 1955)

Name: The Virgin Queen
Genre: Drama, History, Romance / Love
Released: 1955
Duration: T01:32:00
Rating: 3.6

1h 32min | Genres: Drama, History, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 11 votes)

The Virgin Queen is a 1955 American DeLuxe Color historical drama film directed by Henry Koster and starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd and Joan Collins. Filmed in CinemaScope, it focuses on the relationship between Elizabeth I of England and Sir Walter Raleigh. The film marks the second time Davis played the English monarch; the first was The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939). It was also the first Hollywood film for Australian actor Rod Taylor. Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills were nominated for an Oscar for Best Costume Design of a Color Production. LeMaire then won the award for another film instead; Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955). ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Virgin Queen

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

About The Virgin Queen

Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: England

Made by: 20th Century Fox

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date US: 07/22/1955

Appearing Characters: Elizabeth I of England, Walter Raleigh, Elizabeth Raleigh, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Christopher Hatton

Cast: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Douglas, Leslie Parrish, Lisa Daniels, Romney Brent, Lisa Daniels, Rod Taylor, Nelson Leigh

Director: Henry Koster

Producer: Charles Brackett

Screenwriter: Harry Brown, Mindret Loeb Lord

Film Editor: Robert L. Simpson

Director of Photography: Charles G. Clarke

Composer: Franz Waxman

Costume designer: Mary Wills

Production Designer: Leland Fuller

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Der Rebell Ihrer Majestät"

"La reina tirana"

Keywords: tudor, 16th century, queen elizabeth i, british history, palace intrigue

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The Virgin Queen(Movie, 1955)

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