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Title: Private Lives of...Davis and Flynn
Review: Maxwell Anderson never let established historical fact stand in the way of a good melodrama or an opportunity for the actors to chew lots of scenery. This film is a showcase for Bette Davis and Erroll Flynn and really has very little to do with Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex. In the light of Hollywood's traditional contempt for actual history, I can't judge the film too harshly on those grounds. But it does gall me that they chose to whitewash a maniac (Essex) while making good men like Cecil etc. into conspiring villains.
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