Academy Award Special Effects 1940 · Nominated
Academy Award Art Direction 1940 · Nominated
Academy Award Sound Recording 1940 · Nominated
Academy Award Cinematography (Color) 1940 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Scoring) 1940 · Nominated
Queen Elizabeth (Bette Davis) secretly loves the ambitious and courageous Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn), but at the same time she distrusts his desire for power, fearing he will exploit his political influence to her detriment. Though Essex's popularity soars when he returns victorious from a military campaign in Spain, Elizabeth instead chides him...
