Bette Davis & Olivia de Havilland in 1939 "Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex"

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Bette Davis * Olivia de Havilland in "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" with Errol Flynn  -  Warner Brothers  1939
14 x 11 Lobby card is in very good condition!!!!... minor wear around the edges with pinholes....this is 50s reissue lobby card
Though promoted as a historical romance, there was little love between Bette Davis and Errol Flynn on the set of the film. Reportedly, Davis was jealous of Flynn because he was the highest paid star at Warners at the time yet she was the one who gave the studio prestige through her Oscar nominated performances. She also had requested and been denied Laurence Olivier for the role of Essex yet she would later state that during her scenes with Flynn, she would pretend she was acting with Olivier. Flynn had his own issues with Davis. He disliked her domineering personality and felt his own acting suffered in comparison to hers. To combat this unpleasant situation he demanded, as the top-paid star, to have the title changed to
The Knight and the Lady
to reflect the importance of his role. When Davis heard about this, she threatened to walk off the set but the studio remained committed to the original title.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is undoubtedly one of the most stunningly designed Technicolor films produced by Warner Brothers. Its Academy Award nominations included Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Score, Best Sound and Best Visual Effects. Anton Grot's continuity sketches often provided direct models for director Michael Curtiz's shot placement and the cinematographers? lighting schemes in the finished film.
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