The Virgin Queen (1955)
Director:
Henry Koster
Tagline:
« CinemaScope spectacularly spreads before you the velvet cape and violent age of Sir Walter Raleigh and The Virgin Queen. »
Actors:
Queen Elizabeth I
Sir Walter Raleigh
Beth Throgmorton
Chadwick
Lord Leicester (Robert Dudley)
Rating:
(3’226 votes)
(3’226 votes)
Quotes:
« French Ambassador: May I compliment you, Madame, on this most beautiful palace? There is no other like it in all of Europe.
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« Queen Elizabeth I: It was my father's. I'll tell him when I see him.
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« French Ambassador: [not fully understanding her answer] Yes… but King Henry is dead. Madame jests?
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« Queen Elizabeth I: Madame never jests.
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« Queen Elizabeth I: It is I who makes the policy of this realm, I and I alone!
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« Queen Elizabeth I: There can be no funeral without a corpse.
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Runtime:92 minutes
Plots:
Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) gains an audience with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) and soon wins her over to his way of thinking. He wants ships to sail and make a name for England. A young ward of the court, Beth Throgmorton (Dame Joan Collins), is strongly attracted to Raleigh and returns the attraction. But soon the Queen shows her desires and he bends in order to achieve his goal of ships. But still, he loves Beth.
