The Virgin Queen (1955)
- Directed by
- Henry Koster
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film looks at the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. It shows their personal and political interactions at court.
grandperiodreservedtalkyslightly tensehistrionicslowromantic
What happens
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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.