The Virgin Queen
CinemaScope spectacularly spreads before you the velvet cape and violent age of Sir Walter Raleigh and The Virgin Queen.
1955 | 92m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Henry Koster |
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| Writer: | Harry Brown, Mindret Lord |
| Staring: |
| Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 22, 1955 |
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| Director: | Henry Koster |
| Writer: | Harry Brown, Mindret Lord |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, History |
| Keywords | queen elizabeth i, tudor, british history, palace intrigue, 16th century |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 14, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Todd | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Bette Davis | Queen Elizabeth I |
| Joan Collins | Beth Throgmorton |
| Jay Robinson | Chadwick |
| Herbert Marshall | Lord Leicester |
| Dan O'Herlihy | Lord Derry |
| Robert Douglas | Sir Christopher Hatton |
| Romney Brent | French Ambassador |
| Leslie Parrish | Anne |
| Lisa Daniels | Mary |
| Gertrude Astor | Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group |
| Rod Taylor | Cpl. Gwilym |
| Noel Drayton | Tailor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harry Brown | Screenplay, Story |
| Mindret Lord | Screenplay |
| Charles G. Clarke | Director of Photography |
| Robert L. Simpson | Editor |
| Leland Fuller | Art Direction |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Paul S. Fox | Set Decoration |
| Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Mary Wills | Costume Design |
| Henry Koster | Director |
| Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Charles Brackett | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Historically, it is safe to say that Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh didn't always get on, but I am not sure their relationship was ever quite this verbose. This is a good enough looking melodrama with Bette Davis and Richard Todd out to enrich England (and themselves) co-starring Joan Collins as ... the suitably "pathetic" lady in waiting who falls for Raleigh - and in so doing they both earn the enmity of a jealous queen. Herbert Marshall tries to bring a little weight to the proceedings; Dan O'Herlihy a little humour but ultimately we are left with a colourful, but pretty mundane, wordy, historical costume drama with the odd flash of character from Davis.