The Virgin Queen (1955 film)
1955 film by Henry Koster / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Virgin Queen | |
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Directed by | Henry Koster |
Written by | Harry Brown |
Screenplay by | Mildret Lord |
Based on | Sir Walter Raleigh |
Produced by | Charles Brackett |
Starring | Bette Davis Richard Todd Joan Collins |
Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
Music by | Franz Waxman |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.6 million[1] |
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.[2]
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).