Les amours de la Reine Elisabeth
(The Loves of Queen Elizabeth)
Also known as Queen Elizabeth in the USA : [La Reine Elisabeth]
(1912) French-American
B&W : Four reels
Directed by Louis Mercanton and Henri Desfontaines

Cast: Sarah Bernhardt [Queen Elizabeth], Lou Tellegen [James Devereaux, the Earl of Essex], Mademoiselle Romaine [the Countess of Nottingham], [?] Monsieur Decoeur or Monsieur Piron? [?] [Sir Francis Drake or Captain Drake]?, Monsieur Maxudian [the Earl of Nottingham], [?] Monsieur Chameroy or Monsiuer Durozat? [Lord Bacon], Madame Boulanger [the gypsy fortune teller], Monsieur Denenbourg [William Shakespeare], Marie-Louise Dorval

L’Histrionic Film production. / Produced by Louis Mercanton. Scenario by Émile Moreau, from the play Les amours de la Reine Elizabeth by Émile Moreau. Costume design by Paul Poiret. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in Paris, France. During production, the French production company was forced into liquidation by Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes; Adolph Zukor provided the necessary financing to complete the production. Distributed in the United States on State Rights basis by Famous Players Film Company in July 1912 [their first film release]. USA premiere on 12 July 1912 at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, New York.

Drama: Historical.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive, and in the Library of Congress film archive [16mm reduction positive, unknown gauge negative].

Keywords: British - Royalty: Queens - United Kingdom: England: London

Listing updated: 7 January 2008.

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