The Virgin Queen (1955) on Netflix
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Walter Raleigh wins the notice of Queen Elizabeth I with his forthright manner, and Christopher Hatton, her current favorite, resents him. Raleigh dreams of a voyage to the New World.
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In 1581, Walter Raleigh returns from the fighting in Ireland and gets the patrons of a tavern to pull the stuck carriage of the Earl of Leicester free of the mud. Leicester asks how to repay him, and Raleigh requests an introduction to Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth likes his forthright manner, to the disgust of Christopher Hatton, her current favorite. Raleigh spreads his borrowed cloak over mud so that the queen's shoes stay clean, and at dinner he describes his hope of a voyage to the New World. Elizabeth names him captain of her personal guard, and he brings in his Irish friend Lord Derry. Beth Throgmorton, a lady in waiting, introduces herself to him boldly. Beth grows jealous of the time he spends with Elizabeth, and the queen dislikes his independent ways and his talk of the voyage.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Virgin Queen (1955)
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- Richard Todd, cast as Sir Walter Raleigh after the success of A Man Called Peter, says Charles Brackett arranged for him to have a false nose put on so he would look more like Raleigh.
- The Virgin Queen was the first Hollywood film for the Australian actor Rod Taylor; it was also the second time Bette Davis played Queen Elizabeth I, after The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939).
- Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills were nominated for an Oscar for Best Costume Design of a Color Production for The Virgin Queen; LeMaire won the award instead for Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955).
