Queen Elizabeth
About Queen Elizabeth
Scenes from the love of Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, cut down from Émile Moreau's play. Sarah Bernhardt, at 68, plays the queen. Lou Tellegen plays Essex. It was their second film together.
Cast & crew
More about Queen Elizabeth
Louis Mercanton and Henri Desfontaines directed. Moreau wrote the play, which had twelve Paris performances. Adolph Zukor brought the picture to New York after the French company L'Histrionic Film was liquidated. The Lyceum Theatre premiere was July 12, 1912. It was the first Famous Players release. Joseph Carl Breil wrote a score. The French title is Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth. The French running time is 53 minutes. A video copy runs 44.
Themes
Music
Joseph Carl Breil wrote a score for the American showings.
Preservation
Prints survive, including a shorter video copy.
Notes
- Bernhardt said, "This is my last chance at immortality.
- Max Maxudian, Nita Romani, Jean Angelo, and Jean Chameroy are billed.
- Zukor, Josef Engel, and Edwin S. Porter are among the producer credits.
- The picture is staged like the play, in a few set scenes.
Scenes
- Bernhardt plays the queen opposite Tellegen's Essex.
Influenced by
- Émile Moreau's play Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth
Quotes
This is my last chance at immortality.
