Flora Robson

Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)

TBT: Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)

Trystan L. Bass August 22, 2024

Why do I hunt down some old movies? Often because I see one picture...

Queen Elizabeth I in coronation robes

Queen Elizabeth I in Movies & TV

Trystan L. Bass September 10, 2020

While we’ve gotten close, we have not actually covered every film and TV representation...

Leslie Banks in Fire Over England (1937)

TBT: Fire Over England (1937)

Trystan L. Bass October 4, 2018

One of the most extravagant early films about Queen Elizabeth I’s reign is Fire...

1985 A Room With a View

Top 5 Spinsters in Historical Costume Movies

Kendra June 1, 2018

I just love the word “spinster.” It conjures up aging aunts, many MANY cats,...

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

5 Tilbury Speeches

Trystan L. Bass November 4, 2016

There is perhaps no greater feminist moment in historical costume film or TV than...

Queen Elizabeth I (1538-1603) in Old Age, c_1610 (oil on panel), English School, (17th century) Corsham Court, Wiltshire

The Old Elizabeth I: Gross or Glorious?

Sarah Lorraine June 24, 2016

This article has once more been making the rounds, and as 1/3rd of Frock Flicks,...

The Sea Hawk (1940)

TBT: The Sea Hawk (1940)

Trystan L. Bass May 12, 2016

This epic film takes a riff on actual historical events — the tense period of...

The Virgin Queen (1955)

Queen Elizabeth I Films: Long Live the Queen!

Sarah Lorraine January 15, 2015

Today is the 455th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth I’s coronation! How time flies! Seems...