Who directed the  American romantic comedy-drama which Mackenzie Davis  made her film debut in
Mackenzie Davis Mackenzie Davis (born April 1, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She made her film debut in "Smashed", and later appeared in "Breathe In", "That Awkward Moment", and "The F Word", the latter for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is a 1939 American historical romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the play "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson—which had a successful run on Broadway with Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in the lead roles—the film fictionalizes the historical relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. The screenplay was written by Norman Reilly Raine and Aeneas MacKenzie.