Young Bess

Young Bess (1953)

A Great and Spectacular Drama!

  • Genre: Drama, History, Romance
  • Release Date: 1953-05-29
  • User Rating: 5.9/10 from 17 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: George Sidney
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Summary

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.

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  • Jean Simmons

    as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
  • Stewart Granger

    as Thomas Seymour
  • Deborah Kerr

    as Catherine Parr
  • Charles Laughton

    as King Henry VIII
  • Kay Walsh

    as Mrs. Ashley
  • Guy Rolfe

    as Ned Seymour
  • Kathleen Byron

    as Ann Seymour
  • Cecil Kellaway

    as Mr. Parry
  • Rex Thompson

    as Prince Edward / King Edward VI
  • Robert Arthur

    as Barnaby
  • Leo G. Carroll

    as Mr. Mums
  • Norma Varden

    as Lady Tyrwhitt
  • Alan Napier

    as Robert Tyrwhitt
  • Noreen Corcoran

    as Bess as a child
  • Ivan Triesault

    as Danish Envoy
  • Elaine Stewart

    as Anne Boleyn
  • Dawn Addams

    as Kate Howard
  • Doris Lloyd

    as Mother Jack
  • Lumsden Hare

    as Archbishop Cranmer
  • Lester Matthews

    as Sir William Paget
  • Patrick Whyte

    as Officer
Writing Arthur Wimperis Screenplay
Writing Margaret Irwin Novel
Directing George Sidney Director
Camera Charles Rosher Director of Photography
Editing Henri Jaffa Colorist
Directing George Rhein Assistant Director
Writing Jan Lustig Screenplay
Crew A. Arnold Gillespie Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up William Tuttle Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
Crew Warren Newcombe Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Walter Plunkett Costume Design
Editing Ralph E. Winters Editor
Art Jack D. Moore Set Decoration
Sound Miklós Rózsa Original Music Composer
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art Urie McCleary Art Direction
Production Sidney Franklin Producer
Sound Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision

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