Young Bess
A Great and Spectacular Drama!
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- Drama
- Romance
- History
Overview
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.
Keywords
- england
- biography
- queen
- historical figure
- 16th century
- tudor
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 29, 1953
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cast
- Kay Walsh,Cecil Kellaway,Rex Thompson,Noreen Corcoran,Lumsden Hare,Leo G. Carroll,Ivan Triesault,Stewart Granger,Patrick Whyte,Doris Lloydand 11 more
- Director
- George Sidney
- Producer
- Sidney Franklin
- Cinematography
- Charles Rosher
- Music
- Miklós Rózsa
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0046564