Young Bess (1953)
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.
Director:
George Sidney
Writers:
Arthur Wimperis, Jan Lustig.
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Jean Simmons as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I) |
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Stewart Granger as Thomas Seymour |
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Deborah Kerr as Catherine Parr |
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Charles Laughton as King Henry VIII |
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Kay Walsh as Mrs. Ashley |
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Guy Rolfe as Ned Seymour |
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Kathleen Byron as Ann Seymour |
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Cecil Kellaway as Mr. Parry |
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Rex Thompson as Prince Edward / King Edward VI |
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Robert Arthur as Barnaby |
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Leo G. Carroll as Mr. Mums |
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Norma Varden as Lady Tyrwhitt |
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Alan Napier as Robert Tyrwhitt |
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Noreen Corcoran as Bess as a child |
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Ivan Triesault as Danish Envoy |
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Elaine Stewart as Anne Boleyn |
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Dawn Addams as Kate Howard |
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Doris Lloyd as Mother Jack |
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Lumsden Hare as Archbishop Cranmer |
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Lester Matthews as Sir William Paget |
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Patrick Whyte as Officer |
| Writing | Arthur Wimperis | Screenplay |
| Directing | George Sidney | Director |
| Writing | Margaret Irwin | Novel |
| Camera | Charles Rosher | Director of Photography |
| Directing | George Rhein | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Jan Lustig | Screenplay |
| Editing | Henri Jaffa | Colorist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| Crew | A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Editing | Ralph E. Winters | Editor |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jack D. Moore | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sidney Franklin | Producer |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Urie McCleary | Art Direction |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
