Young Bess(Movie, 1953)

Name: Young Bess
Genre: Drama, History, Romance / Love
Released: 1953
Duration: T01:52:00
Rating: 3

1h 52min | Genres: Drama, History, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Young Bess is a 1953 Technicolor biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about the early life of Elizabeth I, from her turbulent childhood to the eve of her accession to the throne of England. It stars Jean Simmons as Elizabeth and Stewart Granger as Thomas Seymour, with Charles Laughton as Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, a part he had played 20 years before in The Private Life of Henry VIII. The film was directed by George Sidney and produced by Sidney Franklin, from a screenplay by Jan Lustig and Arthur Wimperis based on the novel of the same title by Margaret Irwin (1944). ()

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nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color nominated for: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color

About Young Bess

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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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: England

Made by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 10 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/29/1953

Appearing Characters: Elizabeth I of England, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Catherine Parr, Henry VIII of England, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, Edward VI of England, Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron of Upper Ossory, Robert Tyrwhitt, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Thomas Cranmer, William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, Mary I of England

Cast: Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton, Cecil Kellaway, Leo G. Carroll, Alan Napier, Elaine Stewart, Dawn Addams, Kay Walsh, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Norma Varden, Ivan Triesault, Doris Lloyd, Lester Matthews, Lumsden Hare, Robert Arthur Jr., Ian Wolfe, Al Ferguson, Rex Thompson, Noreen Corcoran, Ann Tyrrell

Director: George Sidney

Producer: Sidney Franklin

Screenwriter: Jan Lustig, Arthur Wimperis

Film Editor: Ralph E. Winters

Director of Photography: Charles Rosher

Composer: Miklós Rózsa

Costume designer: Walter Plunkett

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Young Bess (1953)"

Keywords: tudor, queen, historical figure, england, 16th century, biography

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Young Bess(Movie, 1953)

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