Young Bess
Young Bess
Release: 1953-05-29
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 5.7
Drama
History
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Stewart Granger
as Thomas Seymour
Guy Rolfe
as Ned Seymour
Robert Arthur
as Barnaby
Ivan Triesault
as Danish Envoy
Dawn Addams
as Kate Howard
Lester Matthews
as Sir William Paget
Jean Simmons
as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
Charles Laughton
as King Henry VIII
Kay Walsh
as Mrs. Ashley
Cecil Kellaway
as Mr. Parry
Leo G. Carroll
as Mr. Mums
Noreen Corcoran
as Bess as a child
Elaine Stewart
as Anne Boleyn
Lumsden Hare
as Archbishop Cranmer
Kathleen Byron
as Ann Seymour
Rex Thompson
as Prince Edward / King Edward VI
Doris Lloyd
as Mother Jack
Deborah Kerr
as Catherine Parr
Norma Varden
as Lady Tyrwhitt
Alan Napier
as Robert Tyrwhitt
Crew
George Sidney
Director
Sidney Franklin
Producer
Arthur Wimperis
Screenplay
Charles Rosher
Director of Photography
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision