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