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Release Date:
May 29, 1953
Original Title:
Young Bess
Alternate Titles:
Young Bess (1953)
Genres:
Drama | History | Romance
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 112
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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Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Urie McCleary
Assistant Director:
George Rhein
Colorist:
Henri Jaffa
Alvord Eiseman
Costume Design:
Walter Plunkett
Director:
George Sidney
Director of Photography:
Charles Rosher
Editor:
Ralph E. Winters
Hairstylist:
Sydney Guilaroff
Makeup Artist:
William Tuttle
Novel:
Margaret Irwin
Original Music Composer:
Miklós Rózsa
Producer:
Sidney Franklin
Recording Supervision:
Douglas Shearer
Screenplay:
Arthur Wimperis
Jan Lustig
Set Decoration:
Jack D. Moore
Edwin B. Willis
Special Effects:
A. Arnold Gillespie
Warren Newcombe
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