Young Bess DVD (1953)

Young Bess

1953

TBC

Overall rating: 4 out of 5

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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(r)-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.

Young Bess details

Format:	TBC DVD
Starring:	Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Deborah Kerr, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Byron, Guy Rolfe, Cecil Kellaway, Leo G Carroll, Jean Simmons, Jean Simmons
Director:	George Sidney, george sidney (2)
Genre:	Drama - Historical