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Young Bess

Young Bess
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Directed by George Sidney
Produced by Sidney Franklin
Written by Jan Lustig ()
Arthur Wimperis
Based on Young Bess
1944 novel
by Margaret Irwin
Starring Jean Simmons
Stewart Granger
Deborah Kerr
Charles Laughton
Music by Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography Charles Rosher
Edited by Ralph E. Winters
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 21, 1953 (1953-05-21)
Running time
112 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $2,423,000
Box office $4,095,000

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. The film starred Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger as Thomas Seymour, with Charles Laughton as Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, a part he had played twenty 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 by Margaret Irwin (1944).

Following the execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn (Elaine Stewart), for infidelity, Elizabeth (Jean Simmons) is exiled to Hatfield House and declared illegitimate (thereby losing her place in line for the throne) by her father, King Henry VIII (Charles Laughton). She is accompanied by her loyal servants, Mr. Parry (Cecil Kellaway) and her governess Mrs. Ashley (Kay Walsh). Over the years, her position rises and falls on the whim of her father.


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