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 |
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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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