Young Bess
A Great and Spectacular Drama!
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.
- Director
- George Sidney
- Writers
- Arthur Wimperis,Jan Lustig
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Cast
Crew
Directing
- George SidneyDirector
- George RheinAssistant Director
Writing
- Arthur WimperisScreenplay
- Margaret IrwinNovel
- Jan LustigScreenplay
Production
- Sidney FranklinProducer
Camera
- Charles RosherDirector of Photography
Editing
- Henri JaffaColorist
- Ralph E. WintersEditor
Sound
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Douglas ShearerRecording Supervision
Art
- Jack D. MooreSet Decoration
- Edwin B. WillisSet Decoration
- Cedric GibbonsArt Direction
- Urie McClearyArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- William TuttleMakeup Artist
- Sydney GuilaroffHairstylist
- Walter PlunkettCostume Design
Crew
- A. Arnold GillespieSpecial Effects
- Warren NewcombeSpecial Effects