Young Bess
1953 film by George Sidney / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the film. For the novel, see Young Bess (novel).
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. It stars Jean Simmons as Elizabeth and Stewart Granger as Thomas Seymour, with Charles Laughton as Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, a part he had played 20 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 [de] and Arthur Wimperis based on the novel of the same title by Margaret Irwin (1944).
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Directed by | George Sidney |
Written by | Jan Lustig [de] Arthur Wimperis |
Based on | Young Bess 1944 novel by Margaret Irwin |
Produced by | Sidney Franklin |
Starring | Jean Simmons Stewart Granger Deborah Kerr Charles Laughton |
Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
Edited by | Ralph E. Winters |
Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2,423,000[2] |
Box office | $4,095,000[2] |
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