Young Bess
Summary:
This costume drama was based on the historical fiction of Margaret Irwin, which embellishes the facts of the early years of England's eventual Queen Elizabeth I. It's told in flashback style, starting with the horrible day when King Henry VIII (Charles Laughton) sends away the future queen, young Bess (Jean Simmons), and executes her mother, Anne Boleyn (Elaine Stewart). Some... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Jean Simmons - (Young Bess)
Stewart Granger - (Thomas Seymour)
Deborah Kerr - (Catherine Parr)
Charles Laughton - (Henry VIII)
Kay Walsh - (Mrs. Ashley)
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Review:
Young Bess is a fairly enjoyable "historical" drama. As a typical Hollywood film, of course, historical merely means that it takes place in the past and concerns figures that were actually alive and of some importance. Like many other films of its kind, Bess is much less interested in getting historical facts right, and more concerned with pr... Continue >>
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