Young Bess
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.
Price: | $11.50 |
List Price: |
|
You Save: | $1.49 (11% Off) |
Available:
Usually ships in 5-7 business days
Made-on-Demand
|
DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: August 3, 2010
- Originally Released: 1953
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton, Kay Walsh, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Cecil Kellaway & Leo G. Carroll | |
Directed by | George Sidney | |
Edited by | Ralph E. Winters | |
Written by | Jan Lustig | |
Composition by | Miklos Rozsa | |
Produced by | Sidney Franklin | |
Director of Photography: | Charles Rosher |
Entertainment Reviews:
52%
AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 114
Simmons as England's first Elizabeth, Granger as the dashing admiral she girlishly adored, Laughton in a brief repeat of his 1933 impersonation of Henry VIII, all at their best in a handsome Technicolor slice of semi-history.
Full Review
Maclean's Magazine
Rating: B- --
Nicely mounted but fictionalized account of royal intrigues, in which Charles Laughton reprised his role of King Henry VIII (after winning Oscar for it back in 1933).
Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Description by OLDIES.com:
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.
Product Description:
16th century love story with Jean Simmons as England's young Queen Elizabeth I, and real-life husband Stewart Granger. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Color) Art Direction-Set Direction, Best (Color) Costume Design.
Keywords:
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 16,956
- UPC: 883316270554
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item