Young Bess (1953)
• May 29th, 1953 • 1h 52min
Drama, History, Romance
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Right Stuff
Released on: 1983-10-20
Drama, History, Adventure
As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to ...
In the Name of the Father
Released on: 1993-12-12
Drama
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along wi...
Cleopatra
Released on: 1963-06-12
Drama, History, Romance
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...
Ali
Released on: 2001-12-10
Drama
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene:...
Dangerous Beauty
Released on: 1998-02-20
Drama, Romance
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, ca...
Calendar Girls
Released on: 2003-09-02
Drama, Comedy
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a c...
June Zero
Released on: 2022-05-02
Drama, History
Israel, 1961. Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, responsible for organizing the extermination of Euro...
You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story
Released on: 1996-10-09
Drama, Music, TV Movie
German TV movie chronicling the life of singer and actor Roy Black.
One Day Before the Rainy Season
Released on: 1971-01-01
Drama
A literary film based on a play in three acts, Ashad Ka Ek Din portrays the love of Mallika and Kali...
Dreyfus
Released on: 1930-08-15
History, Drama
In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accu...
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
Released on: 1977-04-21
History, Music, TV Movie
A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and...
Kagemusha
Released on: 1980-04-26
Action, Drama, History, War
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersona...
Sword In The Moon
Released on: 2003-07-15
Action, Adventure, Drama
Kingdom of Joseon, ancient Korea. A usurper has conquered the throne. His ministers are being system...
Eight Men Out
Released on: 1988-09-02
Drama, History
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning ...
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
Released on: 1988-01-10
Drama, Documentary
From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joy...
Anton Tchekhov 1890
Released on: 2015-03-18
Drama
Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote ...
Kes
Released on: 1970-04-03
Drama
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy ...
Antwone Fisher
Released on: 2002-12-19
Drama, History, Romance
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to o...
October Sky
Released on: 1999-02-19
Drama, Family
Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father....
The Post
Released on: 2017-12-22
Drama, History
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher a...