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Director:
George Sidney
Writers:
Margaret Irwin (novel)
Jan Lustig (writer) ...
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Release Date:
29 May 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | History | Romance more
Plot:
Chronicles the life of queen Elizabeth I, before she became the queen of England. Apart from taking part in the court intrigues... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A wonderful journey into the past more (15 total)

Cast

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Jean Simmons ... Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
Stewart Granger ... Thomas Seymour

Deborah Kerr ... Catherine Parr

Charles Laughton ... King Henry VIII
Kay Walsh ... Mrs. Ashley
Guy Rolfe ... Ned Seymour
Kathleen Byron ... Ann Seymour
Cecil Kellaway ... Mr. Parry
Rex Thompson ... Prince Edward / King Edward VI
Robert Arthur ... Barnaby
Leo G. Carroll ... Mr. Mums
Norma Varden ... Lady Tyrwhitt
Alan Napier ... Robert Tyrwhitt
Noreen Corcoran ... Bess as a child
Ivan Triesault ... Danish Envoy
Elaine Stewart ... Anne Boleyn
Dawn Addams ... Kate Howard
Doris Lloyd ... Mother Jack
Lumsden Hare ... Archbishop Cranmer
Lester Matthews ... Sir William Paget
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Cavendish ... Council Man (uncredited)
Frank Eldredge ... English Officer (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Charles Keane ... Halberdier (uncredited)
Raymond Lawrence ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Fee Malten ... Woman (uncredited)
Clive Morgan ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Carl Saxe ... Executioner (uncredited)
John Sheffield ... English Officer (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield ... Court Recorder (uncredited)
John Trueman ... Yeoman (uncredited)
Ann Tyrrell ... Mary (uncredited)
Patrick Whyte ... Officer (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe ... Stranger (uncredited)
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Directed by
George Sidney 
 
Writing credits
Margaret Irwin (novel)

Jan Lustig (writer) and
Arthur Wimperis (writer)

Produced by
Sidney Franklin .... producer
 
Original Music by
Miklós Rózsa  (as Miklos Rozsa)
 
Cinematography by
Charles Rosher (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Ralph E. Winters 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
Urie McCleary 
 
Set Decoration by
Jack D. Moore 
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett 
 
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair stylist
William Tuttle .... makeup designer
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Rhein .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording supervisor
 
Special Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie .... special effects
Warren Newcombe .... special effects
 
Editorial Department
Alvord Eiseman .... color consultant
 
Music Department
Eugene Zador .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Henri Jaffa .... technicolor color consultant
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
112 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #16304)
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was young Rex Thompson's film debut as Prince Edward/King Edward VI. He turned in a truly engaging performance as the ill-fated young King of England, remarkable considering he was only eleven years old, and was not British but a native New Yorker. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The royal badge on Barnaby's livery consists of a crowned Tudor rose with four red-and-white petals, but the real Tudor rose emblem had five petals, the crown flush with the top petal. more
Quotes:
Young Bess: I warn you, madam!
Ann Seymour: Who are you to warn me?
Young Bess: My mother's daughter!
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A wonderful journey into the past, 15 October 2001
10/10
Author: kitty.cat from Vienna, Austria

This is an entertaining movie and not a documentary. So, why not show "how it could have happened". This is what makes history interesting and exciting. The story is very well written, the actors are superb. And there is this sparkling chemistry between Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr I miss so much in modern movies. This is GOOD OLD HOLLYWOOD (even it is mostly a british movie). I hope that in the near future somebody produces a good DVD!! This movie is one of my all time favorites!!

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