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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…
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In 1953, the world public was captivated by the rare spectacle of a young Queen Elizabeth II being crowned. MGM, the Hollywood studio at the peak of its power, skilfully exploited this publicity by launching *Young Bess*, a large‑budget romantic biopic about Elizabeth's famous predecessor and namesake, directed by George Sidney. The film was based on the best‑selling eponymous 1944 novel by Margaret Irwin, the first…More
