Young Bess (1953)
Director: George Sidney.
Cast: 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).
A good movie, but instead of Bette Davis we get Jean Simmons as Queen Elizabeth I of England. Laughton once again as Henry VIII.
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