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starring: Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton, Kay Walshdirected by: George Sidney (II)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303120485
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303120482
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: June 30, 1994
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 7228
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: May 29, 1953
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Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - "Young Bess"
I own this on VHS and am looking forward to when it's translated to DVD. I enjoy this 1953 film for its sets, costuming, and Technicolor treatment, but I can't say the same for Jean Simmons in the title role. She takes a valiant shot at portraying the temperamental Bess, but she just isn't convincing, maybe because she's too old for the part and she's trying too hard to make the rest of us believe that she isn't. I also don't care for Stewart Granger's performance as Thomas Seymour. It too is ... Read More
Rating:  - When Are They Going to Release this Wonderful Film on DVD???
This is one of my all-time favorite MGM costume dramas. The costumes and settings are scrumptious; Jean Simmons in the title role and Deborah Kerr as Katherine Parr are lovely, and Stewart Granger (who I believe might have still been married to Simmons at the time) is his swashbuckling gorgeous self. The story, which is taken from Margaret Irwin's historical novel, is romantic as well as compelling. All this and Charles Laughton as Henry VIII and Elsa Lanchester as Anne of Cleves, not to mention ... Read More
Rating: - The Royal Pas de Trois
Fictionalized, glamorized, and purified, "Young Bess" is a highly entertaining and lavish production, with a fabulous cast, lovely costuming, and a terrific Miklos Rozsa score. Though far from resembling Elizabeth I, Jean Simmons is exquisite as the strong willed young queen, who has an adoring fascination for the Lord High Admiral Thomas Seymour, and is conflicted by her fondness for her stepmother Catherine Parr, who was to marry Thomas. Thomas in real life was a bit of an ambitious schemer, and ... Read More
Rating: - Young Elizabeth, Hollywood style
Jean Simmons (Elizabeth I) and Farley Granger (Tom Seymour) make a handsome couple in this stylized treatment of Elizabeth's early days before she assumes the mantle of Queen of England. This film centers on the young Bess, who is enamored of Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour, who is also very married, to Catherine Parr (Deborah Kerr). Tom Seymour is trapped in a familiar power struggle, a member of one of the great influential families seeking favor through access to the throne of England. The young King ... Read More
Rating: - Gorgeous and unforgettable!!!!!!!
Unlike the recent blood-opera "Elizabeth" where the only thing they tried to do was to copy the famous movie on the massacre in Paris 1572 with Adjani this movie is a nice fantasy and gets one interested in Elizabeth. My passion for the Tudors started here. It was kinda sad to discover that the real Tom Seymour had almost nothing in common with the fascinating character Stewart Granger brought to life but at least this movie doesn't pretend to be "real". It's entertainment!
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