Young Bess
1953 · 112 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,901 VOTES · DIR. George Sidney
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 841 lines
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00:01:22 Her father, Henry VIII, called her Young Bess.
00:05:38 There's breeding for you.
00:10:35 I like her very much.
00:14:44 Exactly like him. Even down to wanting to throw the inkwell at me
00:19:39 - Come let me look at you. - I wanted to show you this.
00:23:17 Glorious performance.
00:27:38 You! Come here.
00:32:20 Come closer.
00:37:30 The Lady Elizabeth.
00:41:26 Spending the night with any handsome man. That was Anne Boleyn
00:45:23 We are a seafaring people with the best admirals in the world.
00:49:40 That's why they have to meet at night.
00:53:24 Bess, you'll see what happens. I'm the King!
00:59:38 - He has two wives already! - What ridiculous nonsense you talk!
01:03:39 Yes, milord. No, milord.
01:07:18 - I envy your admiral. - But that will be you, Tom.
01:12:09 Danske Dans!
01:17:31 Don't tell me you love him.
01:21:57 If it is not so ...
01:26:36 She said she had to go because she loved you.
01:31:18 Appointed by the Lord Protector to take Mr. Parry's place.
01:39:01 - For years you've conspired ... - Take care. You're not very wise!
01:43:57 Night and day they questioned her. They say that ...
01:51:44 English subtitles: Tom Ahlmann - IFT