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.
00:10:32 I do, too.
00:14:38 You're so like him. The way you stand there, stubborn, suspicious.
00:19:28 - You heard the idiots shout. - But it's the middle of the night
00:23:07 - Did you forget their 300 ships? - No, and they didn't forget me!
00:27:15 - What do you make of them? - Ships of the line. French.
00:32:02 You, how did you get in here?
00:36:45 I'd rather die than be lonely all my life.
00:41:06 I knew your mother. Like mother like daughter. And we know what she was
00:44:58 She showed him that she shared his interests.
00:48:28 Go, Ashley. Go!
00:52:51 See that the country knows you're the master.
00:58:41 I am the King.
01:02:58 - He'll think you don't care. - Leave me alone, Ashley.
01:06:37 If you were queen, would you let your admiral do great deeds?
01:11:24 Uncle Ned loves the Germans. I wish he'd die.
01:16:50 Look! That lighted window in Lambeth Palace.
01:20:48 We talked all through the night. Your name was never mentioned.
01:25:44 Have I ever wanted to hurt you? Have I ever wanted to leave you?
01:30:02 - Edward, what are you saying? - That's what he said in his letter
01:36:15 It's time.
01:42:00 You think you have sovereign power Don't forget you're in danger.
01:48:08 Princess Elizabeth.