11 Mar 2009
Hilde
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.
Young Bess
A Great and Spectacular Drama!
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.
Top Billed 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
Elaine Stewart Anne Boleyn
Dawn Addams Kate Howard
Doris Lloyd Mother Jack
Lumsden Hare Archbishop Cranmer
Lester Matthews Sir William Paget
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