Young Bess

US (1953): Drama

Chronicles the life of Elizabeth I (Jean Simmons), before she became the Queen of England. Apart from taking part in the court intrigues, she has an unhappy love for admiral Thomas Seymour (Stewart Granger), and dreams of building a navy to match the Portuguese and the Spanish. George Sidney directs for MGM. Cast also includes Deborah Kerr (as Catherine Parr), Charles Laughton (as King Henry VIII), Kay Walsh, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron and Cecil Kellaway. (Mattias Thuresson, IMDb)


· Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1953: Cedric Gibbons & Urie McCleary - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis & Jack D. Moore - Set Decoration
· Costume Design (Color) 1953: Walter Plunkett

2 nominations