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trof

(54,256 posts)
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 07:36 PM Aug 2016

TCM @ 7 pm CDT: "Young Bess"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046564/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

"With an exceptionally good cast headed by Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr and Charles Laughton, costumes by Walter Plunkett, music by Miklos Rozsa and all the technical wizardry of MGM's vast resources, YOUNG BESS is the kind of historical romance that comes to life on the screen with a good deal of vitality. Jean Simmons and Charles Laughton have the most interesting roles and play them brilliantly, particularly Laughton who is once again portraying Henry VIII, the shrewd monarch who disposed of the women in his life by putting them to the block."

trof's comment:
Not particularly historically accurate, but great performances by Laughton and Simmons.
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