The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
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- TriviaCast as on-screen lovers Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I) and Sir Thomas Seymour, in real life Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger were married to each other when this movie was filmed. Granger (né James Stewart) and Simmons met in 1946 while working on the picture Caesar and Cleopatra (1945). They would meet again over a year later, with Simmons now a grown up 18. The relationship soon turned to romance, and the couple appeared in a film that reflected their own situation. In Adam and Evalyn (1949), Granger plays a man in love with a younger woman. Later, after divorcing his first wife, Granger and Jean married on December 20, 1950. He was 27. The bride was 21. They also appeared together in Footsteps in the Fog (1955). Simmons said of her scenes with Granger in the film, "I feel more self-conscious about playing love scenes with him now, than I did before we were man and wife." But the chemistry flourished on screen.
- GoofsIn the film, young Bess is mostly referred to as "Princess Elizabeth". In history, Elizabeth was denied that title from the age of three. Her father Henry VIII declared his marriage to Anne Boleyn invalid before her execution for treason, thus Elizabeth was declared illegitimate and only to be called "Lady Elizabeth".
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Prince Edward: [muttering to Tom about Uncle Ned, who rules while Edward is King as a minor] I wish he'd die.
Thomas Seymour: What? What was that?
Prince Edward: I said, I wish he'd die. D-Y-E.
Thomas Seymour: It's the wrong spelling.
Prince Edward: [nonchalant] Oh, is it?
Ned Seymour: What is Your Majesty talking about?
Prince Edward: Spelling. Nobody knows for certain how to spell the King's English.
Ned Seymour: The spelling is not important, so long as the word carries the right meaning.
Thomas Seymour: The word His Majesty had *exactly* the right meaning.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The World According to Smith & Jones: The Tudors (1987)
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- $2,423,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1(original ratio)