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Academy Award Actress in a Supporting Role 1946 · Winner
Academy Award Film Editing 1945 · Winner
Academy Award Art Direction (Color) 1946 · Nominated
Academy Award Cinematography (Color) 1946 · Nominated
Academy Award Directing 1945 · Nominated
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Academy Awards, USA. 1946 Winner Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Anne Revere. 1946 Nominee Oscar. Best Director. Clarence Brown. 1946 Nominee Oscar. Best Cinematography, Color.
National Velvet is a 1944 American Technicolor sports film directed by Clarence Brown and based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Enid Bagnold. It stars Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury, Anne Revere, Reginald Owen, and an adolescent Elizabeth Taylor.
National Velvet: Directed by Clarence Brown. With Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere. A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
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- Drama, Family, Sport
- Clarence Brown
- 1945-01-26
395. Drama This classic family film made a star of 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in the title role as spunky Velvet Brown, a girl who's determined to enter her horse, Pie, in the Grand National Steeplechase. Critic Pauline Kael called it "One of the most likeable movies of all time."
In the English coastal village of Sewels in Sussex, 12-year-old Velvet Brown and her older sisters, Edwina and Malvolia, happily finish their last day of school before summer vacation. While walking home, Velvet meets young drifter Mi Taylor and strikes up a conversation with him.
On December 14, 1944, the movie National Velvet premiered in New York City and brought Elizabeth Taylor to stardom. In 1945, following its national release, the movie was nominated for five Academy Awards and won for Best Supporting Actress and Film Editing.