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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
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 .
Apr 14, 2021 · From the 10-year-old actor breaking her back to coming up with a stylish solution so she didn’t have to cut her famous brunette locks, British Vogue revisits the tales from the set of Elizabeth Taylor’s first leading role in 1944’s “National Velvet.”
- King Charles, Who Played The Pie, Was a Grandson of Man o’ War. The Pie was portrayed by King Charles, a stunning seven-year-old chestnut Thoroughbred.
- Elizabeth Taylor Broke Her Back While Filming a Riding Scene. Elizabeth Taylor did most of the riding scenes herself. In one scene, however, she took a nasty tumble that actually broke her back.
- King Charles Was Supposedly Difficult to Work With, Except for Elizabeth Taylor. On set, King Charles was reportedly aggressive with his handlers. He would regularly bite crew members and at times, was simply a terror to work with.
- Monty Roberts Claims He Was a Stunt Double for Elizabeth Taylor. Many people know Monty Roberts as a world-renowned horse trainer. However, Roberts claims he worked as a stunt double for Taylor in National Velvet.
Heartwarming story of the Brown family who takes in homeless teen Mickey Rooney. He soon befriends young Velvet Brown based on their knowledge and love of horses. They both encounter a wild new...
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National Velvet is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), first published in 1935. It was illustrated by Laurian Jones, Bagnold's daughter, who was born in 1921. The novel tells the story of a teenaged girl who wins a horse racing competition.
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Aug 26, 2022 · Taylor was just 12 years old when she played Velvet Brown, a young animal lover who longed to enter her horse, named "The Pie," into the Grand National horse race.
