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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.
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.
National Velvet (1944) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
When Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor), an equine-loving 12-year-old living in rural Sussex, becomes the owner of a rambunctious horse, she decides to train it for England's...
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National Velvet. 1944 · 2 hr 4 min. G. Drama · Kids & Family. This children's classic follows a headstrong jockey and an English girl as they work together to turn an unbreakable horse into a champion. Subtitles: English.
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 (1945) was Elizabeth Taylor’s breakout role, although the 12-year-old had been cast in four features films already. Despite Taylor’s stellar performance and her life-long experience riding horses, Mickey Rooney received top billing.
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.”
