Mickey Rooney
Mi Taylor
Search results
National Velvet (1944) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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 Grand National race.
- (61)
- Drama
- G
Film adaptation. The novel was made into a more or less faithful, highly successful film version in 1944, starring twelve-year-old Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney, with Donald Crisp, Anne Revere and a young Angela Lansbury. The screenplay was written by Helen Deutsch. In 2008 the film was voted the ninth best American film in the sports genre.
National Velvet. A headstrong jockey and a young English girl work together to turn an "unbreakable" horse into a champion. 1,753 IMDb 7.3 2 h 3 min 1945. X-Ray G. Sports · Drama · Emotional · Fun. Available to rent or buy. Rent. SD $3.99. Buy. SD $9.99. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase. Cast & Crew. Read More. Clarence Brown. Director. Mickey Rooney. Mi Taylor. Donald Crisp. Mr. [Herbert] Brown. Elizabeth Taylor. Velvet Brown. Anne Revere. Mrs. Brown.
National Velvet. DRAMA. Academy Award-winner Elizabeth Taylor ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?") made her starring debut in this classic family film about Velvet Brown, a young English girl who wins a horse in a village lottery and becomes determined to train it to compete in the Grand National Steeplechase.
2 h 3 m. Summary A jaded former jockey (Mickey Rooney) helps a young girl (Elizabeth Taylor) prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes. Drama. Family. Sport. Directed By: Clarence Brown. Written By: Enid Bagnold, Theodore Reeves, Helen Deutsch, Howard Dimsdale. National Velvet.
