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National Velvet

1944 · Film · 123 min

  • Drama
  • Family

Plot

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.

About National Velvet

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, about a young English girl who rides a racehorse. It stars Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury, Anne Revere, Reginald Owen, and an adolescent Elizabeth Taylor. In 2003, National Velvet was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." In 2006, the film was ranked 24th on the American Film Institute's list of most inspirational movies.

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Cast

  • Mickey RooneyMichael 'Mi' Taylor
  • Donald CrispMr. Herbert Brown
  • Elizabeth TaylorVelvet Brown
  • Anne RevereMrs. Araminty Brown
  • Angela LansburyEdwina Brown
  • Jackie 'Butch' JenkinsDonald Brown
  • Juanita QuigleyMalvolia 'Mally' Brown
  • Reginald OwenFarmer Ede
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