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National Velvet

Cast

Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere View All

Crew

Helen Deutsch (Screenplay), Clarence Brown (Director), Theodore Reeves (Screenplay) View All

Release: Dec. 21st, 1944

Runtime: 2 hours, 3 minutes

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.

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mark f
However, even if it's a perfect movie, the family isn't exactly perfect.

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Gideon58
MGM put a lot of money into this film, which ended up earning five Oscar nominations, winning one for Robert Kern's film editing (even though the stunt girl riding for Elizabeth Taylor looks about eight years older than Taylor) and for Anne Revere's brilliantly understated performance as Velvet's mo....