National Velvet (1944)
- Directed by
- Clarence Brown
- Genre
- drama film, children's film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 03m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 124 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young English girl trains a horse she won in a raffle to compete in the Grand National. She is helped by a former jockey and her family.
wholesomeinspiringgentleupliftingearnestsentimentalslow-paced
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Pride of the Blue Grass (1954)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.