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

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)

Trailer

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