National Velvet

Based On the book by Enid Bagnold

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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Release date:

1944

Director:

Clarence Brown

Cast:

Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury

Genre:

Drama, Children's

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1944 in adaptations