NATIONAL VELVET (1944)

CLARENCE BROWN

Drama Family Viewing Weepie / Tear Jerker Coming of Age Sport Classics Children's Recommended

Cast

MICKEY ROONEY DONALD CRISP ELIZABETH TAYLOR ANNE REVERE ANGELA LANSBURY ENID BAGNOLD

Plot

Velvet (Liz Taylor) is the daughter of the Brown family, who live in an idyllic English countryside. One day Mi Taylor (Mikey Rooney), a young wanderer and opportunist, whose father had given him "all the roads in the Kingdom" to travel, arrives at the Brown family estate. When Velvet wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event, but who will ride this horse?