Title: National Velvet
Runtime: 123 Min
Year: 1944
Genres: Drama - Family - Sport
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins (as Jackie Jenkins), Arthur Treacher, Juanita Quigley, Reginald Owen, Norma Varden, Terry Kilburn, Arthur Shields, Aubrey Mather, Alec Craig, Eugene Loring, Dennis Hoey, Matthew Boulton, Gerald Oliver Smith, King Charles
Directed By: Clarence Brown
PLOT
Mi Taylor was a young wanderer and opportunist whose father had given him "all the roads in the Kingdom" to travel. One of the roads, and a notation in his father's journal, leads him to the quiet English country-side 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 for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event.
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Writers: (based on the novel by) Enid Bagnold - (screenplay) Theodore Reeves and Helen Deutsch - contributing writer (uncredited) Howard Dimsdale
IMDB Rating: 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71%
Parental Advisory Certification: Australia:G / Canada:G / Finland:S / Sweden:Btl / UK:U / USA:G / Brazil:Livre / USA:Approved (certificate #10321) / Germany:6 / Germany:o.Al. (DVD rating) / USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Awards:
1946- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Anne Revere (WON)
-Best Film Editing - Robert Kern (WON)
-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color - Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis and Mildred Griffiths (NOMINATED)
-Best Cinematography, Color - Leonard Smith (NOMINATED)
-Best Director - Clarence Brown(NOMINATED)
2003- National Film Preservation Board, USA (National Film Registry)
-National Velvet (WON)
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