National Velvet (1944)
Simple story of a boy... a girl... and a horse! Set to the thunder of the Grand National Steeplechase!
123 min
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside 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.
- Release date
- January 26, 1945
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Herbert Stothart
- Budget
- $2,770,000
- Box office
- $5,840,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Mickey Rooney as Mi Taylor
- Donald Crisp as Mr. Herbert Brown
- Elizabeth Taylor as Velvet Brown
- Anne Revere as Mrs. Araminty Brown
- Angela Lansbury as Edwina Brown
- Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins as Donald Brown
- Juanita Quigley as Malvolia Brown
- Reginald Owen as Farmer Ede
- Norma Varden as Miss Sims
- Terry Kilburn as Theodore 'Ted'
- Arthur Shields as Mr. Hallam
- Aubrey Mather as Entry Official
- Alec Craig as Timothy 'Tim'
- Dennis Hoey as Mr. Greenford
- Matthew Boulton as Entry Official
- Gerald Oliver Smith as Photographer
- William Austin as Reporter (uncredited)
- Billy Bevan as Constable (uncredited)
- Frank Baker as Villager (uncredited)
- Arthur Treacher as Race Patron
- James Carlisle as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
- Al Ferguson as Villager (uncredited)
- Olaf Hytten as Villager (uncredited)
Crew
- Clarence Brown · Director
- Enid Bagnold · Writer
- Theodore Reeves · Writer
- Helen Deutsch · Writer
- Pandro S. Berman · Producer
- Clarence Brown · Producer
- Herbert Stothart · Composer
- Leonard Smith · Cinematographer
- Robert Kern · Editor