Film · Drama, Family
National Velvet (1945)
Simple story of a boy... a girl... and a horse! Set to the thunder of the Grand National Steeplechase!
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.
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Writers
- Theodore Reeves, Helen Deutsch, Enid Bagnold
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- January 26, 1945
Cast
Mickey RooneyMichael 'Mi' Taylor
Donald CrispMr. Herbert Brown
Elizabeth TaylorVelvet Brown
Anne RevereMrs. Araminty Brown
Angela LansburyEdwina Brown
Jackie 'Butch' JenkinsDonald Brown
Juanita QuigleyMalvolia 'Mally' Brown
Reginald OwenFarmer Ede
Norma VardenMiss Sims
Terry KilburnTheodore 'Ted'
Arthur ShieldsMr. Hallam
Aubrey MatherEntry Official
Alec CraigTimothy 'Tim'- Eugene LoringIvan Taski
Dennis HoeyMr. Greenford
Matthew BoultonEntry Official
Gerald Oliver SmithPhotographer
William AustinReporter (uncredited)
Billy BevanConstable (uncredited)
Frank BakerVillager (uncredited)
