National Velvet
(1945)
Simple Story Of A Boy . . . A Girl . . . And A Horse! Set to the thunder of the Grand National Steeplechase!
Stars: Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury
Director: Clarence Brown
Writer: Helen Deutsch, Theodore Reeves, Enid Bagnold
Language: English
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Duration: 123
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.
| Mickey Rooney | Mi Taylor |
| Elizabeth Taylor | Velvet Brown |
| Donald Crisp | Mr. Brown |
| Anne Revere | Mrs. Brown |
| Angela Lansbury | Edwina Brown |
| Leonard Smith | Cinematographer |
| Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins | Donald Brown (as Jackie Jenkins) |
| Robert Kern | Editor |
| Juanita Quigley | Malvolia Brown |
| Arthur Treacher | Race Patron |
| Reginald Owen | Farmer Ede |
| Norma Varden | Miss Sims |
| Terry Kilburn | Ted |
| Arthur Shields | Mr. Hallam |
| Aubrey Mather | Entry Official |
| Alec Craig | Tim |
| Eugene Loring | I. Taski |
| Dennis Hoey | Mr. Greenford |
| Matthew Boulton | Entry Official |
| Gerald Oliver Smith | Photographer |
| Harry Allen | Van Driver (uncredited) |
| Ed Agresti | Racetrack Spectator |
| Paula Allen | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| John Alban | Racetrack Spectator |
| Rene Austin | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| William Austin | Reporter (uncredited) |
| William Bailey | Bookie (uncredited) |
| Frank Benson | Englishman (uncredited) |
| Billy Bevan | Constable (uncredited) |
| Felicity Bilbrook | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| Irene | Costume Supervisor |
| Beverly Billman | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| Barry Bernard | Pressman |
| Stephen Bowson | Schoolboy (uncredited) |
| Colin Campbell | Cockney (uncredited) |
| Edward Biby | Racetrack Spectator |
| Leonard Carey | Pressman (uncredited) |
| Wally Cassell | Jockey (uncredited) |
| Ted Billings | Racetrack Spectator |
| Murray Coombs | Schoolboy (uncredited) |
| Donald Curtis | American (uncredited) |
| Harold de Becker Jr. | Schoolboy (uncredited) |
| Arthur Blake | Minor Role |
| Douglas Francis | Track Official (uncredited) |
| William A. Boardway | Racetrack Spectator |
| Mona Freeman | (uncredited) |
| Lulu Mae Bohrman | Racetrack Spectator |
| Alec Harford | Valet (uncredited) |
| Richard Haydel | Schoolboy (uncredited) |
| Leyland Hodgson | Pressman (uncredited) |
| Olaf Hytten | Villager (uncredited) |
| James Carlisle | Racetrack Spectator |
| Jane Isbell | Schoolgirl Jane (uncredited) |
| George Kirby | Villager (uncredited) |
| Wallis Clark | Clerk of Scales |
| Iris Kirksey | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| Rose Langdon | Bookie (uncredited) |
| Moyna MacGill | Woman (uncredited) |
| Barry Macollum | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Harry Denny | Racetrack Spectator |
| Virginia McDowall | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| Dick Earle | Villager |
| Gail Peyton | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| Tatum O'Neal | |
| Christopher Plummer | |
| Gordon Richards | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Bertha Stinchfield | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| Sean Bean | |
| Howard Taylor | Schoolboy (uncredited) |
| Rhoda Williams | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| Eric Wilton | English Bookie (uncredited) |
| Frederick Worlock | Stewart (uncredited) |
| Curt Furberg | Racetrack Spectator |
| Arthur Gould-Porter | Attendant |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Department |
| Joy Harington | Nurse |
| William Edmondson | Sound Department |
| Charles E. Wallace | Sound Department |
| Frank Baker | Villager |
| King Charles | The Pie - a Horse |
| Ada Ellis | Villager |
| Charles Irwin | Starter |
| Ray Erlenborn | Jockey |
| Jack W. Johnston | Racetrack Spectator |
| Al Ferguson | Villager |
| Art Howard | Photographer |
| Bert Howard | Photographer |
| Stanley Mann | Villager |
| Jack Lee | Assistant Checker |
| Doris Stone | Villager |
| Lotus Thompson | Villager |
| Carl M. Leviness | Villager |
| Robert Locke Lorraine | Racetrack Spectator |
| Herbert Stothart | Composer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Director |
| Urie McCleary | Art Director |
| Wilbur Mack | Committee Man |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decorator |
| Jack Dawn | makeup creator |
| Irma Kusely | hair stylist |
Genre: Drama
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital 1.0
IMDb: 0037120
