National Velvet

Name: National Velvet
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 1945-01-26
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury

Simple story of a boy... a girl... and a horse! Set to the thunder of the Grand National Steeplechase!

National Velvet (1945)

Timing: 2:3 (123 min)

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Video for the film National Velvet — National Velvet (1944) Original Trailer [HD]

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Release date

Country

Production

Genre

Budget

$2 770 000

Box office

$5 840 000

Website

Director

Clarence Brown

Actors

Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, Juanita Quigley, Reginald Owen, Norma Varden, Terry Kilburn
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Pandro S. Berman, Clarence Brown

Camera operator

Leonard Smith

Composer

Herbert Stothart

Artist

Audition

Editing

Robert Kern
Whole Team (14)

Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

During filming, Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) fell off a horse and injured her back. The actress recovered quickly enough, but she experienced severe pain for a long time afterward.
Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) had to film all of his scenes within a month because he then had to undergo military training before enlisting in the army during World War II.
After completing work on the film, arrangements had to be made for Elizabeth Taylor to be allowed to keep the horse. She kept the horse from the age of 13 until its death at the age of 24.