National Velvet (1944)

National Velvet (1944) is the story of a twelve-year girl, Velvet Brown, living in Sewels, in Sussex, England, who saves a horse from the knacker's yard and trains it for the Grand National steeplechase, aided by her father's hired hand, a young drifter, Mi Taylor. The fictional horse which Velvet Brown trained and rode in the National is called "The Pie." When she discovers that the Latvian jockey hired to ride the Pie doesn't believe he can win, she disguises herself as a male jockey and rides the horse to victory. MP4 format.



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 "Mally" Brown

Arthur Treacher as Race Patron

Reginald Owen as Farmer Ede

Norma Varden as Miss Sims

Terry Kilburn as Ted

Arthur Shields as Mr. Hallam

Aubrey Mather as Entry Official

Alec Craig as Tim

Eugene Loring as Ivan Taski