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National Velvet is a 1944 American Technicolor sports film directed by Clarence Brown and based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Enid Bagnold. It stars Mickey Rooney , Donald Crisp , Angela Lansbury , Anne Revere , Reginald Owen , and an adolescent Elizabeth Taylor .
Alexander Younger Craig (30 March 1884 – 25 June 1945) was a Scottish-born American character actor, particularly known for his roles in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and National Velvet (1944). He was particularly known for portraying stereotypically tight-fisted Scotsmen.
National Velvet [72] [73] 1944 Drama A young Elizabeth Taylor bonds with the steeplechase horse she loves. Home in Indiana [74] [75] 1944 Drama A former sulky driver (Walter Brennan) gives his nephew lessons in harness racing. The Hundred Pound Window [76] 1944 Comedy Clerk (Richard Attenborough) at a big-wager window ends up owing a big debt.
Mickey Rooney and Taylor in National Velvet (1944), her first major film role. Taylor was cast in her first starring role at the age of 12, when she was chosen to play a girl who wants to compete as a jockey in the exclusively male Grand National in National Velvet. [1]: 40–47 She later called it "the most exciting film" of her career. [10]
Terence E. Kilburn [1] (born 25 November 1926), known for his acting work prior to 1953 as Terry Kilburn, is an English-American actor.Born in London, he moved to Hollywood in the U.S. at the age of 10, and is best known for his roles as a child actor during the Golden Age of Hollywood, in films such as A Christmas Carol (1938) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) in the late 1930s and the early 1940s.
His performance as Mickey Rooney's younger brother (The Human Comedy) was well received and Jenkins was cast in a succession of films. He was given star billing for the 1946 film Boys' Ranch. Inspired by the real-life ranch in Texas, which provided a home and education to underprivileged boys, MGM promoted the film as a successor to Boys Town ...
1944 The White Cliffs of Dover: Betsy Kenney at age 10 National Velvet: Velvet Brown 1946 Courage of Lassie: Katherine Eleanor Merrick 1947 Life with Father: Mary Skinner With William Powell and Irene Dunne: Cynthia: Cynthia Bishop aka The Rich Full Life: 1948 A Date with Judy: Carol Pringle Julia Misbehaves: Susan Packett 1949 Little Women ...
National Velvet is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), first published in 1935. It was illustrated by Laurian Jones, Bagnold's daughter, who was born in 1921. The novel tells the story of a teenaged girl who wins a horse racing competition. It was a best-seller, and adapted into a highly successful 1944 film and a 1960-62 television series.