National Velvet (1944)


National Velvet
TaglineSimple Story Of A Boy . . . A Girl . . . And A Horse! Set to the thunder of the Grand National Steeplechase!
GenreDrama, Family, Sport
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassAnimal Picture, Childhood Drama
Niche GenreChildren's/Family
ThemesHorses, Contests, Pageants and Competitions, Talented Animals, Redemption
TonesHeartwarming, Warm, Nostalgic, Sentimental, Rousing, Endearing
TagsChampion, Competition, Family, Girl, Horse, Horse Racing, Horse Trainer, Steeplechase

National Velvet is a 1944 film, in Technicolor, based on the novel by Enid Bagnold, published in 1935. It stars Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp and a young Elizabeth Taylor.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Mi Taylor

Mr. Brown

Velvet Brown

Mrs. Brown

Edwina Brown

Donald Brown

Malvolia Brown

Race Patron

Farmer Ede

Miss Sims

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

Paula Allen
Schoolgirl

Rene Austin
Schoolgirl

Reporter

William Bailey
Bookie

Frank Benson
Englishman

Constable

Felicity Bilbrook
Schoolgirl

Beverly Billman
Schoolgirl

Stephen Bowson
Schoolboy

Colin Campbell
Cockney

Leonard Carey
Pressman

Jockey

Murray Coombs
Schoolboy

Donald Curtis
American

Harold De Becker Jr.
Schoolboy

Ray Erlenborn
Jockey

Douglas Francis
Track Official

Alec Harford
Valet

Richard Haydel
Schoolboy

Leyland Hodgson
Pressman

Villager

Jane Isbell
Schoolgirl Jane

George Kirby
Villager

Iris Kirksey
Schoolgirl

Rose Langdon
Bookie

Moyna MacGill
Woman

Barry Macollum
Townsman

Virginia McDowall
Schoolgirl

Gail Peyton
Schoolgirl

Gordon Richards
Doctor

Bertha Stinchfield
Schoolgirl

Howard Taylor
Schoolboy

Rhoda Williams
Schoolgirl

Eric Wilton
English Bookie

Frederick Worlock
Stewart

Director

Writer

Enid Bagnold

Theodore Reeves

Helen Deutsch

Producer

Pandro S. Berman
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Leonard Smith

Editor

Robert Kern

Art Director

Urie McCleary
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Set Decorator

Edwin B. Willis
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Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joseph Boyle
assistant director

Art Department

Mildred Griffiths
associate set decorator

Sound Department

recording director

William Edmondson
boom operator

Charles E. Wallace
sound

Special Effects

Warren Newcombe
special effects

Stunts

Rex 'Snowy' Baker
stunts

horse-riding stunts

Alice Van Springsteen
stunts

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Kay Dean
associate costume supervisor

costume supervisor

Valles
wardrobe: men

Music Department

Murray Cutter
orchestrator

Other Crew

Henri Jaffa
technicolor color consultant

Natalie Kalmus
technicolor color director

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

CBS Television

MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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Warner Home Video
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Wonder Multimídia

Miscellaneous

Max Factor
wigmaker: Elizabeth Taylor






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