National Velvet
1944 Technicolor sports film directed by Clarence Brown
National Velvet is a 1944 movie about horse racing. It stars Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney. It is based on a 1935 story by Enid Bagnold. The movie won two minor Academy Awards. In 2003, National Velvet was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
| National Velvet | |
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| Directed by | Clarence Brown |
| Screenplay by | Helen Deutsch |
| Based on | National Velvet by Enid Bagnold |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Starring | Mickey Rooney Donald Crisp Elizabeth Taylor Anne Revere Angela Lansbury Reginald Owen Terry Kilburn |
| Cinematography | Leonard Smith |
| Edited by | Robert Kern |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 123 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
