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5 days ago · 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 .
2 days ago · These unconsummated projects at M-G-M include National Velvet (1944) and The Yearling (1946), the later in which Vidor presided over a failed attempt to produce a population of juvenile deer who would be age-appropriate throughout the production (female deer refused to reproduce out of season).
Jun 29, 2024 · A promotional still for National Velvet (1944). Taylor was famously given The Pie (formerly King Charles), her horse in the film, as a birthday gift after wrapping.
1 day ago · Those striking features are on full display in her first major role, playing the teen horse girl Velvet Brown, alongside former kid actor Mickey Rooney, in National Velvet. Director Clarence Brown and writer Helen Deutsch go for big emotional swings in National Velvet, based on the 1935 novel by Enid Bagnold
Jun 30, 2024 · Elizabeth Taylor rode the horse Pi in the film "National Velvet" released in 1944. Elizabeth Taylor played the character Velvet Brown, a young girl who trains Pi to win the Grand...
Jun 15, 2024 · National Velvet (1944) "National Velvet" is a classic fictional tale featuring a young Elizabeth Taylor as Velvet Brown, a girl who dreams of winning the Grand National. Velvet wins a horse in a raffle and, with the help of a drifter named Mi Taylor (played by Mickey Rooney), trains it for the big race.
Jun 25, 2024 · Rooney began the 1940s fresh off his Oscar nomination and would soon earn another in 1944 for his work in The Human Comedy. He would work in 23 total titles between the years of 1940 and 1949, including National Velvet (1944) alongside Elizabeth Taylor.
