National Velvet (film)
| National Velvet | |
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| Directed by | Clarence Brown |
| Screenplay by | Helen Deutsch |
| Based on | National Velvet 1935 novel by Enid Bagnold |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Leonard Smith |
| Edited by | Robert J. Kern |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's, Inc |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,770,000 |
| Box office | $5,840,000 |
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, about a young English girl who rides a racehorse. It stars Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury, Anne Revere, Reginald Owen, and an adolescent Elizabeth Taylor.
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." In 2006, the film was ranked 24th on the American Film Institute's list of most inspirational movies.