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The Story of Seabiscuit: Directed by David Butler. With Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister, Rosemary DeCamp. Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece Margaret come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother Danny.
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- Drama, Family, Romance
- David Butler
- 1949-11-12
The Story of Seabiscuit is a 1949 American drama film directed by David Butler and starring Shirley Temple and Barry Fitzgerald in a semi-fictionalized account of racehorse Seabiscuit, the top money winner up to the 1940s.
Jul 21, 2022 · The Inspiring Story Behind Seabiscuit, Explained. As shown in the film, Seabiscuit was not an ideal racehorse. After dropping his first 17 starts, he was considered lazy and dismissed as a disgrace to the racing industry. But Tom Smith, a horse trainer, saw something in his eyes.
Shirley Temple plays the student nurse whose romance with the colt's jockey (Lon McAllister) is clouded by her fears about a sport in which a 100-pound rider must...
Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse.
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The 1949 feature The Story of Seabiscuit was the first movie that attempted to bring Seabiscuit's tale to the silver screen. In it, former child star Shirley Temple plays Margaret, the niece of horse trainer Shawn O'Hara (Barry Fitzgerald).
