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  1. Box office. $5,840,000 [1] 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. It stars Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury, Anne Revere, Reginald Owen, and an adolescent Elizabeth Taylor. [2][3]

  2. United Kingdom. Pages. 306. National Velvet is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), first published in 1935. It was illustrated by Laurian Jones, Bagnold's daughter, who was born in 1921. The novel tells the story of a teenaged girl who wins a horse racing competition. It was a best-seller, and adapted into a highly successful 1944 film and a ...

  3. Apr 14, 2021 · Yet National Velvet remains one of her most revered and enduring performances. In 2003, National Velvet became the first of Taylor’s movies to be selected by the Library of Congress to be submitted for preservation in the United Stations National Film Registry , meaning the “enduring family classic” was recognised as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

  4. Advertise With Us. When Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor), an equine-loving 12-year-old living in rural Sussex, becomes the owner of a rambunctious horse, she decides to train it for England's Grand ...

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    • King Charles, Who Played The Pie, Was a Grandson of Man o’ War. The Pie was portrayed by King Charles, a stunning seven-year-old chestnut Thoroughbred.
    • Elizabeth Taylor Broke Her Back While Filming a Riding Scene. Elizabeth Taylor did most of the riding scenes herself. In one scene, however, she took a nasty tumble that actually broke her back.
    • King Charles Was Supposedly Difficult to Work With, Except for Elizabeth Taylor. On set, King Charles was reportedly aggressive with his handlers. He would regularly bite crew members and at times, was simply a terror to work with.
    • Monty Roberts Claims He Was a Stunt Double for Elizabeth Taylor. Many people know Monty Roberts as a world-renowned horse trainer. However, Roberts claims he worked as a stunt double for Taylor in National Velvet.
  5. A young jockey down on his luck arrives in a small English village where he meets up with family. The youngest daughter wins a horse in a lottery and has a dream of winning the Grand National. This is a classic family film of horses, teenagers and home spun philosophy. This was Elizabeth Taylor's first major role and her performance carries the ...

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  7. Budget. $149 million [4][5] Box office. $824 million [6] Wonder Woman is a 2017 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Atlas Entertainment, and Cruel and Unusual Films, and distributed by Warner Brothers. It is the fourth installment of the DC ...

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