National Velvet
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, and a young 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."
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| Running time | 123 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $2,770,000
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| Box office | $5,840,000
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![National Velvet - Movie Story Magazine Pictorial [United States] (February 1945)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/b/l/bl45tsjnoh1mn1tl.jpg?skj2io4l)
Edwina Brown: Shut up and stop being disgusting.
- Susanna Foster turned down the role of Velvet Brown.
- Eighteen-year-old Gene Tierney had been set to portray Velvet Brown. When the film was delayed, Tierney signed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox.
- One of the few films to be shown on commercial network television after being shown on local stations, rather than the other way around.
- Ranked #9 on the American Film Institute`s list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sports" in June 2008.
- Carl and Eleanor Goldbogen appear as extras in the crowd scenes. Carl`s brother was Avrom Goldbogen, professionally known as producer Michael Todd, who would become Elizabeth Taylor`s third husband in 1957.
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