National Velvet (film)

National Velvet
Theatrical release poster
Directed byClarence Brown
Screenplay byHelen Deutsch
Based onNational Velvet
1935 novel
by Enid Bagnold
Produced byPandro S. Berman
Starring
CinematographyLeonard Smith
Edited byRobert Kern
Music byHerbert Stothart
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc
Release dates
  • December 14, 1944 (1944-12-14) (New York City)
  • January 26, 1945 (1945-01-26) (United States)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,770,000[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]

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.

  1. ^ a b "The Eddie Mannix Ledger" (Document). Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Variety film review; December 6, 1944, page 14.
  3. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; December 9, 1944, page 199.