I love this movie, its wonderful. Mickety Rooney so young us perfectly cast, then the stunning child Elizabeth Taylor as Velvet, she was truly beautiful. Donald Crisp plays her Father and one of her sisters is a very young Angela Lansbury. The scenery & set are so real & take you back to days in England when life was simple & good. This is a classic for all to enjoy. It is heartwarming and joyful & funny & exciting. The horse is magnificent. I love this movie.
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The classic story of a young girl with a dream. Her mother supports her and believes in her dreams and gives her encouragement to reach them. Her father, who loves her, takes a little more coaxing but wants his daughter to be happy. Velvets dreams begin to take shape when a young traveler (Mickey Rooney) comes to town looking for Velvets mother to find out information on his father, whom she knew. They give him work and a place to stay and he in turn helps Velvet (played by Elizabeth Taylor) to reach her dreams. This is a great inspiring story of never giving up and believing in yourself. One of Mickey Rooney best! I love this movie!! It's especially good if you like horses.
I had heard this movie from long ago was fantastic. Not to me! What a disappointment. I don't like the story line at all or the characters, especially Elizabeth Taylor's character. Watched it once, and I won't be watching it again. Will give this away to Goodwill or friends. That's how much I disliked the movie!
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As a Troop Coordinatior for a troop of American Heritage Girls, I selected "National Velvet" to show as a film to complete their Horsemanship badge. It was exciting to see the girls cheer Velevet on as she turned the corners and leapt over hedges. Although it is an older film, laughter, tears, and smiles generated throughout the crowd. This truly is a classic film filled with the innocence of a time long past, plus magnifying the difficulties and the values held dear to a family living in England during the 1920's. The love of a horse is felt through the eyes and actions of Velvet. An endearing film, every horse lover should see it. I hightly recommend this film.
This movie is a hilarious old fashioned movie. If you like horses you will like this movie. (Even seasoned equestrian riders can appreciate the skillful jumping that takes place in this movie and as an added bit of knowledge, when the filming for this movie was done they actually gave the "pie" to elizabeth Taylor as a gift.) If you ever had a crush on Mickey Rooney you will like this movie. My favorite character is Donald Velvet Browns little brother he is the epitomy of a boy who has grown up the youngest in a family of all girls. Although it has that old film look and feel it is nice because it is in color.
Every thing on this dvd was great. I purchased this dvd because it was the cheapest price I found any where it was hard to find in local stores. The features on the dvd were better tha I expected and I would deffenitly would buy dvd's on ebay rather than a local stoe or a video store because of the price differances. If you look hard enough you can find the bet prices on ebay.
A great movie for anyone who likes classic movies. I first saw this movie on TCM.
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I saw this movie many years ago. I have always told my children and grandchildren about it because it was such a wonderful story. Now to have it on DVD is really something. Watching the DVD brought back many memories. The most important of which, Is that a movie could be entertaining, interesting, and have a good story plot, without the use of violence, gore, or the over use of four letter words. The DVD is of good quality. It is not grainy. I actually bought two of them so that my granddaughters would have one to watch at home. They loved it too.
I first saw this movie was when it first came out. I had longed to see it again and was pleased that it was being offered as a DVD. The quality of the DVD was very good and it brought back old times when I was growing up with my own horse. Things have changed so much today,gone are the times when movies were produced to be shown to adults as well as children. I was nine, in Flordia at the end of WW-2 and my father was flying B-29 bombers. I miss those days. I later became a fighter pilot USAF,flew with Delta Air Line for 38 years and today,have my own horse farm. Time marches on,,,,,,SOOOO FAST
National Velvet is a favorite of mine. I like all the characters in the movie.
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