National Velvet
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Movie Reviews of National Velvet
Movie Review: Champion dream....
Summary: 5 Stars
Oh my....I can't believe I'm over 55 and had never watched this classic movie before. Purchased this for my grandchildren to watch and absolutely fell in love with this film. Everyone should enjoy the determination and committment displayed by a young girl with a champion dream. The classic films such as this leave you with hope for the triumph of character values and hard work. Values much needed in our world today.Movie Review: The product of a bygone era in movie-making...
Summary: 4 Stars
In "Lassie Come Home," "National Velvet," and "The Courage of Lassie," Elizabeth Taylor was eleven years old ... Nevertheless, her charm and beauty were extraordinary, and what she lacked in talent and experience was well hidden in a fine production that was nominated for five Academy Awards...
As horse-trainer or dog-owner, as spurned wife or mistress, Liz is a female who is absorbed in the giving and receiving of love: devotion to the object of passion is the center of her life... Little Liz lavishes love on horses and dogs with remarkable intensity... Ecstatic; a dreamer with a turbulent emotional life, persistent, the young Liz dedicates herself to the prize-winning horse the way she later devotes herself to men...
Anticipating her later images of young sex goddess, Liz as Velvet is both saintly and mature... Howard Barnes, in the New York Herald Tribune, called her a child who 'lights up with the integrity of a great passion.'
Directed by Clarence Brown with loving attention to detail, the movie that made her a star is a big bestseller from another era set in Sussex, England, where Velvet Brown, a butcher's daughter, teams with a vagabond teenager named Mi Taylo (Mickey Rooney) to train for competition a horse she's won in a raffle...
From the coastal plains with its beaches, to the rolling hills, thatched cottages, and miles of country walks, "National Velvet" is the product of a bygone era in movie-making...
Following closely the structure of the popular Enid Bagnold novel, the movie is part horse story, part family portrait: scenes of training and riding are balanced by cozy family scenes, vignettes about young love and sermons from Mom on the virtues of courage and endurance...
The Browns are a noble version of Hollywood rustic... Dedicated to a sober work ethic, they live quiet, exemplary lives... Mrs. Brown (Anne Revere) is the very spirit of plain-folk wisdom; the spokeswoman for common sense and fair play, she knows well enough not to silence the semi-hysterical energy of her horse-crazy daughter, and she lets the girl have her dream...
Anne Revere won an Oscar as Velvet's mother, as did editor Robert J. Kern...
Movie Review: Excellent Movie - Poor Condition
Summary: 5 Stars
National Velvet is a true classic. The problem is with the existing condition of the movie. It is in desperate need of restoration. The out-of-focus look of the film is due to the 3-strip Technicolor transfer. One or more of the 3 strips has aged to the point where they have literally shrunk. So when this version was printed the colors no longer lined up properly. This is a common problem with Technicolor films. It almost happened to "Gone With The Wind". Whoever owns the rights to the film needs to start a full restoration project. This movie is more than deserving the cost and effort.Movie Review: sweet & honest fluff
Summary: 3 Stars
the legend is that this movie made elizabeth taylor a star, but in reality nobody knew what to do with the child-woman and it was many more years before she got another role of any importance, all the while remaining a sexual curiosity in a post-ww2 world. the movie itself is a pleasant bit of fluff, highlighted by some spectacular scenery and top-notch supporting work by the likes of anne revere, donald crisp, and (the ACTUAL star of the movie) mickey rooney [omigod! is HE still alive?]. i cant imagine anyone loving this movie, but i cant imagine anyone hating it either.
Movie Review: BUYER BEWARE....ATROCIOUS DVD TRANSFER!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
National Velvet is a classic film, enjoyable and entertaining for the whole family. I give the film itself 5 stars for this reason alone. They just don't make 'em like this anymore!!!
...And now for the real nitty gritty...Warner (and previously MGM DVD) should be ashamed of themselves for putting out such an atrocious transfer of this great Technicolor classic! While the colors show up well in most of the film, the main problem with this DVD is that the source print was VERY DIRTY!!!!
Expect to see PLENTY of scratches, dust, and out-of-focus shots throughout the 124 minute running time.
Overall, this is a complete disgrace because Turner Classic Movies runs a fantastically restored PRISTINE print of National Velvet on their network...free of scratches and dust.
Also, I have another word to the folks at Warner: LOSE THE CHEAPIE SNAPPER CASE PACKAGING!!! AMARAY KEEP CASE ALL THE WAY!!!
5 stars for the film....1 star for the lousy treatment on DVD!!!