National Velvet
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Movie Review: National Velvet
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie about 60 years ago and bought it for my 5 year old grandson. He loved the movie as much as I did 60 years ago and I still love it. This is good, wholesome family entertainment, a classic that will be enjoyed for years to come.Movie Review: Memorable!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
It is a memorable movie with great actors/actresses. My daughter used to watch when was a child, she still does, to remember of childhood times. I recommend this movie to all those who love old movies, horses,and is a fan of Elizabeth Tylor.Movie Review: National Velvet on DVD - A re-make of an instant classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
I highly recommend this movie to horse lovers! Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor are stunning! Pie is beautiful! Check it out!Movie Review: A Timeless Classic (And For Horsey Peoples, too!)
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie has to be one of the most wonderful ones out there! The thing that ticks me off the most about some equine movies (see racing stripes) is that they mistreat the sports that horses do and twist around the truth. I saw nothing of the sort in this movie! It makes me want to see this movie over and over, with it being down to earth with the reality side of things, you can actually believe it actually happened. Ex., The sacrifices made to get to the Grand National (The greatest steeplechase event in the world to this day), such as Mrs. Brown(Ann Revere must be applauded in her terrific performance as Mrs. Brown) giving up her prize money for swimming the channel so that Velvet (Elizabeth Taylor was amazing as little Velvet in this film) could have her money for the entry fee. Mi (Mickey Rooney fits Mi Taylor perfectly) gives up leaving the Browns behind when he refuses to give the money to the drunkards at the London bar when he could have been on his freeroaming way. When Velvet cut off her hair so she could look like a boy so she could ride in the race. (Ivan Taski's heart was just not in it.) Or when the cart got broken because Mr. Brown (Donald Crisp as the un-fervolous father) had had enough of the nonsense. Adding to that list of reality in the movie, how Velvet's mother told her that there was a time for everything, and then a time to move on, (The big message in this film, very meaningful too!) Mi's leaving at the end of the movie, and how they were disqualified after the race because Velvet had fainted off of The Pie (her wonderful chestnut jumper) and transported to the track hospital, where the doctor found out she was a girl.
And also, when Velvet turned down fame and fortune for the happiness of her horse. ("I can't help it father. I'd rather have that horse go to heaven.") Any other movie that rips alot out of this classic ("Stripes" for example) does not have this kind of ending, wheras this movie's ending can send it straight to your heart. (Unlike the boring fairy tale ending.)
"That'll be a dispute to the end of time, Mr. Brown: Whether it's better to do the right thing for the wrong reason or the wrong thing for the right reason." -Revere
"I want it all quickly 'cuase I don't want God to stop and think and wonder if I'm getting more than my share." -Taylor
"What's the meaning of goodness if there isn't a little badness to overcome?" -Revere
"Some day you'll learn that greatness is only the siezing of opportunity-clutching with your bare hands til the knuckles show white." -Rooney
"So you're to win the gelding, are you Velvet?"
"Oh, of course I'm to win."
"There are ways of arranging it, aren't there? And your father's a clever man..."
"Oh, I didn't bother him, Mr. Hallam. I just arranged it with God." -Taylor and Mr. Hallam
Some reasonable quotes from the movie to make you think. Then you'll realize what a great story this movie has got to give!
"Where's number 28?" "Don't know, can't see a thing."
Movie Review: A timeless classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Beautiful British tomboy Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor) wins a Thoroughbred called The Pirate (played by King Charles; Since King Charles was a chestnut Thoroughbred, and not a Piebald as portrayed in the novel, his nickname "The Pi" came to stand for The Pirate in place of The Piebald) in the local lottery and, inspired by her ex-jockey friend Mi (Mickey Rooney), trains for the prestigious Grand National Steeplechase. Just two small obstacles stand in Velvet's way: She cannot afford the entry fee, and female jockeys are not allowed to compete. Based on the book by Enid Bagnold (which also quite good -- this DVD and the novel would make a nice gift for any horse lovers on your list).
Staci Layne Wilson