NATIONAL VELVET is the poignant family story that made a young Elizabeth Taylor a star. Taylor excels as Velvet Brown, a 1920s working-class girl whose dreams of owning her own horse become a reality when she wins Pie, a wild and unruly horse, in a raffle. With the help of Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney), a skittish, gun-shy ex-jockey, Velvet trains Pie to be a race champion despite the wishes of her loving but cautious parents (Donald Crisp and Ann Revere). Velvet's determination pays off, and the Brown family (including Angela Lansbury as Edwina, Velvet's sophisticated older sister) pools its money and enters the family pride and joy in the prestigious Grand National race, only to have its hopes dashed when the rider renegs--leading Velvet to do something extraordinary. This uplifting adaptation of Enid Bagnold's novel features stunning photography of coastal England and acclaimed crosscut editing that heightens the tension in the famous race scene. Young costars Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney are fabulous together, full of youthful charm and exuberance, ably supported by a first-rate ensemble cast.

When Velvet, a headstrong teenage girl, wins an unruly horse in a contest, she decides--against the wishes of her parents--to train the animal and enter it in England's most prestigious horse race: the Grand National Sweepstakes. But her friend, a jockey who gave up the sport, knows how dangerous the race can be with such an unpredictable animal.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus

Elizabeth Taylor: Oscar winning actress, GIANT, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
Mickey Rooney: American actor, singer, THE BOLD AND THE BRAVE
Donald Crisp: Actor/Director
Anne Revere: American Character Actress
Angela Lansbury: American Film and Television Actress, MURDER, SHE WROTE
Jackie Jenkins: 
Arthur Treacher: British Actor
Reginald Owen: British Character Actor
Terry Kilburn: Former Child Actor/Director
Norma Varden: British Character Actress
Arthur Shields: Irish Character Actor
Dennis Hoey: British Character Actor
Aubrey Mather: Character Actor/USA & UK
Billy Bevan: Silent Comedy Film Actor
Matthew Boulton: 
Colin Campbell: 
William Austin: Actor
Moyna MacGill: American Actress
Donald Curtis: Actor/"Fuller Brush Man"
Alec Craig: Character Actor
Eugene Loring: Choreographer/Silk Socks
Frederic Worlock: 
Harry Allen: 
Barry Maccollum: 
Leyland Hodgson: Actor
Leonard Carey: British Actor
Frank Benson: 
Wally Cassell: Actor/"Sands Of Iwo Jima"
Alec Hartford: 
Gerald Oliver Smith: Actor/"100 Men & A Girl"
Olaf Hytten: Actor
George Kirby: Comedian
Gordon Richards: 
Willliam Bailey: 
Eric Wilton: 
Douglas Francis: 

Clarence Brown: American Director/Producer, THE YEARLING (1946)

Pandro S. Berman: Producer

Theodore Reeves: American Screenwriter
Helen Deutsch: American Screenwriter

Herbert Stothart: American Composer/Arranger

Robert J. Kern: American Editor

5 stars out of 5 -- "Top-billed Mickey Rooney was never better as the horse trainer on the make, but even he is bested by the passionate conviction of exquisite, 12 year-old Elizabeth Taylor, utterly enchanting as Velvet Brown."