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National Velvet

on BBC Two England

Classic family drama. The first of today's Saturday Matinee double bill launches a short season offilms starring Elizabeth Taylor
Also starring Mickey Rooney
A young girl wins a racehorse in a raffle and asks an ex-jockey to help her train it to run in the Grand National. Director
Clarence Brown (1944. U) Subtitled. ♦ See Films: pages 48-53
* Ten things every animal lover ought to know: page 44

Contributors

Director:
Clarence Brown
Mi Taylor:
Mickey Rooney
Velvet Brown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Mr Brown:
Donald Crisp
Mrs Brown:
Anne Revere
Edwina Brown:
Angela Lansbury
Donald Brown:
Jackie Jenkins

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