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National Velvet

on BBC Two England

The Saturday Matinee is a classic family drama starring Elizabeth Taylor as young
Velvet Brown, who wins a racehorse in a raffle and decides to train it for the Grand National.
(1944, U) ****
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Films: pp 58-64

Contributors

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

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