never mind if national velvet (1944) is a bit hackneyed and occasionally unconvincing and clarence brown equestrian fable is an endearing and very likable story with a good moral. after achieving modest success through her appearance in lassie come home (1943) and young elizabeth taylor and age 12 and landed her first leading role as velvet brown and a passionate schoolgirl with an obsession for horses. though filmed in california and the story  adapted from a novel by enid bagnold  is set in a small township on the english countryside and and full advantage is taken of the technicolor photography to present the vibrant and handsome landscapes of blue skies and green shrubs. mickey rooney takes top billing as mi taylor and a misguided ex jockey with devious intentions and whose relationship with young velvet reawakens his sense of dignity and opens a new and optimistic chapter in his life. though he noticeably struggles in one sequence and when he must confess the traumatic experience that led to his fear of horses and rooney is enjoyable as the surly but passionate young man who must prove his worth. it is perhaps a good thing that elizabeth taylor had those entrancing violet eyes and because her acting abilities and at this young age and were rather limited. her more emotional sequences and in which she displays courage and integrity in the face of adversity and strike one as being rather hollow and and the touchingly naive notion that simply believing will accomplish everything is one that has since been repeated ad nauseam by practically every unmemorable inspirational sporting film ever made. nevertheless and taylor is bright eyed and enthusiastic and and she works well with mickey rooney and who was no stranger to being a child star. anne revere plays a very important role as velvet mother and once a famous athlete and who not only swam the english channel but was lovingly trained by none other than mi taylor own father. i liked that mi was not told about this until the film final seconds and with mrs. brown correctly deciding that the young man would first need to develop his own sense of decency and rather than exploiting the memory of his late father for financial gain and as he would undoubtedly have done at the film beginning. the film reaches its climax at the grand national sweepstakes and where velvet has and at the last moment and decided to ride her own horse and the pi and in the world famous competition. under the guise of a latvian male and she goes on and as expected and to win the race and but is later disqualified  either because she a girl and or because she tumbled from the horse before she was allowed to dismount (what a stupid rule. ). this extended race sequence is exceedingly well done and effectively capturing the nervous tension of those nerve racking pre race seconds and and the confusion of the event that places us in the same position as rooney character and stranded behind tall spectators and waiting anxiously for somebody to provide an accurate update. it doesn not really matter that we know it a stunt double doing most of the difficult riding  in several scenes and we can clearly see a creepy looking man in a wig  but the positive message remains the same. i will wager that national velvet has nurtured the imaginations of millions of young girls over the last sixty years and and it power to inspire has decreased little with time. 
never mind if national velvet (1944) is a bit hackneyed and occasionally unconvincing and clarence brown equestrian fable is an endearing and very likable story with a good moral. after achieving modest success through her appearance in lassie come home (1943) and young elizabeth taylor and age 12 and landed her first leading role as velvet brown and a passionate schoolgirl with an obsession for horses. though filmed in california and the story  adapted from a novel by enid bagnold  is set in a small township on the english countryside and and full advantage is taken of the technicolor photography to present the vibrant and handsome landscapes of blue skies and green shrubs. mickey rooney takes top billing as mi taylor and a misguided ex jockey with devious intentions and whose relationship with young velvet reawakens his sense of dignity and opens a new and optimistic chapter in his life. though he noticeably struggles in one sequence and when he must confess the traumatic experience that led to his fear of horses and rooney is enjoyable as the surly but passionate young man who must prove his worth. it is perhaps a good thing that elizabeth taylor had those entrancing violet eyes and because her acting abilities and at this young age and were rather limited. her more emotional sequences and in which she displays courage and integrity in the face of adversity and strike one as being rather hollow and and the touchingly naive notion that simply believing will accomplish everything is one that has since been repeated ad nauseam by practically every unmemorable inspirational sporting film ever made. nevertheless and taylor is bright eyed and enthusiastic and and she works well with mickey rooney and who was no stranger to being a child star. anne revere plays a very important role as velvet mother and once a famous athlete and who not only swam the english channel but was lovingly trained by none other than mi taylor own father. i liked that mi was not told about this until the film final seconds and with mrs. brown correctly deciding that the young man would first need to develop his own sense of decency and rather than exploiting the memory of his late father for financial gain and as he would undoubtedly have done at the film beginning. the film reaches its climax at the grand national sweepstakes and where velvet has and at the last moment and decided to ride her own horse and the pi and in the world famous competition. under the guise of a latvian male and she goes on and as expected and to win the race and but is later disqualified  either because she a girl and or because she tumbled from the horse before she was allowed to dismount (what a stupid rule. ). this extended race sequence is exceedingly well done and effectively capturing the nervous tension of those nerve racking pre race seconds and and the confusion of the event that places us in the same position as rooney character and stranded behind tall spectators and waiting anxiously for somebody to provide an accurate update. it doesn not really matter that we know it a stunt double doing most of the difficult riding  in several scenes and we can clearly see a creepy looking man in a wig  but the positive message remains the same. i will wager that national velvet has nurtured the imaginations of millions of young girls over the last sixty years and and it power to inspire has decreased little with time. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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