National Velvet

National Velvet is a 1944 movie about horse racing. It stars Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney. It is based on a 1935 story by Enid Bagnold. The movie won two minor Academy Awards.^[1] In 2003, National Velvet was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

National Velvet
Directed by	Clarence Brown
Screenplay by	Helen Deutsch
Based on	National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Starring	Mickey Rooney Donald Crisp Elizabeth Taylor Anne Revere Angela Lansbury Reginald Owen Terry Kilburn
Cinematography	Leonard Smith
Edited by	Robert Kern
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 14, 1944 (1944-12-14)
Running time	123 min.
Country	United States
Language	English