Based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Enid Bagnold, National Velvet is a heartwarming and bittersweet story of growing up and a girl’s powerful connection with her horse.Ī classic story that has numerous ups and downs and life lessons along the way, National Velvet is an older movie that should never be forgotten. Starring Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor, this 1944 film tells the story of a young girl from a small town in England who wins a special gelding in a raffle and decides to take him all the way to the famed Grand National steeplechase.
