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Arts & Entertainment

National Velvet (1944)

National Velvet is the story of a 12 year old girl, Velvet (Liz Taylor) who saves a horse (Pie) from the glue factory and trains it for the Grand National steeplechase. When she discovers the professional jockey doesn't think Pie can win, Velvet disguises herself as a male jockey and rides the horse to victory. With Mickey Rooney as the trainer and Angela Lansbury as an older sister and Donald Crisp and Anne Revere as Velvet's parents. Directed by Clarence Brown. Revere won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

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