OETA Movie Club Podcast

National Velvet (1944)

December 19, 2022 OETA Movie Club Season 2 Episode 50
OETA Movie Club Podcast
National Velvet (1944)
Show Notes

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss "National Velvet". In this 1944 film, Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor), a 12-year-old living in rural Sussex, becomes the owner of a rowdy horse, she decides to train it to race. Aided by former jockey, Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney), the determined Velvet gets her horse ready for the big race day. However, a last-minute problem arises with the jockey and an unexpected rider must step in as a replacement.

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