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ONE OF FINEST FAMILY FILMS, ONE OF MOST EXCITING RACES

National Velvet
Starring: Mickey Rooney , Donald Crisp , Elizabeth Taylor , Anne Revere , and Angela Lansbury
Director: Clarence Brown
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ASIN: B00004RFHN
Release Date: 2000-07-11

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This classic family film made a star of 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in the title role as spunky Velvet Brown, a girl who's determined to enter her horse, Pie, in the Grand National Steeplechase. Critic Pauline Kael called it "One of the most likeable movies of all time." Mickey Rooney costars as a young man who helps Velvet train Pie for the big race. At the last minute, Velvet herself has to ride Pie in the tournament and cuts her hair to pass for a jockey. Anne Revere won an Oscar as Velvet's mother, as did editor Robert J. Kern, who cut together a terrifically exciting horse race. Donald Crisp and Angela Lansbury are also featured as members of the Brown family. --Jim Emerson

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Enchantingly beautiful Elizabeth Taylor became a movie star at age twelve after starring in this classic about a girl and her jockey pal (Mickey Rooney) who transform an unruly horse into a champion.

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Love this movie, but the quality is not remastered..........2007-07-01

Love this story about a girl who won a national horse race in England, but why did Warner release a movie like this to DVD without cleaning it up? It has white dots, squiggles, and even green rings in the picture. A couple of times I even saw a black line in the film, which was distracting. This is the movie that made Elizabeth Taylor a star; it deserved a respectable cleanup before its release.

Belief in a Dream.......2007-06-24

To illustrate the power of the film and especially of Elizabeth Taylor's special quality of illuminosity she brought to it, I read somewhere that a returning WWII GI had come home emotionally depressed and empty from his war experience. He wandered into a movie theater to see this film and came out with at least some sense of his faith in the world and in himself restored based on watching this child's still intact ability to dream and hope.

Film making and story telling at its best!!!.......2007-06-05

It's been years since I've seen this film, and I'd have to say that I was a kid when I first saw this on an old black and white TV. When it was released on a DVD, my wife and I sat down and really enjoyed this fabulous film. We didn't find that it was made poorly. Just the opposite. It had all the earmarks of a fine film - joy, suspense, love, action, drama, comedy, and the like. We didn't find we liked Mickey Rooney's character at first, but he grew on us, and Elizabeth Taylor was simply marvelous, as were her parents. Thoe whole ensemble cast was terrific. And then we get to the horse race and that whole business. I can't say enough about it!! There's a scene in the film where Mickey Rooney tells a tale to the young boy, and it's done without any fanfare of the what the future might hold, but had there ever been plans of making a movie called "The Black Stallion," then this little scene in this film was the precursor.

A fine family film!! We need more like these today!! Highly recommended.

They just don't make 'em like this any more...........2007-05-25

I have probably seen this movie a dozen times from start to finish and each time I come away with a renewed appreciation for hope, hard work, dreams and - yes - folly. This movie, while without question dated and at times a little bit silly, stands the passage of time by virtue of its pure heart and strong moral messages. Velvet Brown - the 12 year old daughter of a butcher in the small town of Sewels in England - wins her gelding, The Pie, in a one-shilling-per-ticket raffle. Mi Taylor, a young American lad walking the roads and lanes of England, comes to visit the Browns and ends up staying and training Velvet and The Pie for the Grand National - the Greatest Horse Race In The World, according to ex-jockey Mi Taylor. My favorite character in the film is hands down Mrs. Brown, the mother, played by the inscrutable Anne Revere. She is wise, gentle, strong - at 20 she swam the English channel - her trainer was Mi Taylor's fater, Dan Taylor - as she says, "there was greatness in him". There is greatness in her. Watch out for the speech she gives her daughter up in the attic when she tells Velvet that she will back her crazy dream to enter the Pie in the Grand National - she believes that "everyone is intitled once in their life to a breathtaking piece of folly". She explains to her daughter that this dream must last her for her whole life- that she must know when it is over and to move on. There is a time for everything in life, she explains - a time for riding a horse in the Grand national, a time for marriage, children, yes even for dying. IN these crazy times when we all want everything fast, now, right away - Mrs. Brown's calm and sensible pacing make the world make sense. Enjoy the film's many mealtimes and small moments. One oddity though - in a family that appears to be English, living in England, the casting directors saw fit to put a very American actor in the part of the youngest Brown child, Donald. Go figure!

ONE OF FINEST FAMILY FILMS, ONE OF MOST EXCITING RACES.......2007-04-29

National Velvet is one of the finest family films ever made, and it contains one of the most exciting races, perhaps second only to the chariot race in Ben-Hur. Directed by Clarence Brown (The Yearling, The White Cliffs Of Dover, Edison The Man), who was nominated for Best Director, and based upon Enid Bagnold's novel, it tells the story of a girl named Velvet Brown, who is in love with horses - portrayed passionately and innocently by Elizabeth Taylor. Her father, Mr. Brown - played with good-natured stubbornness by Donald Crisp - and mother, Mrs. Brown - infused with even-tempered wisdom and efficiency by Anne Revere, who won the Oscar for her performance - provide a lot of the entertainment with their constant and playful bantering. Her brother, Donald - played comically but with stone-faced seriousness by Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins - older sister Edwina - given typical teenage aloofness by Angela Lansbury - and younger sister Mally - made likable but somewhat forgettable by Juanita Quigley - round out the family.

The real story is about the relationship between Velvet and a young itinerate named Mi - one of Mickey Rooney's most memorable performances. Mi's father knew the family, and now the son shows up on their doorstep with the idea of robbing them. But he changes his mind after realizing there is something about this family he would like to get to know. Velvet overwhelms him with her obsession over horses, especially since he dislikes them - apparently because of some bad experience. But he changes his mind when quite by chance she wins the county's finest stallion in a lottery. Mi realizes the horse's potential when he jumps a six foot wall, and helps Velvet train him for the Grand National - the most gruelling and dangerous steeplechase in terfdom, full of treacherous jumps and water hazards.

Besides the nomination for director Clarence Brown and the win for actress Anne Revere, the film was also nominated for its lush cinematography and delightful art direction, and won for its masterful editing. Much of this is due to editor Robert Kern's handling of the race, which forms the climax of the film. Except for the chariot race in Ben-Hur, I don't think there has ever been a more realistically staged or exciting race in a film. The stunt work is incredible. It would be a miracle if no men or horses were injured, because they go over those jumps pall mall, sometimes landing, apparently, on their heads, and often piling up on each other. Kudos to the stunt people, horses and trainers.

National Velvet warms and excites the heart, while leaving an impression of human nobility and spiritual values that will not soon be forgotten. And if someone isn't a horse lover at the end of this film, then there's no hope that they ever will be. Great directorial insight, intelligent writing, superb performances and top notch production values make this a small masterpiece.

Waitsel Smith

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Great heartbreaking movie
A very sweet movie
a great movie for fam!!!!!!
tradícionális gyerek és családi film
Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home
Starring: Roddy McDowall , Donald Crisp , Dame May Whitty , Edmund Gwenn , and Nigel Bruce
Director: Fred M. Wilcox , and Gunther von Fritsch
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ASIN: B000294U5A
Release Date: 2004-08-24

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Lassie Come Home is a classic for all the usual reasons: its timeless, universal appeal, its first-of-its-kind status, and its exceptional cinematography, direction, and performances. What makes this 1943 charmer especially fun for grownups who haven't screened it since their own preteen, pet-obsessed days, though, is a couple of cute-as-a-button cast members. An adorably over-earnest Roddy McDowall stars as Joe, the mostly hapless lad whom Lassie refuses to part with despite his down-and-out family's decision to sell her, for a paltry 15 guineas, to a wealthy duke; and Elizabeth Taylor, already stunning at around age 10, surrenders a sweet if mawkish performance as Priscilla, the Duke's tenderhearted granddaughter, who lends a hand in Lassie's escape from her family's unkind kennel master and winks her way into winning the fearless pup a permanent place at her true master's side. Beyond that, it's no mystery why generations of dog-loving audiences have marveled at the precocious collie's career--Lassie is a great actor. She so convincingly digs impossible trenches, leaps towering fences, swims raging rivers, knocks out bad guys, and betrays the essence of brokenheartedness with her bedraggled coat and woebegone expressions that it's sometimes hard to shake the suspicion that she's really an incredibly limber person in a cute dog suit. All told, Lassie Come Home delivers a lot to love, not the least of which is the deeply dramatic score--quirky sounding to the modern ear--which returns audiences to simpler, irony-free times, as does the movie's message of loyalty at all costs. --Tammy La Gorce

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Great heartbreaking movie.......2007-04-13

The story of a dog who goes through many obstacles to be once again with the boy she loves is moving and superbly well done film making. A great cast. Gorgeous photography. And a very good doggie. You don't like this then you should be put to sleep!!!

A very sweet movie.......2006-12-01

I can't believe Amazon didn't consider this an "essential video"! They certainly include a lot of junk in that group, so I guess I shouldn't care. To me, it is essential viewing. Roddy MacDowell is as cute as he can be, and Dame Mae Whitty is such a caring sweetheart! The other cast members are also fine, notably Lanchester & Crisp as Joe's parents. It really is a touching picture, mostly due to the dog "herself" :) In fact, compared to MANY human actors, I'd say Lassie should have received an Academy Award!

a great movie for fam!!!!!!.......2006-10-17

This is probly one of the best "old" movies!! i love the little boy "Roddy McDowall" or as in the movie "Joe".He`s so adorable!!!!!^-^
i hope "YOU" like this movie as much as i did!! ENJOY!!!!!!!!

tradícionális gyerek és családi film.......2006-02-22

A filmet mindenkinek ajánlom aki nem a mai show elemekkel tarkított, hanme a tiszta gyerekfilmekre vágyik. A film mind témájában, mind kidolgozásában messze a mai filmek fölött található.
A gyerekek bár, nem mindent értenek belõle, mégis többször megnézték és ott van a napi dvd-k között.

Thank You

Peter Varga

Lassie Come Home.......2005-09-09

You know you want it!!!!! So just get it!!! What a classic loved every minute of it

The Sandpiper [DVD] (1965) Authentic Region 1 Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton & Eva Marie Saint

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Not perfect, but I liked it...

The Sandpiper [DVD] (1965) Authentic Region 1 Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton & Eva Marie Saint

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Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Genre: Classics

ASIN: B000OE33MO

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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's real-life passion drives this tale of illicit love between a free-spirited single mother and a married minister in a small coastal town. When her son is sent to a private school, Laura Edwards (Taylor) shocks the school administrator, Episcopalian priest Dr. Edward Hewitt (Burton), with her bohemian attitudes and lifestyle. But the two soon find themselves drawn to each other. The film won a Best Song Oscar.

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Not perfect, but I liked it..........2007-06-24

This is not as bad as some would tell you. I actually liked it. Taylor and Burton's chemistry is obvious in this film. It was a bit slow in parts, but still good, and I would definitely watch it again.

It's about a single mother and artist (Taylor) who is upset that the authorities are sending her troubled son to school, where an Episcopalian minister (Burton) is in charge. He's a married man, yet attracted to her, and they end up falling in love. He tells his wife (Saint), and before a big scandal can break out, he resigns from his position at the school and takes off for the coast without his wife or lover.

The scenery of Big Sur, California is breathtaking and the hippie lifestyle of the 60s is in full showcase here, as this movie came out in 1965. The movie could've been better, but it wasn't bad. It's right down the middle for me. I recommend it.

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Best use of Technicolor
Liz is again the overwrought, ecstatic child...
Courage of Lassie
Interesting...
STRANGE SEQUEL NOT NEARLY AS ENGAGING AS ORIGINAL!

Courage of Lassie
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor , Frank Morgan , Tom Drake , Selena Royle , and Harry Davenport
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
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ASIN: B000294U4G
Release Date: 2004-08-24

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Peril lurks behind every scene resolution in the 1946 hit Courage of Lassie. After an odd, peaceable-kingdom beginning, Lassie is shot by Carl Switzer, the kid who used to play Alfalfa (really!), and rescued by Elizabeth Taylor. She inexplicably names Lassie "Bill" (maybe in revenge because Lassie got on the movie's title) and trains him to be a sheepdog. Bill gets hit by a truck, then impressed into service in the U.S. war effort in the Philippines. Presaging Rambo, Bill becomes a war hero, yet returns home from the front a broken dog and is considered a menace to society. The war scenes are a bit too grueling for a family film (at least with very young children). Bill gets shot (again) and has to do a reconnaissance mission that Joseph Conrad would admire. Taylor doesn't so much act as sob and gush, and only Frank Morgan, the actor known best as the Wizard of Oz, comes off as well as the collie. That collie, though, is pretty wonderful and fans of the first film won't be too disappointed. --Keith Simanton

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Best use of Technicolor.......2007-01-31

While this film really can't compare with the story line of the original Lassie Come Home, it is cetainly one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. Is there really a place so beautiful? Then I read from the cover notes of the two disc,three film version, that it was filmed in Canada during the Second World War. That country is gorgeous! It must have more pristine scenery packed into it than anywhere else on earth.

Liz is again the overwrought, ecstatic child..........2006-12-24

In "Courage of Lassie," the dog gets top billing, but a pretty teenager (Liz Taylor) has plenty of crying and hugging to do as a supremely devoted mistress...

Another heart-warming story, filmed in the wilderness of Washington State, the movie (which begins with a long, curious, wild-life sequence) mixes farm-family folksiness with an unusual dog story: Lassie goes to a training school for war dogs, is shipped to the front and performs heroically... Returned to America, the dog suffers a nervous collapse, becoming a menace to society...

As the willful farm girl who finds a dog, loses a dog, and regains a dog, Liz Taylor is again the overwrought, ecstatic child, lavishing her attention on Lassie...

Because her greatest fame came later, as a young woman, most people forget what a skillful child actress she was... Less burdened than at any later time by her beauty and fame, she is at her least self-conscious in these early performances... Untouched, she reveals in these animal stories her natural flair for tears and hugs--the paraphernalia of an emotional female...

Courage of Lassie.......2006-02-23

This a great movie for the whole family. Who could not love this dog?

Interesting..........2005-06-11

I still don't understand how Lassie showed up in the title to this movie because she plays a male dog named Bill. Elizabeth Taylor is OK, but the best actors in my opinion are Frank Morgan and Tom Drake. The end is heart-warming, but the trailers sure didn't sound like the film would give anybody warm fuzzies. Watch the movie before the trailers. It's better that way. All in all, this is worth watching for the scenery, with its breathtaking shots of mountains and lakes.

STRANGE SEQUEL NOT NEARLY AS ENGAGING AS ORIGINAL!.......2004-08-24

"The Courage of Lassie" MGM's 1946 sequel of sorts to its blockbuster, "Lassie Come Home" is by far the most depressingly humiliating cinema excursion for those old enough or young at heart enough to recall the tender poignancy of the original film. Minus Roddy McDowell, the film stars Elizabeth Taylor this time as Kathie Merrick - an angelic nymph living in serene surrealism until Lassie comes hobbling out of the forest with a gun shot wound. Seems Lassie took on for the team by a hunting youth played by none other that Little Rascals Alfalfa, Carl Switzer (billed here only as `first youth'...oh, well - it's a living!) Kathie restores the dog to health, inexplicably names her "Bill" (presumably because gender is something that Liz just didn't get at that early age) then sets Bill on a course of one perilous and implausible mishap upon the next. Bill gets hit by a truck, serves as part of the U.S. war effort in the Philippines, is considered an outcast of society, then a war hero, then gets shot yet again in a sort of war time bedtime story that would have made the likes of Ernest Hemmingway gush. Though this film too was a resounding hit upon its initial release there's very little in the way of the original's magical charm to insight loyalty or repeat viewings once you've sat through it once. The war nonsense is too intense for a family picture and, at times, laughable in a "I can't believe they did that" sort of way.

Warner's DVD is even more of a disappointment than "Lassie Come Home". The worn film negative exhibits a very dated picture with inconsistently rendered colors that, at times, are vibrant - if garish - and other times, quite pale and uninspiring. Age related artifacts abound throughout and there is a considerable amount of edge enhancement and pixelization. Overall, fine details are very nicely realized. However, contrast and black levels are not very solid. The audio is mono but respectably cleaned up and presented with a fidelity that outweighs the visual characteristics. There are NO extras.

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Love this movie, but the quality is not remastered...
Belief in a Dream
Film making and story telling at its best!!!
They just don't make 'em like this any more....
ONE OF FINEST FAMILY FILMS, ONE OF MOST EXCITING RACES

National Velvet
Starring: Mickey Rooney , Donald Crisp , Elizabeth Taylor , Anne Revere , and Angela Lansbury
Director: Clarence Brown
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
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