Few classic films capture youthful determination and pure heart quite like National Velvet (1944). Directed by Clarence Brown and starring a young Elizabeth Taylor alongside Mickey Rooney, this beloved MGM production remains one of the most enduring horse films in cinema history—and a defining coming-of-age story. A Story That Still Inspires Set in rural England, National Velvet follows Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor), a spirited and horse-mad young girl who dreams of competing in the prestigiou