ST. JAMES THEATRE
Thrilling horse-racing sequences provide the climax to “ National Velvet, which will be shown at the St. James Theatre to-morrow. It is a picture that gives exciting and fascinating entertainment from beginning to end. The story, based on Enid Bagnold’s novel about a girl who rides to victory in the celebrated Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, England, emerges as a heart-warming, moving document which should be enjoyed by voung and old. Mickey Rooney, who starsin the film, plays Mr Taylor, an ex-jockey who wanders the countryside until he finds a home with the Browns, as delightfully human a family as could be found anywhere. Donald Crisp and Anne Revere play Mr and Mrs Brown, and Elizabeth Taylor is seen as a 12-year-old girl who nas a passion for horses. The film is presented in technicolor.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26473, 29 May 1947, Page 10
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137ST. JAMES THEATRE Otago Daily Times, Issue 26473, 29 May 1947, Page 10
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