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A determined girl and boy and a spirited thoroughbred horse join forces to attain the seemingly impossible dream of winning the Grand National Steeplechase.
Elizabeth Taylor – Velvet Brown King Charles – The Pie Mickey Rooney – Mi Taylor Donald Crisp – Mr. Brown Anne Revere – Mrs. Brown Angela Lansbury – Edwina Brown Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins – Donald Brown Juanita Quigley – Malvolia Brown Arthur Treacher – Race Patron Reginald Owen – Farmer Ede Norma Varden – Miss Sims
Screenplay by Theodore Reeves and Helen Deutsch, based on the novel (1935) by Enid Bagnold Directed by Clarence Brown
Colour. 123 min.
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“Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.” So said Elizabeth Taylor, and quite right she was. Richard Burton and Paul Newman are great, but can they really compare with Lassie and The Pie? Nope. This sweet and charming fairy tale about dreams coming true was Elizabeth’s star-making role – at the ripe age of 12. She is unbearably cute and already a consummate actress. Not much chance for her to show off her acting prowess (watch out for the little scene in the pub with that pompous windbag Taski), but she sure is one hell of a rider, in some places obviously without a double and even without a saddle. King Charles is, of course, the other great star of this movie. The riding scenes are spectacular. Quite a lovely animal! He wasn’t very good-tempered on the set though, once notoriously throwing Elizabeth off and starting a lifelong back trouble for her. She nevertheless kept him after the shooting was over. So far, so lovely. Trouble is, the movie is good half an hour longer than it should have been. There is a great deal of tedious family comedy that belongs to another movie and sentimental claptrap which dilutes this one. The acting is rather uneven, too. Donald Crisp and Anne Revere are marvellous as the contrasting parents, always addressing each other with “Mr Brown” and “Mrs Brown”, only in the very end allowing themselves the shocking intimacy of using their first names. Mickey Rooney is mostly annoying with his hammy posturing as a tough guy. At least he is far less annoying that his downright obnoxious Puck some nine years earlier. Quite a nice feel-good movie on the whole, but uneven, melodramatic and way too long. ( )
A determined girl and boy and a spirited thoroughbred horse join forces to attain the seemingly impossible dream of winning the Grand National Steeplechase.
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Elizabeth Taylor – Velvet Brown
King Charles – The Pie
Mickey Rooney – Mi Taylor
Donald Crisp – Mr. Brown
Anne Revere – Mrs. Brown
Angela Lansbury – Edwina Brown
Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins – Donald Brown
Juanita Quigley – Malvolia Brown
Arthur Treacher – Race Patron
Reginald Owen – Farmer Ede
Norma Varden – Miss Sims
Screenplay by Theodore Reeves and Helen Deutsch, based on the novel (1935) by Enid Bagnold
Directed by Clarence Brown
Colour. 123 min.
=========================================
“Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.” So said Elizabeth Taylor, and quite right she was. Richard Burton and Paul Newman are great, but can they really compare with Lassie and The Pie? Nope. This sweet and charming fairy tale about dreams coming true was Elizabeth’s star-making role – at the ripe age of 12. She is unbearably cute and already a consummate actress. Not much chance for her to show off her acting prowess (watch out for the little scene in the pub with that pompous windbag Taski), but she sure is one hell of a rider, in some places obviously without a double and even without a saddle. King Charles is, of course, the other great star of this movie. The riding scenes are spectacular. Quite a lovely animal! He wasn’t very good-tempered on the set though, once notoriously throwing Elizabeth off and starting a lifelong back trouble for her. She nevertheless kept him after the shooting was over. So far, so lovely. Trouble is, the movie is good half an hour longer than it should have been. There is a great deal of tedious family comedy that belongs to another movie and sentimental claptrap which dilutes this one. The acting is rather uneven, too. Donald Crisp and Anne Revere are marvellous as the contrasting parents, always addressing each other with “Mr Brown” and “Mrs Brown”, only in the very end allowing themselves the shocking intimacy of using their first names. Mickey Rooney is mostly annoying with his hammy posturing as a tough guy. At least he is far less annoying that his downright obnoxious Puck some nine years earlier. Quite a nice feel-good movie on the whole, but uneven, melodramatic and way too long. (