National Velvet (Scripted, English)
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1960-09-18
Ended: 1962-04-02
Network: NBC
Country: US
Airs on: Sunday
Air time: 20:00
Runtime: 25 minutes
A series about a girl named Velvet who, after acquiring a horse, dedicates herself to training and dreaming of the day it wins a great race. Based on Enid Bagnold's best- selling novel and the MGM film, the TV version has been moved in locale from England to an American dairy farm region. It remains, however, the simple heart-warming story of a 12-year-old girl, her horse, and her great dream of winning a famous steeplechase. Most of all, "National Velvet" is the story of the Brown family — Herbert Brown, a modestly successful dairy farmer, played by Arthur Space; his wife, Martha Brown, portrayed by veteran actress Ann Doran; Edwina Brown, Velvel's boy-crazy older sister, played by Carole Wells, and small Donald Brown, a role filled by 7-year- old Joey Scott. Handyman Mi Taylor, who abets Velvet in many of her plans concerning the beautiful horse, is played by James McCallion.