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National Velvet

1945 · 123 min · Director: Clarence Brown ★ IMDb 7.3 · 9,001 ratings

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Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.

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National Velvet (1945) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 30%, Excitement 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love20%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Excitement, Love. Genres: Drama, Family. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Excitement and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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  • Hope
  • Joy
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHopeJoyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Joy45 %18 %42 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Joy39 %19 %30 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Empathy39 %28 %26 %13 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Hope45 %34 %30 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Empathy49 %35 %28 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Hope55 %46 %36 %33 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Joy60 %55 %44 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Hope60 %56 %32 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Hope61 %59 %31 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Hope63 %55 %35 %36 %
52.5 %≈ 65′Sadness64 %46 %26 %49 %
57.5 %≈ 71′Empathy61 %46 %21 %46 %
62.5 %≈ 77′Hope57 %44 %20 %36 %
67.5 %≈ 83′Sadness63 %41 %20 %44 %
72.5 %≈ 89′Hope69 %52 %24 %57 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Tension75 %59 %24 %70 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Tension85 %56 %40 %79 %
87.5 %≈ 108′Joy86 %48 %68 %63 %
92.5 %≈ 114′Joy75 %38 %66 %33 %
97.5 %≈ 120′Empathy65 %35 %48 %22 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Elizabeth Taylor

Velvet Brown

Angela Lansbury

Edwina Brown

J'
Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

JQ
Juanita Quigley

NV
Norma Varden

Miss Sims

TK
Terry Kilburn

Theodore 'Ted'

AS
Arthur Shields

Mr. Hallam

AM
Aubrey Mather

Entry Official

AC
Alec Craig

Timothy 'Tim'

EL
Eugene Loring

Ivan Taski

DH
Dennis Hoey

Mr. Greenford

MB
Matthew Boulton

Entry Official

GO
Gerald Oliver Smith

Photographer

WA
William Austin

Reporter (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Constable (uncredited)

Frank Baker

Villager (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Clarence Brown
Written by
Theodore Reeves, Helen Deutsch, Enid Bagnold
Type
Movies
Released
1945
Runtime
123 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Family
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 9,001 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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