National Velvet

Mickey Rooney drops a bunch of raw meat on the ground and then washes it off in the river and everyone is okay with this

Rob Patrick

I feel like this film is such a heartwarming letter from a past that truly felt different. There’s a gentleness to it that’s hard to come by now, a sincerity that makes you want to believe in the goodness of people again. National Velvet offers something simple but truly…

legolas

“Sometimes, I see things as big as life and think they’re real.” If anyone out there is unfamiliar with what Golden Age Hollywood could do when it fired up all the cylinders, you must see National Velvet. Sure, it’s corny, sentimental, and unrealistic, crammed with MGM…

noir1946

How can there be so many currents in such a little puddle? I’ve been listening to TCM’s excellent podcast on the making of Cleopatra, and although I may eventually try to sit through that movie’s four-plus hours for the second time in my life, all the Liz discussion has…

atmartin

can’t believe I enjoyed a horse movie

Morgan

Sweeping coastlines, gorgeously galloping horses, and a nice steady clip of a family film. Watched for Elizabeth Taylor's first big screen performance (she's delightful) but I am already plotting to re-watch with my daughter at some point.  The parental he said/she said…

Brian Formo

If sincerity was a narcotic.

Sam Van Hallgren

horse girl propaganda

Clearance Chowder

listen that seemed kinda dangerous

Tess