Jackie Jenkins, Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney riding
King Charles
Reginald Owen as "Farmer Edes", King Charles
as "Pie" , Elizabeth Taylor as "Velvet " and, Mickey
Rooney as "Mi "
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(About the Above photo)
COMMENTS AND INFO FROM:
Sophia Rowlands
Mr. Edes, the original owner, who is holding the Pie. The
picture is from the scene in the movie where the Pie jumps out of his pasture
because Jacob is barking at him and Velvet jumps in front of him on the
road to stop him.
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King Charles as "Pie"
leaping over the wall
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National Velvet
Movie Memories
Photos of actress Elizabeth Taylor
who had the part as "Velvet Brown" and Mickey Rooney as "Mi
Taylor"
with the famous horse "The Pie".
About "Pie"
It was Elizabeth Taylor
(at age 11 the young talent scout)
who discovered this special horse "The Pie" for the classic movie.
His real name was King Charles a seven year old thoroughbred - a red sorrel
with a white stripe on his face and white socks in all for feet. The Rivera
Country Club in West Los Angeles, California was where King Charles and
Elizabeth first met. This horse was owned by a society woman and trained
as a show hunter and jumper. The owner offered King Charles for Elizabeth
to ride and she grew fond of the horse and eventually became the equine
star of the National Velvet movie. King Charles is the grandson of
Man O War.
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Elizabeth
Taylor was "Velvet Brown" in the original starring role of the
1949 movie version made from the well known book by national by Enid Bagnold
published in the 1920's.
The horse Elizabeth rode was King Charles as known as "The Pie".
Lori Martin was "Velvet" in the TV
series. The program aired on NBC, the real name of the horse was Blaze
King
The show called him "King".
It was a produced by
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc.
The movie called "International Velvet"
continued the saga starred Tatum O'Neal as "Sarah", the niece
of Velvet Brown who seeks to become an
Olympic Equestian rider.
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The horse of International
Velvet |
