National Velvet (TV series) explained

Genre:Drama
Director:Rudolph E. Abel
Abner Biberman
Harry Keller
Anton M. Leader
Frank McDonald
Gerald Schnitzer
Victor Stoloff
Starring:Lori Martin
Ann Doran
Arthur Space
Carole Wells
Joey Scott
Theme Music Composer:Robert Armbruster
Composer:Frank E. Anderson
Alexander Courage
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:58
Executive Producer:Robert Maxwell
Producer:Rudolph E. Abel
Cinematography:Lucien Andriot
Stuart Thompson
Runtime:22–24 minutes
Company:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television
Channel:NBC

National Velvet is an American drama television series that originally aired from 1960 to 1962 on NBC. Based on the 1935 novel and 1944 film of the same name, the series ran for a total of fifty-eight episodes.[1]

Synopsis

National Velvet stars Lori Martin as Velvet Brown, a girl who lives on a dairy farm with her parents, Martha (Ann Doran) and Herbert Brown (Arthur Space), an ex-jockey Mi Taylor, played by Scottish actor James McCallion, her brother, Donald (Joey Scott), and sister, Edwina (Carole Wells). Velvet owned a thoroughbred stallion named King which she hoped would one day run in the Grand National Steeplechase.

Cast

Episodes

Season 2 (1961–62)

Guest stars

Notes and References

  1. Book: Woolery . George W. . Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series . 1985 . The Scarecrow Press . 0-8108-1651-2 . 367–369.