National Velvet (1944)

Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Anne Revere, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, Juanita Quigley, Mickey Rooney, Reginald Owen

Synopsis:

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.