See the classic film that made Elizabeth Taylor a star in a classic "movie palace" atmosphere at the Paramount Theater in Oakland.
Box Office opens @ 6:00pm | Doors open @ 7:00 | Curtain rises @ 8:00pm
National Velvet (1944) – Mickey Rooney may have received top billing in the original release, but it’s the 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor who steals this movie – and our hearts! A cynical jockey, Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney), grudgingly agrees to train a horse won in a lottery by English schoolgirl Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor). And so begins the late, great Elizabeth Taylor’s headlong ride into stardom. . . The young Taylor turns in one of the most memorable performances by a child actor in movie history. Velvet’s connection with the wild, supposedly untrainable horse, the Pi, her rapport with the gruff Mi Taylor, her bond with her plain-spoken father and empathetic mother, and her innocent faith in her dreams leap off the screen with a fervence that is absolutely unforgettable. The climax at the Grand National steeplechase ranks among the greatest horseracing scenes ever filmed.
