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Distributor : Exposure Cinema Running Time : 95 mins approx DVD Release Date : 14 November 2011 DVD Country : United Kingdom Screen Format : 1.33:1 Certificate : PG Country : United States of America Directed by : Fritz Lang Starring : Joan Bennett Michael Redgrave Anne Revere Barbara O'Neil Natalie Schafer Paul Cavanagh Genre : Drama Noir Romance ... (more)

When I was 8 years old, my mother did something I suspect mothers have done since the 1940s: she took me to see National Velvet , in a revival screening at Murfreesboro's Martin Theatre, as a kind of indoctrination - or more accurately, a challenge.

Extracts from our digital archive show that Guardian film critics were not always as kind as history about Elizabeth Taylor's films.

In Hollywood's Golden Age there were a number of great supporting actresses whose talent and looks rivaled the famous stars of the era.