Horse mad Elizabeth Taylor isn't the only mad one in eccentric family governed by Donald Crisp and Anne Revere (who's wonderful and won Oscar), with teenager Angela Lansbury, Juanita Quigley and insect mad Jackie Jenkins, as evidenced by this dialogue:
"I want my insect jar."
"Shut up and stop being disgusting."
Slightly dodgy itinerant Mickey Rooney turns up (then 24) and happens to know a bit about horses, which is lucky when events end up at the Grand National, an excitingly filmed horse race with little back projection.
Familiar faces include Arthur Shields, Dennis Hooey, Aubrey Mather, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Owen.
It's jaunted along by Herbert Stothart's score which references traditional English tunes. Photographed by Leonard Smith. Robert Kern's editing won the Oscar.
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| 'Suffolk' coastline aka Pebble Beach, California |
Not sure I'd seen it before; most enjoyable. First in a double bill of Leonard Maltin **** films.
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