National Velvet (TV series)

National Velvet
Genre	Drama
Directed by	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(s)	Frank E. Anderson Alexander Courage
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	58
Production
Executive producer(s)	Robert Maxwell
Producer(s)	Rudolph E. Abel
Cinematography	Lucien N. Andriot Stuart Thompson
Running time	22–24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original run	September 18, 1960 (1960-09-18) – September 17, 1962 (1962-09-17)
Chronology
Preceded by	National Velvet (novel) National Velvet (film)

National Velvet is an American drama series that originally aired from 1960 to 1962 on NBC. Based on the novel and film of the same name, the series ran for a total of 58 episodes.

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 (Arthur Space), an ex-jockey Mi Taylor (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.

First aired at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday preceding The Tab Hunter Show and opposite CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show. National Velvet was switched for its second season to 8 p.m. Monday opposite CBS's sitcom Pete and Gladys, starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams, and the last half of ABC's Cheyenne western series starring Clint Walker.

External links

• National Velvet at the Internet Movie Database
• National Velvet at TV.com

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