National Velvet (TV series)

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 fifty-eight episodes.[1]

National Velvet
James McCallion as the ex-jockey Mi Taylor with the horse King (1960)
GenreDrama
Directed byRudolph E. Abel
Abner Biberman
Harry Keller
Anton M. Leader
Frank McDonald
Gerald Schnitzer
Victor Stoloff
StarringLori Martin
Ann Doran
Arthur Space
Carole Wells
Joey Scott
Theme music composerRobert Armbruster
Composer(s)Frank E. Anderson
Alexander Courage
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes58
Production
Executive producer(s)Robert Maxwell
Producer(s)Rudolph E. Abel
CinematographyLucien Andriot
Stuart Thompson
Running time22–24 minutes
Production company(s)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television
DistributorWarner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
Release
Original networkNBC
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseSeptember 18, 1960 (1960-09-18) –
September 17, 1962 (1962-09-17)
Chronology
Preceded byNational Velvet (novel)
National Velvet (film)

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 Brown (Arthur Space), an ex-jockey Mi Taylor, played by Scottish actor James McCallion (1918-1991), 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.[2]

Guest stars

Production notes

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.

References
  1. Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 367–369. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
  2. "National Velvet". TV.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.


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