National Velvet Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England

Exterior view of Brown family residence. Sussex Village, England, Winter late 1920s, Day/Night, translucent. Set in the small town of Sewels in Sussex, England, this scene occurs outside the Brown family residence. This backing offered a sense of place, distance, and depth and was among hundreds of backdrops from the MGM asset inventory repurposed in other films, also used in MGM's The Seventh Cross 1944.

'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet, detail shot
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet, detail shot
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet, detail shot
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet, detail shot
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet, detail shot
Film still from National Velvet
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet, detail shot
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet, detail shot
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet, detail shot
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet, detail shot
'Exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England' backdrop from National Velvet, detail shot
Film still from National Velvet
Director
Clarence Brown
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Scenic Art Supervisor
Description
Winter exterior view of Brown family residence, Sussex England
Place
Sussex, England, late 1920s
Date
1944
Dimensions
13’-11” x 9’-4”
Style
Exterior Architecture
Credit
Gift of J.C. Backings Corporation
Photo Credit
Texas Performing Arts, Sandy Carson

A former Jockey, played by Mickey Rooney, meets young, horse-crazy Violet Brown, played by Elizabeth Taylor, and trains her to compete in England’s National Sweepstakes. National Velvet was thirteen-year-old Taylor’s first film.

National Velvet (1944), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer