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National Velvet (1944)

In the classic family drama that made her a star, Elizabeth Taylor is English farm girl Velvet Brown, who wins a seemingly untamable horse in the village lottery. With help from an ex-jockey (Mickey Rooney), Velvet sets out to train the steed and run him in the famed Grand National steeplechase race. With Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury, and Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winner Anne Revere. 124 min. C/Rtg: G

Ivanhoe (1952)

When Richard the Lionhearted was waylaid on his return from the Crusades, loyal Saxon knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Robert Taylor) ventured forth to raise the needed ransom...but calculating Prince John (Guy Rolfe) had grown accustomed to the throne, and would take any measures necessary to bring his quest to a fatal end. Vivid, panoramic M-G-M take on Sir Walter Scott’s historical romance co-stars Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams, Finlay Currie. 107 min. C/Rtg: NR

The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

Loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story "Babylon Revisited," Richard Brooks’ classic romantic drama set in post-WWII Europe follows journalist Charles Wills (Van Johnson) as he is kissed by a beautiful stranger (Elizabeth Taylor) while covering the end-of-war celebrations. A whirlwind romance ensues, and after the pair wed they find their lives growing apart--resulting in tragedy. With Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor. 116 min. C/Rtg: NR

Giant (1956)

George Stevens directs this sprawling drama based on Edna Ferber’s novel about two generations in a wealthy Texas cattle clan. Rock Hudson is headstrong family patriarch "Bick" Benedict, Elizabeth Taylor is his wife Leslie, and James Dean (in his final film) is ranch hand-turned-oil-tycoon Jett Rink, who secretly pines for Leslie while locked in an ongoing rivalry with Bick. Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper also star. 3/13 hrs. C/Rtg: G

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Tennessee Williams’ scorching tale of heated tempers and eroticism in the Deep South follows boozy former football star Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) as he struggles with his lack of affection for his wife Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor). Further complicating his life are his confusion over his sexuality and a greedy brother who is vying for their dying father’s fortune. With Judith Anderson, Jack Carlson, Burl Ives; Richard Brooks directs. 108 min. C/Rtg: NR

The Taming Of The Shrew (1967)

What better screen couple than Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor to play Shakespeare’s battling couple Petruchio and Kate? Franco Zeffirelli’s rollicking screen adaptation of the classic "battle of the sexes" comedy also stars Michael Hordern, Natasha Pyne, Michael York. 122 min. C/Rtg: NR

Standard/Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Region Free