National Velvet.

Inspired by listening to a Clare Maguire song called 'Elizabeth Taylor' I wikipedia'd her and chose one of her most famous films to watch. Film of choice- National Velvet. Incredibly hard to acquire but worth the troubles.

Elizabeth Taylor is everything you could want from an actress. The Brunette Marilyn Monroe is stunning in this film. Determined and yet sympathetic and understanding at the same time, no one pulls off a character like this as well as she does.

A lot of credit must go to the women that played her mother in the film. A strong woman, which was unusual for the times and at the same time an understanding and loving mother that wants what is best for her daughter but actually understands that she has to let the child follow her heart instead of making her follow a path laid out for her by someone else. I can't remember the last time that I saw a character like this in a film made back in the 40's. I was actually gobsmacked by this character and the freedom that she had over every decision that they made as a family.

The freedom for all characters in this film was something to be marveled. At that time it's simply unthinkable that those characters could do what they did so easily. I'm not saying that entering the Grand National pretending to be a man and then winning it is easy- it isn't and I wouldn't dare to make that suggestion but what I will say is that there was so much freedom in these characters that it must have been a pleasure to play them.

Watch out for currently a film a day on the blog- next up is 'Holiday Inn', followed by 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' and then 'The Expendables 2'.