![]() Still, seeing the real Seabiscuit on the track is a thrill the reenactments in the new version can’t match. The movie is very much of its time, with racial stereotypes and corny melodrama. She’s now the niece of a fabled Irish trainer who is the fictionalized version of Seabiscuit’s Silent Tom Smith. Jockey Red Pollard is called Ted Knowles (and is played by pint-size Lon McCallister), and his nurse-to-girlfriend-to-wife Agnes gets a complete makeover as Margaret O’Hara (Temple, cute as ever, but with a bad brogue). Problems arise when her love for Seabiscuits jockey is frowned upon. With Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister, Rosemary DeCamp. Shirley Temple stars in this fictionalized story about the famous champi on race horse. ” Though the story is a near complete fabrication, details about the horse are accurate, right down to the names of his rivals on the track. The Story of Seabiscuit: Directed by David Butler. Film Clip from The Story of Seabiscuit, Shirley Temple (archival): What do they call him Film Clip from The Story of Seabiscuit, Trainer (archival): Seabiscuit. It’s odd watching the movie after reading Laura Hillenbrand’s best seller “Seabiscuit: An American Legend. Film Clip from The Story of Seabiscuit, Trainer (archival): Sure he’s small in the body, but big in the heart. The movie starred a 21-year-old Shirley Temple and paid little attention to the true story of the people involved.īut it has something the new movie doesn’t – actual footage of Seabiscuit’s triumph over War Admiral in the great match race at Pimlico, and his spectacular win in the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap. In 1949, two years after his death, the horse made it into the title of “The Story of Seabiscuit. Sea Sovereign was also the great-grandson of Man o' War (who appeared in a separate, 1925 film titled Kentucky Pride).Gary Ross’ “Seabiscuit” is the second Hollywood movie about the legendary racehorse. Shirley Jane Temple, o, da sposata, Shirley Temple Black (Santa Monica, 23 aprile 1928 Woodside, 10 febbraio 2014), è stata unattrice, cantante, ballerina e diplomatica statunitense. ![]() Problems arise when her love for Seabiscuit's jockey is frowned upon by her uncle. The film also included archival racetrack footage which showed the actual Seabiscuit racing in competition. Shirley Temple stars in this fictionalized story about the famous champi on race horse. ![]() One account of Seabiscuit's life is depicted in a Shirley Temple film from 1949 titled The Story of Seabiscuit, though it was Sea Sovereign who portrayed Seabiscuit. She was the top box office draw of the 1930s beating out Clark Gable, Bette Davis, and Joan. Her positive personality, charms, and musical ability helped lift this country when it needed her most. Sea Sovereign's mother was Queen Helen by Light Brigade. (April 23, 1928February 10, 2014) BACKSTORY: Shirley Temple was a ray of sunshine for a Depression-weary nation of the 1930s. ![]() Seabiscuit had been mated over one hundred times successfully, though none of his foals turned out to be extraordinary runners. Both horses were in a line of pedigree descended from Man o' War. Sea Sovereign was foaled in 1942, sired by Seabiscuit, who was born on May 23, 1933, in Lexington, Kentucky, and was among the most famous race horses of the century. This is a Half-sheet poster measuring 22' x 28'. The fine lines of Sea Sovereign's posture, along with his light-bay coloring, resulted in the horse appearing in the 1949 Shirley Temple film to portray his sire, The Story of Seabiscuit. Here is an original release American movie poster for The Story of Seabiscuit (1949), starring Shirley Temple and Barry Fitzgerald. Soon, they relocate to a ranch near Southern California's famed Santa Anita racetrack. He will nurture the famous racehorse 'Seabiscuit' while Ms. Although Sea Sovereign achieved moderate success as a racehorse, he is most famous for being part of the line sired by Seabiscuit. Irish-accented Shirley Temple (as Margret O'Hara) arrives in the small, bluegrass town of Paris, Kentucky with her horse training uncle Barry Fitzgerald (as Shawn O'Hara). ( It was the second cinematic recounting of Seabiscuit's story, the first - starring Shirley Temple - hav- ing been. Sea Sovereign was an American Thoroughbred stallion racehorse foaled in 1942, sired by 1930s winner Seabiscuit, for owner Charles Howard. The Story of Seabiscuit is a 1949 American drama film directed by David Butler and starring Shirley Temple and Barry Fitzgerald in a semi-fictionalized. American Thoroughbred racehorse Sea Sovereign
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