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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790777856
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0790777851
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 08, 2003
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 75818
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 12, 1949
Editorial Review:
Description:
A woman falls for a jockey, but she will only marry him if he gives up horse racing.
Amazon.com:
Although it blithely rewrites the history of a legendary race horse, The Story of Seabiscuit is still an appealing example of Technicolor entertainment from Hollywood's studio system. It wasn't unusual for contract players (in this case Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, and Lon McAllister) to play fictional characters in fact-based stories, since factual fidelity was often considered a secondary priority. That's why this blandly charming drama makes no mention of the legendary Seabiscuit's actual trainer Tom Smith or jockey Red Pollard, who were duly recognized in 2003's Seabiscuit, based on Laura Hillenbrand's historically accurate 2001 bestseller. McAllister plays a loose rendition of Pollard (including his accidental chest injury), wooing a race-phobic nurse (Temple) while 'the Biscuit' is trained for championship by luck-of-the-Irish Fitzgerald. A bit quaint by modern standards, but ironically, this is the only movie that features the real Seabiscuit in action, since vintage race footage is included in the black-and-white newsreel interludes. Plus, a bonus featurette from 1946 offers a still-valid primer on the backstage details of horseracing. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - ebynum review
I rate this movie great, because I love anything Mrs. Black (shirley Temple) was in the early years.
Rating:  - Vehicle for Shirley Temple only
This is probably the worst horse racing film I've ever seen (another contender for that title is one about Black Gold that showed Anthony Quinn couldn't act worth a darn when he started out). There are almost no facts in it about Seabiscuit. The acting and writing is low-quality. The Irish trainer stuff is pure fiction. I wonder if most of the real people involved in Seabiscuit's life refused to sign releases, so they blatantly fictionalized them. The bizarre thing about this film was that it ... Read More
Rating: - How Hollywood Would Not Let Facts Get In The Way Of A Script
If you are simply in search of a factual account of the life and times of Seabiscuit, this is not the DVD to consider. But this 1949 release delivers on a variety of other tracks to make it a nice addition to the collection.
The movie includes rare race newsreel footage of Seabiscuit, is a great representative of Technicolor and has a script which features Shirley Temple.
The fictional story is of Thoroughbred trainer Shawn O'Hara (Barry Fitzgerald) and his niece, Margaret ... Read More
Rating:  - better than the new
love this movie! shirley temple is GREAT. i've often heard that she bombed as an actress once she grew up, this is great proof that she didn't. just started watching it one day on tcm, and i was hooked thru the rest of the movie. i only wish i had seen it earlier, probably would have been one of my favorite movies growing up!
Rating: - The Story of Seabiscuit
An excellent movie for the whole family,with believable performances by the entire cast.this original is far better then the latest release.
*****stars
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