Text this: National Velvet / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Pandro S. Berman, directed by Clarence Brown ; Black Beauty / Warner Bros. presents a Robert Shapiro production. written for the screen & directed by Caroline Thompson ; The story of Seabiscuit / a Warner Bros.-First National picture, written by John Taintor Foote, produced by William Jacobs, directed by David Butler.