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When your co-stars are real animals

"Never work with children or animals" is a showbiz adage attributed to Hollywood comedian W.C. Fields. However, have great horse movies and TV series proven him wrong?

Equestrian Life

Published 4 Oct 2022

This article first appeared in the September 2020 digital edition of Equestrian Life. To see what’s in the current issue, click here. 

Elizabeth Taylor with The Pie in National Velvet

When your co-stars are real animals

By Suzy Jarratt

“Never work with children or animals” is a showbiz adage attributed to Hollywood comedian W.C. Fields. However, great horse movies and television shows have proved him wrong, as we look at two more classics in our series about horses on screen.

In this issue, Suzy Jarratt takes us behind the scenes of the iconic Australian television series McLeod’s Daughters, and the much loved classic National Velvet. 

Read the full article in the September 2020 issue of Equestrian Life magazine here.

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