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Black Beauty, a black stallion in 19th century England, tells his own story. He spends his early days beside his mother on a farm before going to Birtwick Park, the estate of Squire Gordon. Lady Gordon, the squire's sick wife, admires the horse and gives him his name. In the stables he meets Ginger, a chestnut mare, and Merrylegs, a gray pony who carries Squire Gordon's daughters. John Manly, the squire's caretaker, drives him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Black Beauty (1994)
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- Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a mediocre review, objecting to the horse's voiceover: he wrote that it plays like "a cross between New Age mysticism and anthropomorphism run amok."
- The film stars Andrew Knott, who the year before had played Dicken in The Secret Garden, another of Caroline Thompson's film credits, on which she worked as screenwriter.
