Shelly Duvall's
Faerie Tale Theatre is finally on DVD! The hour-long show ran over the course of a 6-year period in the early days of cable TV's popularity, putting out a total of 26 different episodes (not counting the 7/17/85 "Grimm Party" episode, which was not a faerie tale story but instead was a show in which Duvall and Jean Stapleton simply hosted a party for the various guest stars who had lent their talent to the episodes which had been produced up to that point).
Now, a company called Starmaker II has obtained the license for
Faerie Tale Theatre, and has put all 26 proper episodes onto DVDs. Each story is spotlighted on their own disc, which is already available directly from Starmaker II for a cost of $6.98 each. The DVDs are professionally manufactured by Technicolor, and housed in cases with great-looking cover art like this one:
Starmaker informs us that they intent to get these made available in-stores and through popular online sellers such as Amazon.com within a short period of time. They are considering making collections available down-the-road, but at this time they are only available singly:
- "The Tale of the Frog Prince" (9/11/82)
- "Rumpelstilskin" (10/16/82)
- "Rapunzel" (2/5/83)
- "The Nightingale" (5/10/83)
- "Sleeping Beauty" (7/7/83)
- "Jack and the Beanstalk" (9/8/83)
- "Little Red Riding Hood" (11/10/83)
- "Hansel and Gretel" (12/5/83)
- "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" (1/9/84)
- "The Princess and the Pea" (4/16/84)
- "Pinocchio" (5/14/84)
- "Thumbelina" (6/11/84)
- "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (7/16/84)
- "Beauty and the Beast" (8/13/84)
- "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers" (9/17/84)
- "The Three Little Pigs" (2/12/85)
- "The Snow Queen" (3/11/85)
- "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" (4/5/85)
- "Cinderella" (8/14/85)
- "Puss 'n Boots" (9/9/85)
- "The Emperor's New Clothes" (10/5/85)
- "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" (7/14/86)
- "The Princess Who Had Never Laughed" (8/11/86)
- "Rip Van Winkle" (3/23/87)
- "The Little Mermaid" (4/6/87)
- "The Dancing Princesses" (11/14/87)
Click
here to visit Starmaker II's site and purchase them at the $6.98 list price for each one. Here's a shot of the entire group of covers:
Our gratitude goes out to the many, MANY readers who wrote in about this, starting with notes from Phill Peterson, Kristen Kallstrom, and Erik Andrus. Thanks, guys!
