Barbara Hershey

Faerie Tale Theatre: Tales from Hans Christian Andersen
$14.98
Collected here are four unforgettable episodes from Shelley Duvall's FAERIE TALE THEATRE. Hans Christian Andersen wrote many of the world's most famous and beloved fairytales; and in this collection you'll see such talented stars as Lee Remick, Carrie Fisher, Mick Jagger and Melissa Gilbert bring his characters to vivid life right before your very eyes!

THE SNOW QUEEN:
Melissa Gilbert and Lance Kerwin play Gerda and Kay, who enter the frozen land of the Snow Queen (played beguilingly by the late Lee Remick) to learn some much-needed lessons about love and friendship.

THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES:
Alan Arkin and Art Carney star as the con-artists who fool a vain and ruthless Emperor (Dick Shawn) into believing that they can create the most exquisite of clothes that are invisible to those who are foolish or unworthy. Legendary British songstress Georgia Brown co-stars as a wise innkeeper.

THUMBELINA:
A lonely char-woman (Conchata Ferrall) is given a magical barley seed, which sprouts into a lovely flower. When the flower opens, out pops beautiful Thumbelina (Carrie Fisher). The char-woman's wish to be a mother has been granted, and the pair could not be happier. But Thumblina's happy life with her mother is short-lived when the tiny creature is kidnapped by Mother Toad...

THE NIGHTINGALE:
The Emperor of Cathay (Mick Jagger) lives in a porcelain palace with his courtiers and riches, but completely cut off from any real people. When he hears about a magical bird called the Nightingale and it's exquisite song, he demands an audience with it.

The Staircase
$5.98
I pruchased this for my Father-in-Law as a gift. He had wanted this movie for a long time and could not find it. Well, I found it for him. He is soooooooooooo happy. Loves the movie.

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Last Summer
$24.50
This movie and another with Barbara Hershey, "The Pursuit of Happiness"(1971), deserve at least a basic DVD treatment. There are so many entertaining films from that late 60s, early 70s era which I fear will be forgotten soon.

The only place you can see a lot of these movies is TCM. Why can't they print their own DVDs? Even if you had to special order them and they had to be pressed by request, I would pay for it. I think a lot of other people who spend their time like me searching for old films would also.

Boxcar Bertha
$14.98
Boxcar Bertha, director Martin Scorsese's second film, is an appalling mess. The acting is terrible, the editing sloppy, the story uninspired and dull, and the directing, dare I say it, is unsure and incompetent. Thank goodness Scorsese was able to learn from his mistakes and move on to the artistic brilliance he showed in his later work.

The entire film really suffers from the Roger Corman production, who often gave his directors only 7 or 8 days to shoot a film, and the editing really needs the sure hand of his future editor Thelma Schoonmaker, who is one of the secrets behinds Scorsese's success as a director. I still think Scorsese is one of the most brilliant directors in the history of film, but sadly, with this dog of a film, he was saddled with a dull story, poor production, and stiff acting. Only recommended if you are a die-hard Scorsese fan and want to watch his entire body of work.