Faerie Tale Theatre

At a time when most other shows for children were either low-budget productions or product-inspired cartoons that were little more than half-hour commercials, this program set out to produce high-quality classic entertainment that children would enjoy. Much inspired by an earlier children's program, _"Shirley Temple's Storybook" (1958)_ (qv) (also known as "Shirley Temple Theatre"), Shelley Duvall hosts this program featuring some of the best-known in Hollywood performing adaptations of traditional stories.

Cast

• Shelley Duvall
• Patrick DeSantis
• Jean Stapleton
• Vincent Price
• Ricky Schroder
• Tatum O'Neal
• Lesley Ann Warren
• Jeff Bridges
• Malcolm McDowell
• Robert Carradine
• Beverly D'Angelo
• Lee Remick
• Tom Conti
• Dennis Christopher
• Harry Dean Stanton
• Ned Beatty
• Mick Jagger

• Season 1
• Play in Full Screen Episode 1: The Tale of the Frog Prince
  [first lines]::Host: For centuries story tellers have spun their tales of magic and enchantment for ...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 2: Rumpelstiltskin
  The King: I see in you the mark of intelligence.::Miller: Me, sir?::The King: You, Miller. I am surr...
• Season 2
• Play in Full Screen Episode 1: Rapunzel
  USA...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 2: The Nightingale
  The production design was inspired by the work of French artist Edmond Dulac, who had in fact illust...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 3: Sleeping Beauty
  Good Fairy: But someday a prince will come.::Henbane: You do have a way with words, dear heart....
• Play in Full Screen Episode 4: Jack and the Beanstalk
  USA...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 5: Little Red Riding Hood
  USA...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 6: Hansel and Gretel
  USA...
• Season 3
• Play in Full Screen Episode 1: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
  Ranger: Actually, this is not a social visit.::Papa Bear: If it's about those stolen picnic baskets,...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 2: The Princess and the Pea
  Prince Richard: I want something soft and warm, like... a hamster.::The Fool: A hamster?::Prince Ric...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 3: Pinocchio
  A lonely woodcarver named Geppetto wishes for a son one night before going to bed. The Blue Fairy co...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 4: Thumbelina
  The inspiration of the set design and backdrop was the art of nineteenth century illustrator George ...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 5: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  USA...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 6: Beauty and the Beast
  USA...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 7: The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
  USA...
• Season 4
• Play in Full Screen Episode 1: The Three Little Pigs
  Paul: [to Tina] Tell me, Bacon Bits, where've you been all my life?...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 2: The Snow Queen
  USA...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 3: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
  The Lame Boy: [holding up a rat for the Pied Piper to see] You're needed here without a doubt... you...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 4: Grimm Party
  USA...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 5: Cinderella
  Fairy Godmother: I love my work....
• Play in Full Screen Episode 6: Puss in Boots
  USA...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 7: The Emperor's New Clothes
  USA...
• Season 5
• Play in Full Screen Episode 1: Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
  Aladdin: Where do you come from?::Genie: Originally? [Aladdin nods] I was born from the thundering w...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 2: The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
  King: Now go to your room, you ungrateful child, before I get really angry and suspend your library ...
• Season 6
• Play in Full Screen Episode 1: Rip Van Winkle
  USA...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 2: The Little Mermaid
  USA...
• Play in Full Screen Episode 3: The Dancing Princesses
  The King: Bills, bills, bills, nothing but bills! Two thousand francs for oranges? They might as wel...