European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes monday. October 7, 1985 not for kids Only by Jerry Buck associated press once upon a time in a mag Cal kingdom called Hollywood there lived a air Maiden named Shelley Duval who loved Lairy loved the fairy tales trom the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen and Edmund Dulac and she loved the Beautiful pictures by Max yield Parrish and . Wyeth arid Hany Clark. Most of All she wanted to recreate the airy tales Lor television and have them took just like the pictures in the books she did t kiss an enchanted i of. Or spin Straw into Gold or Call on her airy godmother but her wish came True All the same. Three Yunis and 26 hairy tales later. Shelley Duvall s Fane tale theatre is doing very Well on Tho Showtime pay television network and she is about to launch a now series called Sheley Dit Vail s tall tales this past year s production of Snow White and the seven dwarfs won a Peabody award the shows have Boon translated Mlo several other languages and they Are also Ava Ilab e on video cassettes. I marked collecting antique illustrated tale books when i was a teen Ager says Duvali when i did a promotion tour Lor Popeye i found that just about every county has fairy tales. They were around Long Belore the Brothers Faerie Talo theatre got its Start when Duvali spent six months on the Island of Malta p ayin Obi in the movie Popeye with Robin Williams. I nought Robin would make a great Frog she says. To thought it was a wonderful Idoa and said Why did i t i do it took two years for Duvali who d never produced before to put it All together her previous experience find been starring in such movies As Bressler Mccloud. find mrs. Miller thieves like us Nashville three women the shining and Annie Hall. I started out asking my friends to be in the fairy she says luckily being an actress. I be got some Good friends. Once we got started people started calling the cast includes Joan Collins. Robin Williams. Milk Jagger Tatum o Neal. Liza Monelli. Mary Steenburgen. Malcolm Mcdowell. Christopher Reeve. Remade be Peters. James Earl Jones. Art Carney Leonard Nimoy and Tom Conli. My first thought was doing it with Walt Disney productions or f. Network she says. But that did t work out. They sort of patted me on the head and said Nice mile girl Ditney a interested but they did t want me to have any creative control. Then i went to Showtime and they gave me creative control. I did t want to make the Lairy tales for children. They re very sophisticated and adult. It has been a labor of love Duvall s office at Abc s Hollywood studios is decorated with props trom the fairy tales the tiny Jewe Iod a own worn by a real Frog in the is on her desk. There s a Sandstone caste and a miniature Golden coach with four White horses. She has a doll of pinocchio. And miniatures of Snow White and the seven dwarfs to set in a Moss Garden. There is an Olive Oil doll and on the Wall is a painting Souvall As the Maiden. Ned Beatty is the King and Herve vill Chaize As Ench of the Lairy tales has been styled after a particular Illustrator. Her lust show. The the of the Frog Punco in 1982. Was modelled alter Maxfield . Snow White was in the style of . Wyeth. Sleeping Beauty was done with one kingdom modelled alter russian icons and the other kingdom alter persian miniatures. She modelled alter Norr Nari Rockwell s All american look with Tatum o Neal As Goldilocks. Duvali works closely on Thi productions with her Boyne and. Kim Cranston the son of California democratic sen. Alan Cranston. She Ley Duvair tall rates which will also appear on oho Timo. Lakes humorous tales Iron folklore such As Pecos Bill. Paul Bunyan and Annie Oakley. She will Sta in the first show. Oar ing a Emeline. Which will be lil Mcd in Gold mine country. After a three year absence from acting except in her own productions. Duvali says she is ready to Lake up acting again. She has written a Story treatment Lor a movie Lor herself called waiting Mawda. Which is set in siami3 s al6� developing a to situation comedy to Faerie tale theatre can to seen on an television afternoons
