BEHIND THE SCENES

Joan Gollins finds a home video dynasty

By Fratrk Lovece produced. Now Joan Collins, star of "Dynasty" and star and

First she acted. Then

she

indication, "The Joan Collins Video Selection" promises to be an exercise in high camp. Coming up next: "Alfie," the 1966 film which earned Mi-

producer of the upcoming CBS

chael Caine his

miniseries "Sins," has turned to narration. The actress is

making her entry into the

Joan Collins Video Selection," a series of $59.95 home viileos duces "classic" films.

world of videos with "The

nomination. Future films will be released approximately once every three months.

first

Oscar

her selections?
no.

How did Miss Collins choose

Darts,

in which Miss Collins intro-

perhaps? She erupts into laughter at the thought. "Darts! Heavens panies about the sort of films I wanted, the kind of stars and

I talked to the yideo com-

I liked, and they brought me a selection of 50

time period
screen them all, but strangely

films.

chose 15.

didn't

enough, I'd seen them all with

the exception of two." As a youDgster, Miss Collins confides "I used to be a big

movie goer. I saw everything - I'd go two, four, five times a

week to the movies

often. Just synchronizing mv

schedule to go to the moyies is tough. Now, however, I'm a

- out very I'm afraid I don't get

but now,

Joar Collins

"I'm choosing the films," the actress explains. "and but not sweaty."There's no (for packgratuitous violence or things writing about them age copy). I'm doing every- that degrade women, 'says the thing but starring in them." actress about her collection. The actress even got to choose "There are love scenes, but what she wears on the covers thev're not over-the-toD. of each film package: a pink thei're soft-core." dress created by "Dynasty" It's a good thing then that Joan's own over-the-top viddesigner Nolan Miller. If the actress's first three eos, "The Stud" and "The choices - "The Carpetbag- Bitch" (both are based on sisgers,' based on Harold Rob- ter Jackie's novels), are albins' novel; Jacqueline Su- ready on video. They may be
Is Not Enough" musts for any Joan Collins coland Harold Pinter's adapta- lection, but they're not the tion of F. Scott Fitgera'ld's stuff that make! it to "The
sann's Once "The Last Tvcoon"

big video watcher." And she watches a little of everything. What she wants us to watch are movies close in style to "Dynasty" steamy,

anv Joan Collins Selection." Release the week of Oct. 13-Oct. 19, 1985

are