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The Greatest Screen Fairy Tales

Robert Carlyle plays Rumplestiltskin on ABC’s Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time…

…Fairy tales became the Next Big Thing. Sure, they’ve been around a while in one shape or another, but they seem to be everywhere these days – from recent films Beastly and Red Riding Hood to not one but two Snow Whites on the way to the big screen. And then there’s Grimm and Once Upon A Time (boasting yet another Snow White) both coming to a TV screen near you soon (as long as you wish upon a star, natch).

Jayne Nelson checks out some classic big and small screen fairy tale adaptations which are essential viewing for a happily ever after…

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