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To many fans the world of Rainbow Brite is as real as we want it to be. We pull from it's images and stories pieces of our childhood. It has become a part of the real world, our world, though our memories and we cherish them. But for those behind the scenes of Rainbow Brite, they gave much more. They took parts of themselves and put them into the production.
One such person was Rich Rudish.
Art director Rich Rudish was chosen by Hallmark in 1985 to helm the creative team behind “Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer” and later joined DIC Enterprises. He and his team, together with the writer and directors, decided to add several new characters to the Rainbow Brite collection--a process which required development of not only visual images, but personalities as well. “When we create characters,” explains Rudish, “we tend to draw from bits and pieces of people we've come across in our own lives.”
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 Back in November of 1985 Warner Brothers Studios released a kit to the press and general public. The press kit included 3 Documents and 7 Lobby Cards inside a nice color folder featuring the beautifully painted 'Star Stealer' poster on the cover.
A lot of people have not seen these outside of the press or those lucky to have a copy in their private collections. Wanting to share this with others, we have a copy of the kit available here for fans to see. We have re-typed a lot of the documents and scanned the pictures and included them in the following Zip file.
The zip includes:
- The 3 Press release documents*
- 7 Black and White Lobby Cards
- 1 Color Cover Art
What are in the 3 documents:
- Cast and Credits list: [9 Pages] This list includes all the cast and who they played and all the producers and production information found in the closing credits.
- Production Information: [11 pages] Includes information about the producers/writers, character descriptions, an overall outline of the film's plot, and producers notes on why they made the film and how.
- Child Development Essay by Dr. Gordon L. Berry: [6 pages] Dr. Berry reviews why the film is a good film for children and families to watch and it's effect on a child's development and the lessons they can learn from it.
How to Download this File: Right Click this link and save as.
We hope fans enjoy reading these!
Have a Rainbow Day!
*These are typed replicas of the information provided in the original Press Kit. These replicas are exact, though font style and spacing may differ from the original documents.
All spelling errors, differences of information are those of the original document and have not been corrected or altered.
Example: Character names listed in credits may differ from those found in the production information.
These variants are also in the original documents.
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 Rainbow Brite was a creative, colorful little girl who brought color and happiness to the world, but she couldn't have done it without the little girl who first gave Rainbow Brite her voice. This little voice was that of Bettina, a child voice actor from the early 1980's. She gave Rainbow Brite her personality and character, and even sang on the Rainbow Brite record albums. Now all grown up, Bettina hasn't forgotten where she came from and we haven't forgotten her. She is a huge supporter of Rainbow Brite fans, and even gave us some interviews in the past that we wanted to share with you.
 The first interview was done back in 2004, right around the release of the Rainbow Brite 20th anniversary dolls. Here she discussed a lot of voice acting, and what she has been up to since. Please click here to read her interview.
The second interview with Bettina was in 2009, around the release of the 25th anniversary line. Here she discusses more about what she has been up to musically. Please click here to read her interview. |
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 Stefanie Eskander is a toy designer who was in the Mattel Design Team: "Large & Small Doll Group" from 1985 to 1986. Large & Small Doll Group was a title given to the team to differentiate the group from the Barbie or Heart Family designers.
Other toys designed in the "Large & Small Doll Group" during the 1985-1986 season:
- Popples
- Lady Lovelylocks and the Pixietails
- My Child
- Poochie
After 1986, Mrs Eskander left Mattel and went to work for Hasbro/Playskool designing for such toys including, but not limited to:
- Jem
- Maxie
- My Beautiful Doll
- Dolly Surprise
- Moondreamers
In 1990 she expanded her portfolio by working for Tonka designing WWF Wrestling Buddies, and Cupcake dolls (2nd year) before going to Fisher Price, and returning to Mattel in 1995 to work on more dolls like:
- Cabbage Patch Kids
- Lil Miss
- Polly Pocket and others.
In 1997 she left Mattel and worked freelance, which allowed her to work on even more toys such as the popular titles:
- Barbie
- Polly Pocket
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Hollie Hobbie
- Disney Princesses
- Winnie the Pooh
- Groovy Girls
- Cabbage Patch Kids and many many more!
Today she is a designer for Spin Master, Inc. designing for the Liv line of dolls.
With 25 years of designing experience, and having designed one of the Rainbow Brite fan favorite dolls "Moonglow" it is a great pleasure to learn more about how the industry works, from a woman who was there from the beginning.
Please click here to read her interview. |
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 While collecting words from those who were part of Rainbow Brite, we were happy to get hold of Scott Menville, the voice of Brian from Rainbow Brite. He was kind enough to answer some of our questions and we wanted to share them with you.
Please click here to read his interview. |
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