Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Lions Gate
• VHS Release Date: July 21, 1993
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302775434
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,047 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story, March 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Poor Little Rich Girl - The Barbara Hutton Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is the abridged version of the original mini-series that aired on NBC in the late 80's. The video is based on the life of Barbara Hutton, the heiress to the F.W. Woolworth fortune. At 18 she inherited over 50 million dollars from her mother's and grandfathers estate. Barbara's mother committed suicide when Barbara was very young, leaving her in the care of a father who never loved or wanted her. Barbara used her wealth to try and buy the love she never received. She married 7 times, spent lavishly on herself, her many husbands, so-called friends, and her only son. She died nearly broke in 1979. The original mini-series was over 4 hours long. A second showing was aired on Lifetime Cable TV in the mid-90's. That version has additional scenes that the original mini-series did not show. This video is the 90 minute version and unfortunately does not cover the complete life of the heiress. It is full of gaps that makes it hard to follow. If NBC or Lifetime Television were smart, they would re-issue the entire series on VHS and DVD.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars F. W. Woolworth's grand-daughter's search for happiness, September 27, 2001

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Mark Matthews (Augusta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Poor Little Rich Girl - The Barbara Hutton Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an awesome tail of the granddaughter of F.W. Woolworth, Barbara Hutton who, after her mother dies, inherits one of the largest fortunes ever amassed making her one of the richest women in the world. As the story unfolds the viewer understands that this poor little rich girl feels perfectly alone and attempts to buy her way out of isolation as well as drink and drug herself to numb the pain of having everything she never wanted and nothing she ever needed. In the course of her search for emotional fulfillment she marries husband after husband including two different princes who abuse her and a marriage to the famed actor Cary Grant, Barbara Hutton is embezzled from and taken advantage of in every conceivable way. This movie is awesomely shot and directed. Farah Fawcett is tremendous in her portrayal and the score is beautiful.
Mark Matthews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL, February 19, 2003

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donald hairlson (dallas, tx United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Poor Little Rich Girl - The Barbara Hutton Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I ORDER POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL. AND THOUGHT I WAS GETTINS THE ORIGNAL BUT I DID NOT.THE MOVIE HAS ALOT OF MISSING PART THEN I HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE ON TV IN 1987 AND IT ON TV IT 4 HOUR ONE NIGHT IT WAS PART1 NEXT NIGHT PART2. IT WAS A MIMI SERIES 11-16-1987 WHEN IT FIRST CAME ON TV.PLEASE SEND ME THE ORIGNAL. IT IS 4HOUR MOVIE