Saturday, February 10, 2024

Persona Video Magazine

a paparazzi pic of Shelley
from around 1990

In 1990, Majestic Video Publishing Inc., released Persona Video Magazine, a general-interest, mass-market magazine similar to People and Us magazines... but in video form. Included were long, uninterrupted interviews with the famous celebrities of the era. They were sold in VHS cassette format and ran for 90 minutes each, with 20 minutes of commercials included per cassette. Each cassette was designed to be erased and reused for home-taping if desired. Shelley Hack was featured in Volume 4 of the video magazine series. Featured too in the 4th volume were Holly Hunter, Richard Dreyfuss and Steven Spielberg (promoting the film Always), Meryl Streep (promoting She Devil), John Tesh of Entertainment Tonight, talk show  host Sarah Purcell, and Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise of 21 Jump Street. Featured as well were Ann Jillian, Vincent Price, Patrick Swayze, Paula Abdul, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr., Billy Hufsy, Lee Grant, Sally Kirkland, Englebert Humperdink, Dinah Manoff, Michael Douglas, Goldie Hawn and much more.

the front VHS cover
of Persona Video Magazine volume 4, 1990