Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976)

Director	Joan Micklin Silver
Producer	Perspective Films, Learning in Focus Inc.
Contributors	Executive Producer: Robert GellerCast: Shelley Duvall (Bernice), Veronica Cartwright (Marjorie), Bud Cort (Warren), Dennis Christopher (Charley), Henry Fonda (narrator), Patrick Reynolds (Draycott)
Length	48 minutes
B&W/Color	Color
UO Library Catalog description:	A young flapper bobs her hair to gain peer approval. She doesn’t get approval but she learns a lesson in values
Call #	Md110
Genre	Theatrical
Rare	No
Online	Yes
Copyright status	Copyrighted
Physical condition	Good
Oregon-related	No

Notes:

Bernice Bobs Her Hair is an adaptation of the short story with the same title by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  It was a part of the series, The American Short Story and aired on PBS’ American Playhouse on April 5, 1977 in tandem with Sherwood Anderson’s I’m a Fool.  Some consider it to be the best film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Joan Micklin Silver is an American director born in 1935.  Her early low budget film Hester Street received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for actress Carol Kane.  Her film Between the Lines was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival in 1977.