Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958•1h 0m•6.2/10
FamilySci-Fi & Fantasy
Ratings
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6.2/10(5)
Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales like Mother Goose and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables, was meant for older youngsters. Temple's three children made their acting debuts in the last episode of the first season, "Mother Goose".
Production
Screen Gems, Henry Jaffe Enterprises Inc., NBC
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
January 12, 1958
Last Aired
July 16, 1961
Networks
NBC
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Beauty and the Beast
Air date: 1958-01-12
Based on the novel by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, a merchant must give up one of his three daughters, or he will lose his life. Beauty sacrifices herself and so the story continues.
E2
Rumpelstiltskin
Air date: 1958-02-02
The miller Hanz Franz has bragged to one and all that his daughter Elsa can spin straw into gold. The poor girl is spirited away by the Royal Tax Collector Lord Karsch and locked in a room in the palace of the King.
E3
The Nightingale
Air date: 1958-02-18
The oppressed Chinese peasants and woodsmen have only one consolation -- the beautiful song of a nightingale. But word of this unusual bird reaches the emperor, who promptly orders it brought from the woods to the palace.
E4
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Air date: 1958-03-05
E5
Dick Wittington and His Cat
Air date: 1958-03-23
E6
The Land of Green Ginger
Air date: 1958-04-18
Abu Ali, son of the Emperor of China, Aladdin, is unable to choose a bride. Help comes from the genie of the Magic Lamp.
E7
Rip Van Winkle
Air date: 1958-05-06
Rip Van Winkle wanders off to a mountain haunt in the Catskills. There he encounters a strange crew of dwarfs, whose powerful brew lulls him into a 20-year slumber.
E8
The Sleeping Beauty
Air date: 1958-06-08
Tale of the a young woman cast in a spell that sends her to sleep and the prince who revives her.
E9
The Little Lame Prince
Air date: 1958-07-15
Prince Dolor, heir to the throne of Grauthenia, has been imprisoned by wicked King Bertrand.
E10
The Magic Fishbone
Air date: 1958-08-19
Princess Alicia has trouble feeding all the children.
E11
The Wild Swans
Air date: 1958-09-12
A wicked queen turns her stepsons into swans and tries to kill her stepdaughter.
E12
Hiawatha
Air date: 1958-10-18
An adaptation of Longfellow's poem about two young lovers from rival Indian tribes.
E13
Rapunzel
Air date: 1958-10-27
Prince Peter falls in love with a beautiful voice.
E14
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Air date: 1958-11-12
A humble woodcutter, Ali Baba and his son Abdullah accidentally learn the location and means of entrance to a fantastic cache of treasure, used by a band of thieves. Unable to keep the secret of the cave from his greedy brother Kasim," Ali Baba reveals the magic password.
E15
The Emperor's New Clothes
Air date: 1958-11-25
The conniving tailor convinces the vain monarch that his invisible raiment really exists.
E16
Mother Goose
Air date: 1958-12-21
Mother Goose travels to Wayfair and tries to save the town's annual fair, which has been canceled by young Polly Baker's father, the Mayor.
Cast
Shirley Temple
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
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