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Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 - 1961 6.2 (5 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks
NBC

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Overview

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".

Key Crew

Producer: William Asher, Paul Bogart

Top Cast

Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple

Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1958)

No overview available.

16 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Beauty and the Beast
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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Rumpelstiltskin
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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: The Nightingale
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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1958-03-05

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Dick Wittington and His Cat
1958-03-23

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: The Land of Green Ginger
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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Rip Van Winkle
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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: The Sleeping Beauty
1958-06-08

Tale of the a young woman cast in a spell that sends her to sleep and the prince who revives her.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: The Little Lame Prince
1958-07-15

Prince Dolor, heir to the throne of Grauthenia, has been imprisoned by wicked King Bertrand.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: The Magic Fishbone
1958-08-19

Princess Alicia has trouble feeding all the children.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: The Wild Swans
1958-09-12

A wicked queen turns her stepsons into swans and tries to kill her stepdaughter.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Hiawatha
1958-10-18

An adaptation of Longfellow's poem about two young lovers from rival Indian tribes.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Rapunzel
1958-10-27

Prince Peter falls in love with a beautiful voice.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: The Emperor's New Clothes
1958-11-25

The conniving tailor convinces the vain monarch that his invisible raiment really exists.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Mother Goose
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.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1960)

No overview available.

25 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Land of Oz
1960-10-18

Lord General Nikidik wants to take over Oz, so he goes to Mombi and asks her to transform the beloved Princess Ozma into a marble statue. Mombi instead changes her into a boy, Tip, to be her servant, with no memory of her former life.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Kim
1960-09-25

A classic tale of high adventure, written by Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling. Embark on a virtual journey to the exotic land of colonial India during a time when, for one dangerous moment, the entire fate of the British throne rested upon the shoulders of a young boy named Kim, who must go undercover as a spy to stop a war.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Winnie-the-Pooh
1960-10-03

A captivating musical adventure into some of the most cherished Pooh stories including - 'Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree,' 'Eeyore Loses a Tail,' 'Winnie the Pooh in the Rabbit Hole,' 'Tigger,' and 'A Birthday Party for Eeyore.'

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Tom and Huck
1960-10-09

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Madeline
1960-10-16

In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. The smallest one was Madeline. Here, Shirley presents her favorite stories from Ludwig Bemelmans' classic children's book, Madeline, which recounts the unforgettable adventures of an invincible nine-year old girl.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Little Men
1960-10-23

All goes well for a professor and his wife at their Plumfield School for Boys until a lad who's in the habit of running away from home arrives.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: The Prince and the Pauper
1960-10-30

Penniless in 16th-century London, Tom Canty finds he has an exact double - the heir to the throne.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Emmy Lou
1960-11-06

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: The Reluctant Dragon
1960-11-13

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: The Black Arrow
1960-11-27

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: The Indian Captive
1960-12-04

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: The House of the Seven Gables
1960-12-11

An adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's supernatural, romantic tale of a New England family and their life in the House of the Seven Gables, a two-hundred-year-old dwelling haunted by the ghosts of past generations.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: The Black Sheep
1960-12-18

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Babes in Toyland
1960-12-25

An enchanting musical treasure - and unforgettable Christmas treat - hosted by Shirley and her real-life children. Babes in Toyland recounts a young boy and girl's adventures after running away from their wicked uncle Barnaby played by legendary Jonathan Winters. After passing through dark forests and the spooky village of Meantown, they find themselves in a magical toyland.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Pippi Longstocking
1961-01-08

High-spirited little girl Pippi lives every child's ultimate fantasy... escape from parental supervision in a world without rules!

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: King Midas
1961-01-15

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: Rebel Gun
1961-01-22

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: The Terrible Clockman
1961-01-29

Based on a story by Jules Verne, an evil alchemist moves to a small Swiss village and wishes to marry the local clockmaker's beautiful daughter. When his request is refused he casts a spell that alters time and turns a large man-shaped clock into a walking (and ticking) monster that terrorizes the village.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: The Fawn
1961-02-05

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Onawandah
1961-02-12

Onawandah, a small Indian lad, makes his way into a Puritan settlement in search of shelter. A nervous guard shoots the youth, who is carried to the home of widow Emily Winters for medical attention. Emily and her son Daniel plan to nurse the boy to his health, but the other settlers are opposed to having a heathen among them.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 21: The Return of Long John Silver
1961-02-19

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 22: The Little Mermaid
1961-03-05

Enjoy Hans Christian Andersen's legendary tale of a beautiful mermaid who rescues a ship-wrecked prince only to fall hopelessly in love with him. In order for the couple to be together, the mermaid must let go of all that she holds dear, and leave her beloved sea kingdom forever.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 23: The Peg-leg Pirate of Sulu
1961-03-12

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 24: The Princess and the Goblins
1961-03-19

The classic story of a young princess who lives in a castle on a wild and lonely mountain. One day she discovers a stairway leading to a labyrinth of unused passages with closed doors behind which lie dungeons, goblins and a world of mysteries. Based on the novel by British author George MacDonald.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 25: Two for the Road
1961-07-16

Runtime: 60 min

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