Shirley Temple's Storybook

Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)


  • Genre: Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • First Air Date: 1958-01-12
  • Last Air Date: 1961-07-16
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 41
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 60 min.
  • Production Company: Screen Gems
  • Network: NBC
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Summary

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. The first season of sixteen black-and-white and colored episodes aired on NBC between January 12, 1958 and December 21, 1958 as Shirley Temple's Storybook. Thirteen episodes of the first season re-ran on ABC beginning on January 12, 1959. The second season of twenty-five color episodes aired on NBC as The Shirley Temple Show between September 18, 1960 and July 16, 1961 in much the same format that it had under its original title. Temple's three children made their acting debuts in the last episode of the first season, "Mother Goose". When a stagehand said 'shit' during a "Mother Goose" rehearsal, Temple had him fired, telling the stunned cast it was a children's show–although no children were present during the rehearsal. Three of the first season episodes were done live, and each of the three took ten days of preparation. Temple read each script and made suggestions for improvement if necessary.

  • Keywords: fairy tale, anthology
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    Shirley Temple's Storybook Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1958-01-12
    16 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1960-10-18
    25 Episodes

    Shirley Temple's Storybook Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Beauty and the Beast60 min
    Season 1Episode 2Rumpelstiltskin60 min
    Season 1Episode 3The Nightingale60 min
    Season 1Episode 4The Legend of Sleepy Hollow60 min
    Season 1Episode 5Dick Whittington and His Cat60 min
    Season 1Episode 6The Land of Green Ginger60 min
    Season 1Episode 7Rip Van Winkle60 min
    Season 1Episode 8The Sleeping Beauty60 min
    Season 1Episode 9The Little Lame Prince60 min
    Season 1Episode 10The Magic Fishbone60 min
    Season 1Episode 11The Wild Swans60 min
    Season 1Episode 12Hiawatha60 min
    Season 1Episode 13Rapunzel60 min
    Season 1Episode 14Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves60 min
    Season 1Episode 15The Emperor's New Clothes60 min
    Season 1Episode 16Mother Goose60 min
    Season 2Episode 1The Land of Oz60 min
    Season 2Episode 2Kim60 min
    Season 2Episode 3Winnie-the-Pooh60 min
    Season 2Episode 4Tom and Huck60 min
    Season 2Episode 5Madeline60 min
    Season 2Episode 6Little Men60 min
    Season 2Episode 7The Prince and the Pauper60 min
    Season 2Episode 8Emmy Lou60 min
    Season 2Episode 9The Reluctant Dragon60 min
    Season 2Episode 10The Black Arrow60 min
    Season 2Episode 11The Indian Captive60 min
    Season 2Episode 12The House of the Seven Gables60 min
    Season 2Episode 13The Black Sheep60 min
    Season 2Episode 14Babes in Toyland60 min
    Season 2Episode 15Pippi Longstocking60 min
    Season 2Episode 16King Midas60 min
    Season 2Episode 17Rebel Gun60 min
    Season 2Episode 18The Terrible Clockman60 min
    Season 2Episode 19The Fawn60 min
    Season 2Episode 20Onawandah60 min
    Season 2Episode 21The Return of Long John Silver60 min
    Season 2Episode 22The Little Mermaid60 min
    Season 2Episode 23The Peg-leg Pirate of Sulu60 min
    Season 2Episode 24The Princess and the Goblins60 min
    Season 2Episode 25Two for the Road60 min
    • Shirley Temple

      as Narrator
    Production Paul Bogart Producer
    Production William Asher Producer

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