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.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Beauty and the Beast | 1958-01-12 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Rumpelstiltskin | 1958-02-02 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Nightingale | 1958-02-19 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | 1958-03-05 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Dick Whittington and His Cat | 1958-03-23 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Land of Green Ginger | 1958-04-18 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Rip Van Winkle | 1958-05-06 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Sleeping Beauty | 60 min | |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Little Lame Prince | 60 min | |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Magic Fishbone | 60 min | |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Wild Swans | 60 min | |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | Hiawatha | 60 min | |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Rapunzel | 60 min | |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves | 1958-11-12 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Emperor's New Clothes | 60 min | |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | Mother Goose | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Land of Oz | 1960-09-18 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Kim | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Winnie-the-Pooh | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Tom and Huck | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Madeline | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Little Men | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | The Prince and the Pauper | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | Emmy Lou | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | The Reluctant Dragon | 1960-11-13 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | The Black Arrow | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | The Indian Captive | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | The House of the Seven Gables | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | The Black Sheep | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | Babes in Toyland | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | Pippi Longstocking | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | King Midas | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 17 | Rebel Gun | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 18 | The Terrible Clockman | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 19 | The Fawn | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 20 | Onawandah | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 21 | The Return of Long John Silver | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 22 | The Little Mermaid | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 23 | The Peg-leg Pirate of Sulu | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 24 | The Princess and the Goblins | 60 min | |
Season 2 | Episode 25 | Two for the Road | 60 min |
Production | Paul Bogart | Producer |
Production | William Asher | Producer |