Shirley Temple's Storybook

6.5(6)|1958-01-12|2 seasons, 41 episodes

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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".

Episodes

Season 1(16)Season 2(25)

S1E1 · 1958-01-12 · 60m

Beauty and the Beast

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.

S1E2 · 1958-02-02 · 60m

Rumpelstiltskin

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.

S1E3 · 1958-02-18 · 60m

The Nightingale

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.

S1E4 · 1958-03-05 · 60m

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

No description available.

S1E5 · 1958-03-23 · 60m

Dick Wittington and His Cat

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S1E6 · 1958-04-18 · 60m

The Land of Green Ginger

Abu Ali, son of the Emperor of China, Aladdin, is unable to choose a bride. Help comes from the genie of the Magic Lamp.

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Shirley Temple

Self - Host / Narrator (voice)