Series synopsis
Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American family sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on NBC on January 12, 1958. It ended on July 16, 1961.
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".
Premise
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".
Cast and characters
Guest cast
- Gloria Vanderbilt
- Jack Dimond as Dick Whittington
- Ted Eccles as Christopher Robin
- Claire Bloom as Beauty
- Charlton Heston as Beast
- Barbara Baxley as Beauty's Sister
- June Lockhart as Beauty's Sister
- Shaike Ophir as Rumpelstiltskin
- Shirley Temple as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
- Kurt Kasznar as Hans Franz
- John Bleifer as Johann
- Jonathan Harris as Lord Karsch
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 41 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 16 | January 12, 1958 | December 21, 1958 |
| Season 2 | 25 | October 18, 1960 | July 16, 1961 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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. |
January 12, 1958 |
| 2 |
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. |
February 2, 1958 |
| 3 |
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. |
February 18, 1958 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Land of Oz 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. |
October 18, 1960 |
| 2 |
Kim 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. |
September 25, 1960 |
| 3 |
Winnie-the-Pooh 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.' |
October 3, 1960 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 12, 1958 |
| Last aired | July 16, 1961 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |