Shirley Temple's Storybook

Episode 01

Beauty and the Beast

Jan 12, 1958 · 60 min

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.

Episode 02

Rumpelstiltskin

Feb 2, 1958 · 60 min

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.

Episode 03

The Nightingale

Feb 18, 1958 · 60 min

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.

Episode 04

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Mar 5, 1958 · 60 min

No description available.

Episode 05

Dick Wittington and His Cat

Mar 23, 1958 · 60 min

No description available.

Episode 06

The Land of Green Ginger

Apr 18, 1958 · 60 min

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

Episode 07

Rip Van Winkle

May 6, 1958 · 60 min

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.

Episode 08

The Sleeping Beauty

Jun 8, 1958 · 60 min

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

Episode 09

The Little Lame Prince

Jul 15, 1958 · 60 min

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

Episode 10

The Magic Fishbone

Aug 19, 1958 · 60 min

Princess Alicia has trouble feeding all the children.

Episode 11

The Wild Swans

Sep 12, 1958 · 60 min

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

Episode 12

Hiawatha

Oct 18, 1958 · 60 min

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

Episode 13

Rapunzel

Oct 27, 1958 · 60 min

Prince Peter falls in love with a beautiful voice.

Episode 14

Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

Nov 12, 1958 · 60 min

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.

Episode 15

The Emperor's New Clothes

Nov 25, 1958 · 60 min

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

Episode 16

Mother Goose

Dec 21, 1958 · 60 min

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.