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Shirley Temple's Storybook (NBC 1958) (Reruns ABC
1959) -
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Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958-59)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE'S STORYBOOK
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also known as The Shirley Temple Show, Shirley Temple Family Theatre
Produced by Henry Jaffe Enterprises
12 Jan 1958 - 21 Dec 1958 (NBC) Sundays (16 Specials)
1959 Reruns (12Jan59-21Dec59)(ABC Mondays 7:30-8:30pm)
Hosted by Shirley Temple
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NBC Sundays
1.01 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
12-Jan-1958 NBC Sunday
Adapted by Joseph Schrank
Story by Andrew Lang
Based on the novel by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
cast:
Shirley Temple ...... Narrator
Charlton Heston ...... The Beast
Claire Bloom ...... Beauty
E.G. Marshall ...... the Merchant
June Lockhart ..... Beauty's Sister
Barbara Baxley ...... Beauty's Sister
Synopsis:
The merchant must give up one of his three daughters, or he loses his life.
Beauty sacrifices herself and so the story continues. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A merchant traveling home through the forest is lost in a raging blizzard.
Near death from the cold he comes upon a strange and beautiful castle.
Within, a mysterious unseen host offers him food and a place to rest. Next morning,
recovered, the merchant prepares to resume his journey home. But as he is leaving,
he plucks a rose in the castle garden for his daughter Beauty. All at once he is
confronted by a roaring, ugly beast. Angry that the merchant has dared to take one
of the flowers, the beast threatens to kill the merchant unless he sends one of his
three daughters to the castle within the month. [RF]
1.02 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: RUMPELSTILTSKIN
02-Feb-1958 NBC Sunday
adapted by Frank Gabrielson
based on the Grimm Brothers fairy-tale
music by Mack David
cast:
Kurt Kasznar ....... Hans Franz
Phyllis Love ....... Elsa
Shai Ophir ....... Rumpelstiltskin
Jonathan Harris ....... Lord Karsch
Celia Lovsky ...... Old Krone
John Raitt ...... King
Otto Waldis
Pernell Roberts ..... Count Schoenfeld
Synopsis:
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. [RF]
1.03 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE NIGHTINGALE
19-Feb-1958 NBC Wednesday (imdb say 18-Feb-1958 ABC Tue)
Adapted by Alvin Sapinsley
Story by Hans Christian Andersen
music by Mack David & Jerry Livingstone
songs: "Chinese Nightingale" and "Honorable Everybody".
cast:
Judith Braun ....... Fifteenth Chambermaid
Liam Sullivan ..... Prince
Thomas Mitchell ..... Emperor
Russell Collins ..... Royal Chamberlain
Dayton Lummis ..... Figure of Death
Robert Stevenson ..... Royal Forrester
Milton Parsons ..... Royal Astronomer
Lisa Lu ..... Lady Thousand-Thrush
Robert H. Harris ..... Royal Music Master
Synopsis:
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. [RF]
1.04 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
05-Mar-1958 NBC Wednesday
Adapted by Norman Lessing
Story by Washington Irving
Directed by Paul Bogart
cast:
Shirley Temple ...... Katrina Van Tassel
Russell Collins ...... Alpheus
John Ericson ...... Brom Bones
Fred Essler ..... Baltus Van Tassel
Boris Karloff ...... Father Knickerbocker
Jules Munshin ...... Ichabod Crane
John Mylong ...... the Horseman
1.05 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
23-Mar-1958 NBC Sunday (original airdate)
Adapted by Frank Gabrielson
Story by Fred Banbery
music by Mack David and Jerry Livingston
cast:
Jack Dimond ....... Dick Wittington
Martyn Green ...... Mr. Fitzwarren
Ashley Cowan ...... Arthur Gooley
Sebastian Cabot ... King
Judi Meredith ..... Alice Fitzwarren
with
Rhubarb the Cat
and the
Mitchell Singing Boys Choir
Synopsis:
Dick Whittington, a country lad, goes to London to seek his fortune.
When kindly Mr. Fitzwarren, a mercer, hires him. Dick uses his earnings to
buy a cat. Mistreated by the apprentice Gooley, Dick starts to run away. But he returns
when the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow predict he will be
thrice Lord Mayor of London.
*Note: The legend began around Richard Whittington, an actual Lord Mayor of
London
five centuries ago. Rhubarb the cat also played the
title role in a baseball movie called "Rhubarb".
Two songs featured are: "The Streets Are Paved With Gold" and "If Pennies Were
Wishes". [RF]
1.06 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE LAND OF GREEN GINGER
18-Apr-1958 NBC Friday
Story & Adaptation by Noel Langley
cast:
Anthony Eustrel ........ Aladdin
Jack Albertson ....... Tintac Ping Foo
Sue England ....... Silverbud
Joey Faye ....... Rubdub Ben Thud
Kuldeep Singh ..... Abu Ali
Synopsis:
Abu Ali, son of the Emperor of China, Aladdin, is unable to choose a bride. Help comes from the genie of the Magic Lamp. [RF]
1.07 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: RIP VAN WINKLE
06-May-1958 NBC Tuesday (rerun 02Feb59 ABC Mon)
Adapted by Noel Langley
Story by Washington Irving
cast:
E.G. Marshall ....... Rip Van Winkle
Beverly Washburn ...... Judith
Owen McGiveney ...... Peter Vanderdonk
Billy Barty ...... Dwarf
Paul Brinegar ...... Van Kimmel
Leora Dana ...... Dame Van Winkle
Ralph Dumke ...... Tooley
Fred Sherman ...... Brom Dutcher
Charles Davis ...... Alderman Donkle
Terrence De Marney ...... Sergeant
Synopsis:
Realizing that her husband Rip is an incurable dreamer, Dame Van Winkle
decides to sell the house and leave him. She sends him on an errand but Rip
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. [RF]
1.08 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
08-Jun-1958 NBC Sunday
Adapted by Margaret Fitts
Story by Charles Perrault
cast:
Anne Helm ......... Sleeping Beauty
Judith Evelyn ....... Black Fairy
Nancy Marchand ....... Queen
Alexander Scourby ..... King
Pernell Roberts ....... Thorabore
Olive Deering ....... Grimgerda
Vernon Gray ....... Aidan
Phillip Pine ....... Gall
Robert Quarry ....... Perriscal
Adeline deWalt Reynolds ...... Old Woman
Synopsis 1:
The King and Queen have long wanted a child, and the Black Fairy agrees to
help them get their wish. But after a daughter is born to the couple, they provoke
the Black Fairy's wrath when they fail to invite her to the child's christening. The Black
Fairy then casts a spell over the Princess, foretelling that before the child reaches
womanhood, a spindle point will pierce her hand and put her into a deep slumber. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Tale of the a young woman cast in a spell that sends her to sleep and the prince who revives her.
1.09 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE
15-Jul-1958 NBC Tuesday
Adapted by S.S. Schweitzer
Story by Dinah Maria Murdock Craik
cast:
Lorne Greene ...... King Bertrand
Anna Lee ...... Fairy Godmother
Rex Thompson ...... Prince Dolor
Katherine Squire ..... Flora
James Mitchell ...... Marko
Joan Weldon ...... Amelia
Mickey Finn ...... Quinto
George Mitchell ...... Frederick
Ottola Nesmith ...... Soothsayer
Peter Forster ....... Captain
Synopsis:
Prince Dolor, heir to the throne of Grauthenia, has been imprisoned by wicked King Bertrand. [RF]
1.10 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE MAGIC FISHBONE
19-Aug-1958 NBC Tuesday
Adapted by Margaret Fitts
Based on a story by Charles Dickens
cast:
Terry Burnham ...... Princess
Jimmy Carter ....... Prince
Leo G. Carroll ....... Mr. Gingery
Estelle Winwood ....... Fairy Grandmarina
Lisa Daniels ........ Princess Alicia
Barry Jones ........ King Watkins
J.M. Kerrigan ...... Mr. Pickles
Rex Evans ...... Mr. Muffins
Richard Lupino ....... Fishmonger's Boy
Synopsis:
Princess Alicia has trouble feeding all the children. [RF]
1.11 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE WILD SWANS
12-Sep-1958 NBC Friday
Adapted by Jean Holloway
Story by Hans Christian Andersen
Directed by Richard Morris
cast:
Phyllis Love ........ the Princess Elisa
Olive Deering .......... Queen Flavia
Joseph Wiseman ......... Sorcerer
Grant Williams ......... King Julio
Alfred Ryder ........... First Minister
Melville Cooper ........ Binky
Bob Chapman ......... Brother
Buzz Martin ......... Brother
Robert Banas ......... Brother
Synopsis:
A wicked queen turns her stepsons into swans and tries to kill her stepdaughter. [RF]
1.12 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: HIAWATHA
05-Oct-1958 NBC Sunday
Adapted by Frank Gabrielson
Based on the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
cast:
John Ericson .......... Hiawatha
Nyra Monsour .......... Minnehaha
J. Carroll Naish ...... Lagoo
Katharine Warren ...... Nokomis
Read Morgan ........... Kwasinol
Pernell Roberts ....... Pau-Puk-Keewis
Robert Warwick ........ Muh-Ah-Genta
Richard Hale .......... Megissogwon
David Garcia .......... Chibiabos
Synopsis:
A Native American fable set by the shores of the Gitchy Goomy.
Synopsis 2:
An adaptation of Longfellow's poem about two young lovers from rival Indian tribes. [RF]
1.13 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: RAPUNZEL
27-Oct-1958 NBC Monday
Adapted by F. William Durkee Jr.
Based on the story by the Grimm Brothers
cast:
Don Dubbins ....... Prince Peter
Carol Lynley ....... Rapunzel
Agnes Moorehead ....... Witch
Alexander Scourby ....... King
Philip Abbott ....... Husband
Marian Seldes ....... Widow Enga
Synopsis:
Prince Peter falls in love with a beautiful voice. [RF]
1.14 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES
12-Nov-1958 NBC Wednesday
adapted by Norman Lessing
cast:
Thomas Gomez ....... Kasim
Nehemiah Persoff ....... Ali Baba
Vivian Nathan ....... Wife
Bruce Gordon ....... Robber Captain
Miriam Colon ....... Morgiana
Rafael Compos ....... Abdullah
Robert Carricart ....... Koali
Alfred Ryder ....... Hussein
Synopsis:
"Open Sesame" is the password to adventure as poor Ali finds a bandits' cave loaded with treasure. [RF]
1.15 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
25-Nov-1958 NBC Tuesday
adapted by Norman Lessing
story by Hans Christian Andersen
directed by James Neilson
cast:
Eli Wallach ....... Simon the Tailor
Sebastien Cabot ....... the Emperor
Richard Haydn ....... the Prime Minister
Pernell Roberts ....... Count DeSpard
Barbara Lord ....... Princess Sophy
Yale Wexler ...... Prince Nils
Mickey Maga ...... the Child
Synopsis:
The conniving tailor convinces the vain monarch that his invisible rainment really exists. [RF]
1.16 [--] Shirley Temple's Storybook: MOTHER GOOSE
21-Dec-1958 NBC Sunday (repeat 21Dec59 ABC Mon)
adapted by Henry F. Greenberg
directed by Mitchell Leisen
cast:
Shirley Temple ........ Polly Baker
Elsa Lanchester ....... Mother Goose
Rod McKuen ............ Simple Simon
William Allyn ......... Prince George
Carleton Carpenter .... Tom the Piper's Son
Lloyd Corrigan ........ Wee Willie Winkie
Billy Gilbert ......... Able Baker, the Mayor
Lynn Alden ............ Jill
Louise Glenn .......... Sukey
Synopsis 1:
Mother Goose travels to Wayfair and tries to save the town's annual fair,
which has been cancelled by young Polly Baker's
father, the Mayor. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
As both hostess and star of a musical fantasy about Mother Goose characters,
Shirley Temple introduces her three children, Charles,
Lori and Susan.
It's 1785. The Mayor of Skeddlestone, England, threatens to close
the fair if last year's rowdyism is repeated. [RF]
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1959 Reruns (12Jan59-21Dec59)(ABC Mondays)
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[--] 02Feb59 ABC Mon - Rerun of #1.07 "Rip Van Winkle" (first aired 06-May-1958 NBC Tue)
[--] 21Dec59 ABC Mon - Rerun of #1.16 "Mother Goose" (first aired 21-Dec-1958 NBC Sun)
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