All Episodes of Shirley Temple's Storybook
Browse all episodes of Shirley Temple's Storybook
Season 1
7.2/1034 votesBeauty and the Beast
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/1958
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.
Director: Kirk Browning
Writer: Unknown
- 7.3/1012 votes
Rumpelstiltskin
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/1958
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1014 votes
The Nightingale
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/1958
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.
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Writer: Alvin Sapinsley
- 7.6/1016 votes
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/5/1958
No description available
Director: Paul Bogart
Writer: Norman Lessing
- 7.3/1012 votes
Dick Wittington and His Cat
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/1958
No description available
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Writer: Unknown
- 6.6/1012 votes
The Land of Green Ginger
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/18/1958
Abu Ali, son of the Emperor of China, Aladdin, is unable to choose a bride. Help comes from the genie of the Magic Lamp.
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Writer: Noel Langley
- 7.8/1018 votes
Rip Van Winkle
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/6/1958
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.
Director: Harry Horner
Writer: Noel Langley
- 7.6/1018 votes
The Sleeping Beauty
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/8/1958
Tale of the a young woman cast in a spell that sends her to sleep and the prince who revives her.
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Writer: Unknown
- 7.0/1012 votes
The Little Lame Prince
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/15/1958
Prince Dolor, heir to the throne of Grauthenia, has been imprisoned by wicked King Bertrand.
Director: Harry Horner
Writer: Unknown
- 7.5/1011 votes
The Magic Fishbone
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/19/1958
Princess Alicia has trouble feeding all the children.
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Unknown
- 7.5/1010 votes
The Wild Swans
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/12/1958
A wicked queen turns her stepsons into swans and tries to kill her stepdaughter.
Director: Richard Morris
Writer: Unknown
- 6.6/1014 votes
Hiawatha
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/18/1958
An adaptation of Longfellow's poem about two young lovers from rival Indian tribes.
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1030 votes
Rapunzel
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/27/1958
Prince Peter falls in love with a beautiful voice.
Director: James Neilson
Writer: Unknown
- 7.2/1014 votes
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/12/1958
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.
Director: James Neilson
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1015 votes
The Emperor's New Clothes
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/25/1958
The conniving tailor convinces the vain monarch that his invisible raiment really exists.
Director: James Neilson
Writer: Unknown
- 6.2/1016 votes
Mother Goose
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/21/1958
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.
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Writer: Malvin Wald