TV series
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".
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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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".
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Episode 1
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.
Directed by Kirk BrowningGuest stars Claire Bloom, Charlton Heston, E.G. Marshall, Barbara Baxley, June Lockhart
Episode 2
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.
Guest stars Shaike Ophir, Phyllis Love, Kurt Kasznar, John Bleifer, Jonathan Harris, Pernell Roberts, Karyl Ann Traum, Otto Waldis
Episode 3
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.
Directed by Robert B. SinclairWritten by Alvin SapinsleyGuest stars Thomas Mitchell, Liam Sullivan, Lisa Lu, Judith Braun, Dayton Lummis, Russell Collins, Robert H. Harris, Milton Parsons
Episode 4
Directed by Paul BogartWritten by Norman LessingGuest stars Boris Karloff, Jules Munshin, Shirley Temple, John Mylong, Jimmy Carter, Fred Essler, John Ericson, James Bridges
Episode 5
Directed by Robert B. SinclairWritten by Frank GabrielsonGuest stars Jack Dimond, Sebastian Cabot, Ashley Cowan, Martyn Green, Judi Meredith, Milton Parsons, Fritz Feld, Tudor Owen
Episode 6
Abu Ali, son of the Emperor of China, Aladdin, is unable to choose a bride. Help comes from the genie of the Magic Lamp.
Directed by Robert B. SinclairWritten by Noel LangleyGuest stars Anthony Eustrel, Kuldip Singh, Jack Albertson, Billy Curtis, Sue England, Joey Faye, Charles Halton, Tom McKee
Episode 7
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.
Directed by Harry HornerWritten by Noel LangleyGuest stars E.G. Marshall, Leora Dana, Beverly Washburn, Paul Brinegar, Charles Davis, Terence de Marney, Ralph Dumke, Owen McGiveney
Episode 8
Tale of the a young woman cast in a spell that sends her to sleep and the prince who revives her.
Directed by Mitchell LeisenGuest stars Anne Helm, Judith Evelyn, Alexander Scourby, Nancy Marchand, Olive Deering, Vernon Gray, Pernell Roberts, Phillip Pine
Episode 9
Prince Dolor, heir to the throne of Grauthenia, has been imprisoned by wicked King Bertrand.
Directed by Harry HornerGuest stars Rex Thompson, Lorne Greene, Anna Lee, Peter Forster, Mickey Finn, George Mitchell, James Mitchell, Katherine Squire
Episode 10
Princess Alicia has trouble feeding all the children.
Directed by Oscar RudolphGuest stars Lisa Daniels, Barry Jones, Leo G. Carroll, J.M. Kerrigan, Rex Evans, Estelle Winwood, Christine Anderson, Jimmy Carter
Episode 11
A wicked queen turns her stepsons into swans and tries to kill her stepdaughter.
Directed by Richard MorrisGuest stars Olive Deering, Grant Williams, Phyllis Love, Robert Banas, Bob Chapman, Buzz Martin, Melville Cooper, Alfred Ryder
Episode 12
An adaptation of Longfellow's poem about two young lovers from rival Indian tribes.
Directed by Mitchell LeisenGuest stars John Ericson, Nyra Monsour, Katherine Warren, J. Carrol Naish, Pernell Roberts, Robert Warwick, Felix Locher, David Garcia
Episode 13
Prince Peter falls in love with a beautiful voice.
Directed by James NeilsonGuest stars Alexander Scourby, Carol Lynley, Don Dubbins, Agnes Moorehead, Marian Seldes, Philip Abbott
Episode 14
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.
Directed by James NeilsonGuest stars Nehemiah Persoff, Rafael Campos, Thomas Gomez, Robert Carricart, Miriam Colon, Alfred Ryder, Bruce Gordon, Vivian Nathan
Episode 15
The conniving tailor convinces the vain monarch that his invisible raiment really exists.
Directed by James NeilsonGuest stars Sebastian Cabot, Jimmie Horan, James Lanphier, Pernell Roberts, Richard Haydn, Barbara Lord, Yale Wexler, Eli Wallach
Episode 16
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.
Directed by Mitchell LeisenWritten by Malvin Wald, Malvin Wald, Henry F. GreenbergGuest stars Elsa Lanchester, Shirley Temple, Billy Gilbert, Carleton Carpenter, Rod McKuen, Lloyd Corrigan, Gene Nash, Lynn Alden
Episode information updated Sep 3, 2026
Shirley TempleKatrina Van Tassel
Gloria Vanderbilt
Jack DimondDick Whittington
Ted EcclesChristopher Robin
Claire BloomBeauty
Charlton HestonBeast
Russell CollinsAlpheus
E.G. MarshallRip Van Winkle
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