Shirley Temple's Storybook is a 1958–61 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 Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel The House of the Seven Gables, was meant for older youngsters.
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | |
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| Also known as | The Shirley Temple Show Shirley Temple Theatre |
| Directed by | William Corrigan Bob Henry Harry Horner Richard Morris Robert B. Sinclair |
| Presented by | Shirley Temple |
| Narrated by | Shirley Temple |
| Composers | Jack Brooks Jerry Livingston Vic Mizzy Arthur Morton Walter Scharf Vic Schoen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 41 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | William H. Brown Jr. |
| Producers | William Asher Paul Bogart Alvin Cooperman |
| Cinematography | Gert Andersen |
| Editor | Henry Batista |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company | Henry Jaffe Enterprises Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC (1958) |
| Release | January 12, 1958 – July 16, 1961 |
The first season of sixteen black-and-white and colored episodes aired on NBC between January 12 and December 21, 1958 as Shirley Temple's Storybook. Thirteen episodes of the first season re-ran on ABC beginning on January 12, 1959.[1] The second season of twenty-five color episodes aired on NBC as The Shirley Temple Show between September 18, 1960 and July 16, 1961 in much the same format.[2][3]
Episode list
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Season 1
editSeason 2
editBook collections
editRandom House published three fairy tale collections under Temple's name based on the first season: Shirley Temple's Storybook (the complete season, except for "Hiawatha" and "Mother Goose," and including one additional story, "The Valiant Little Tailor"), Shirley Temple's Fairyland (selections from the first season), and Shirley Temple's Stories That Never Grow Old (selections from the first season). A fourth book, Shirley Temple's Favorite Tales of Long Ago (illustrated and published by Random House in 1958) includes "The Magic Fishbone", "The Nightingale", "The Valiant Little Tailor", and "The Little Lame Prince".
Home media
editThe full series anthology has not been released, however selected episodes of the second season were released on Region 1 DVD in 2006.[7] First Run Video released all sixteen of the first-season episodes, all in black and white, on VHS tapes in 1989. Wood Knapp Video re-released thirteen of the episodes from the first season in extended play speed on VHS tape. The episodes were "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Hiawatha", "The Land of Green Ginger", "The Magic Fishbone", "The Nightingale", "Rapunzel", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Lame Prince", "Mother Goose", "Rip Van Winkle", "The Sleeping Beauty", "The Wild Swans", and "Dick Wittington and His Cat".
Award nomination
edit| Year | Award | Result | Category |
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| 1961 | Primetime Emmy Award | Nominated | Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming |
References
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- ^ Scott, Vernon (1959-01-12). "Shirley's Show Proves to Be Just Too Costly". The Bend Bulletin. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 452–453. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
- ^ Windeler, Robert (1978). The Films of Shirley Temple. New York: Carol Publishing Group. p. 255. ISBN 0-8065-0725-X.
- ^ "Shirley Temple's Storybook". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. 1958-01-11. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ Wolters, Larry (1958-01-13). "WHERE TO DIAL TODAY". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ "SHIRLEY TEMPLE TAKES A TV ROLE; Hostess of 'Storybook' Show Will Play Part March 5 -Niven Acquires Script". The New York Times. February 13, 1958. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ Lambert, David (2006-04-23). "Shirley Temple's Storybook DVD release". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2009-06-08.