Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple.Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple.Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple.
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Shirley Temple's Storybook is a 1958-1961 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. —Paul Gerard Kennedy
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- TriviaThree of the first season shows were done live, and each of the three took ten days of preparation.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Biography: Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star (1996)
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Humming to myself after--eek!--48 years!
I Googled around today to figure out the name of a song I hummed a fragment of. It's from "The Land of Green Ginger," in this series (Jerry Livingston's "Abu Ali, the Mouse, and Boomalakka Wee"). I heard this on this series when I was five, which gives you an idea of how this show can linger. I also recently found my illustrated text version Storybook from 1958, which is a fond memory.
I'd be delighted to see this series on DVD. Near as I can tell from a visit to the site posted here by another IMDb user, only eleven shows thus far (from 1961) are. My remembered favorites are "Rapuzel," "The Land of Green Ginger," and "The Little Lame Prince," although it would take so little to bring back memories of more. Check the cast lists for the individual episodes--some heavy hitters!
I'd be delighted to see this series on DVD. Near as I can tell from a visit to the site posted here by another IMDb user, only eleven shows thus far (from 1961) are. My remembered favorites are "Rapuzel," "The Land of Green Ginger," and "The Little Lame Prince," although it would take so little to bring back memories of more. Check the cast lists for the individual episodes--some heavy hitters!
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