Shirley Temple's Storybook 66 years old
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. The first season of sixteen black-and-white and colored episodes aired on NBC between January 12, 1958 and December 21, 1958 as Shirley Temple's Storybook. Thirteen episodes of the first season re-ran on ABC beginning on January 12, 1959. 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 that it had under its original title. Temple's three children made their acting debuts in the last episode of the first season, "Mother Goose". When a stagehand said 'shit' during a "Mother Goose" rehearsal, Temple had him fired, telling the stunned cast it was a children's show–although no children were present during the rehearsal. Three of the first season episodes were done live, and each of the three took ten days of preparation. Temple read each script and made suggestions for improvement if necessary.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Barbara Baxley She was 35 , 67 years old when she died | |
| Shirley Temple She was 29 , 85 years old when she died | as Narrator |
| Jonathan Winters He was 32 , 87 years old when he died | |
| Boris Karloff He was 70 , 81 years old when he died | |
| J. M. Kerrigan He was 73 , 79 years old when he died | |
| Leo G. Carroll He was 65 , 79 years old when he died | |
| Barry Jones He was 64 , 88 years old when he died | |
| Jack Dimond | as Dick Whittington |
| Sebastian Cabot He was 474 , 493 years old when he died | as King |
| Estelle Winwood She was 74 , 101 years old when she died | |
| Richard Lupino He was 28 , 75 years old when he died |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Paul Bogart Directing He was 38 , 92 years old when he died | Director |
| Paul Bogart Production He was 38 , 92 years old when he died | Producer |
| Sheldon Keller Writing He was 34 , 85 years old when he died | Writer |
| Burt Shevelove Directing He was 42 , 66 years old when he died | Director |
| Bernard C. Schoenfeld Writing He was 50 , 72 years old when he died | Writer |
| William Asher Production He was 36 , 90 years old when he died | Producer |
| Robert B. Sinclair Directing He was 52 , 64 years old when he died | Director |
| David Greene Directing He was 36 , 82 years old when he died | Director |
| Malvin Wald Writing He was 40 , 90 years old when he died | Writer |
| Mitchell Leisen Directing He was 59 , 74 years old when he died | Director |
Shirley Temple's Storybook (66 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1958-01-12
- Runtime: [60] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 41