Episodes
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1. Beauty and the Beast
12 Jan 1958 · 60 min
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.
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2. Rumpelstiltskin
2 Feb 1958 · 60 min
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.
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3. The Nightingale
18 Feb 1958 · 60 min
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.
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4. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
5 Mar 1958 · 60 min
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5. Dick Wittington and His Cat
23 Mar 1958 · 60 min
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6. The Land of Green Ginger
18 Apr 1958 · 60 min
Abu Ali, son of the Emperor of China, Aladdin, is unable to choose a bride. Help comes from the genie of the Magic Lamp.
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7. Rip Van Winkle
6 May 1958 · 60 min
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.
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8. The Sleeping Beauty
8 Jun 1958 · 60 min
Tale of the a young woman cast in a spell that sends her to sleep and the prince who revives her.
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9. The Little Lame Prince
15 Jul 1958 · 60 min
Prince Dolor, heir to the throne of Grauthenia, has been imprisoned by wicked King Bertrand.
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10. The Magic Fishbone
19 Aug 1958 · 60 min
Princess Alicia has trouble feeding all the children.
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11. The Wild Swans
12 Sept 1958 · 60 min
A wicked queen turns her stepsons into swans and tries to kill her stepdaughter.
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12. Hiawatha
18 Oct 1958 · 60 min
An adaptation of Longfellow's poem about two young lovers from rival Indian tribes.
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13. Rapunzel
27 Oct 1958 · 60 min
Prince Peter falls in love with a beautiful voice.
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14. Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
12 Nov 1958 · 60 min
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.
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15. The Emperor's New Clothes
25 Nov 1958 · 60 min
The conniving tailor convinces the vain monarch that his invisible raiment really exists.
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16. Mother Goose
21 Dec 1958 · 60 min
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.
Shirley Temple's Storybook Season 1: quick answers
How many episodes are in Shirley Temple's Storybook Season 1?
Season 1 of Shirley Temple's Storybook has 16 episodes, about 16 hours in total.
When did Shirley Temple's Storybook Season 1 come out?
Season 1 premiered on 12 Jan 1958.