Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958-59)

Shirley Temple Theatre (1960-61)

Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive

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with contributions by: Rina Fox
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE'S STORYBOOK / SHIRLEY TEMPLE THEATRE

(also known as The Shirley Temple Show, Shirley Temple Family Theatre)

Produced by Henry Jaffe Enterprises

Jan 12 1958 - Dec 1959 (ABC) Mon 7:30-8:30 (16 Specials)

Sep 1960 - Sep 1961 (NBC) Sun 7:00-8:00

Hosted by Shirley Temple

Video -  Shirley Temple Festival  (2hrs 14 min)
A variety of shorts from Shirley Temple's early career.

 Video -  The Little Princess  (TCF) (1939 Movie)

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1.01 [01] Shirley Temple's Storybook: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

12-Jan-1958

Adapted by Joseph Schrank

Story by Andrew Lang
Based on the novel by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

cast:

Shirley Temple ...... Narrator

Charlton Heston ...... The Beast

Claire Bloom ...... Beauty

E.G. Marshall ...... the Merchant

June Lockhart ..... Beauty's Sister

Barbara Baxley ...... Beauty's Sister

Synopsis:

The merchant must give up one of his three daughters, or he loses his life.

Beauty sacrifices herself and so the story continues. [RF]

Synopsis 2:
A merchant traveling home through the forest is lost in a raging blizzard.

Near death from the cold he comes upon a strange and beautiful castle.

Within, a mysterious unseen host offers him food and a place to rest. Next morning,

recovered, the merchant prepares to resume his journey home. But as he is leaving,

he plucks a rose in the castle garden for his daughter Beauty. All at once he is

confronted by a roaring, ugly beast. Angry that the merchant has dared to take one

of the flowers, the beast threatens to kill the merchant unless he sends one of his

 three daughters to the castle within the month. [RF]

1.02 [02] Shirley Temple's Storybook: RUMPELSTILTSKIN

02-Feb-1958

adapted by Frank Gabrielson

based on the Grimm Brothers fairy-tale

music by Mack David

cast:

Kurt Kasznar ....... Hans Franz

Phyllis Love ....... Elsa

Shai Ophir ....... Rumpelstiltskin

Jonathan Harris ....... Lord Karsch

Celia Lovsky ...... Old Krone

John Raitt ...... King

Otto Waldis

Pernell Roberts ..... Count Schoenfeld

Synopsis:

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. [RF]

1.03 [03] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE NIGHTINGALE

19-Feb-1958

Adapted by Alvin Sapinsley

Story by Hans Christian Andersen

music by Mack David & Jerry Livingstone
songs: "Chinese Nightingale" and "Honorable Everybody".

cast:

Judith Braun ....... Fifteenth Chambermaid

Liam Sullivan ..... Prince

Thomas Mitchell ..... Emperor

Russell Collins ..... Royal Chamberlain

Dayton Lummis ..... Figure of Death

Robert Stevenson ..... Royal Forrester

Milton Parsons ..... Royal Astronomer

Lisa Lu ..... Lady Thousand-Thrush

Robert H. Harris ..... Royal Music Master

Synopsis:
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. [RF]

1.04 [04] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

05-Mar-1958

Adapted by Norman Lessing

Story by Washington Irving

Directed by Paul Bogart

cast:

Shirley Temple ...... Katrina Van Tassel

Russell Collins ...... Alpheus

John Ericson ...... Brom Bones

Fred Essler ..... Baltus Van Tassel

Boris Karloff ...... Father Knickerbocker

Jules Munshin ...... Ichabod Crane

John Mylong ...... the Horseman

1.05 [05] Shirley Temple's Storybook: DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT

23-Mar-1958 NBC Sun (original airdate)
Adapted by Frank Gabrielson
Story by Fred Banbery
music by Mack David and Jerry Livingston
cast:
Jack Dimond ....... Dick Wittington
Martyn Green ...... Mr. Fitzwarren
Ashley Cowan ...... Arthur Gooley
Sebastian Cabot ... King
Judi Meredith ..... Alice Fitzwarren

with
Rhubarb the Cat

and the
Mitchell Singing Boys Choir
Synopsis:
Dick Whittington, a country lad, goes to London to seek his fortune.

When kindly Mr. Fitzwarren, a mercer, hires him. Dick uses his earnings to

buy a cat. Mistreated by the apprentice Gooley, Dick starts to run away. But he returns

when the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow predict he will be thrice Lord Mayor of London.
*Note: The legend began around Richard Whittington, an actual Lord Mayor of London

five centuries ago. Rhubarb the cat also played the title role in a baseball movie called "Rhubarb".
Two songs featured are: "The Streets Are Paved With Gold" and "If Pennies Were Wishes". [RF]
 

1.06 [06] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE LAND OF GREEN GINGER

18-Apr-1958

Story & Adaptation by Noel Langley

cast:

Anthony Eustrel ........ Aladdin

Jack Albertson ....... Tintac Ping Foo

Sue England ....... Silverbud

Joey Faye ....... Rubdub Ben Thud

Kuldeep Singh ..... Abu Ali

Synopsis:
Abu Ali, son of the Emperor of China, Aladdin, is unable to choose a bride.

Help comes from the genie of the Magic Lamp. [RF]

1.07 [07] Shirley Temple's Storybook: RIP VAN WINKLE

06-May-1958 (rerun 02Feb59)

Adapted by Noel Langley

Story by Washington Irving

cast:

E.G. Marshall ....... Rip Van Winkle

Beverly Washburn ...... Judith

Owen McGiveney ...... Peter Vanderdonk

Billy Barty ...... Dwarf

Paul Brinegar ...... Van Kimmel

Leora Dana ...... Dame Van Winkle

Ralph Dumke ...... Tooley

Fred Sherman ...... Brom Dutcher

Charles Davis ...... Alderman Donkle

Terrence De Marney ...... Sergeant

Synopsis:

Realizing that her husband Rip is an incurable dreamer, Dame Van Winkle

decides to sell the house and leave him. She sends him on an errand but Rip

 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. [RF]

1.08 [08] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

08-Jun-1958

Adapted by Margaret Fitts

Story by Charles Perrault

cast:

Anne Helm ......... Sleeping Beauty

Judith Evelyn ....... Black Fairy

Nancy Marchand ....... Queen

Alexander Scourby ..... King

Pernell Roberts ....... Thorabore

Olive Deering ....... Grimgerda

Vernon Gray ....... Aidan

Phillip Pine ....... Gall

Robert Quarry ....... Perriscal

Adeline deWalt Reynolds ...... Old Woman

Synopsis 1:

The King and Queen have long wanted a child, and the Black Fairy agrees to

help them get their wish. But after a daughter is born to the couple, they provoke

the Black Fairy's wrath when they fail to invite her to the child's christening. The Black

Fairy then casts a spell over the Princess, foretelling that before the child reaches

womanhood, a spindle point will pierce her hand and put her into a deep slumber. [RF]

Synopsis 2:

Tale of the a young woman cast in a spell that sends her

to sleep and the prince who revives her.

1.09 [09] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE

15-Jul-1958

Adapted by S.S. Schweitzer

Story by Dinah Maria Murdock Craik

cast:

Lorne Greene ...... King Bertrand

Anna Lee ...... Fairy Godmother

Rex Thompson ...... Prince Dolor

Katherine Squire ..... Flora

James Mitchell ...... Marko

Joan Weldon ...... Amelia

Mickey Finn ...... Quinto

George Mitchell ...... Frederick

Ottola Nesmith ...... Soothsayer

Peter Forster ....... Captain

Synopsis:
Prince Dolor, heir to the throne of Grauthenia, has been

imprisoned by wicked King Bertrand. [RF]

1.10 [10] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE MAGIC FISHBONE

19-Aug-1958

Adapted by Margaret Fitts

Based on a story by Charles Dickens

cast:

Terry Burnham ...... Princess

Jimmy Carter ....... Prince

Leo G. Carroll ....... Mr. Gingery

Estelle Winwood ....... Fairy Grandmarina

Lisa Daniels ........ Princess Alicia

Barry Jones ........ King Watkins

J.M. Kerrigan ...... Mr. Pickles

Rex Evans ...... Mr. Muffins

Richard Lupino ....... Fishmonger's Boy

Synopsis:
Princess Alicia has trouble feeding all the children. [RF]

1.11 [11] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE WILD SWANS

12-Sep-1958

Adapted by Jean Holloway

Story by Hans Christian Andersen

Directed by Richard Morris

cast:

Phyllis Love ........ the Princess Elisa

Olive Deering .......... Queen Flavia

Joseph Wiseman ......... Sorcerer

Grant Williams ......... King Julio

Alfred Ryder ........... First Minister

Melville Cooper ........ Binky

Bob Chapman ......... Brother

Buzz Martin ......... Brother

Robert Banas ......... Brother

Synopsis:
A wicked queen turns her stepsons into swans and

 tries to kill her stepdaughter. [RF]

1.12 [12] Shirley Temple's Storybook: HIAWATHA

05-Oct-1958

Adapted by Frank Gabrielson
Based on the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

cast:

John Ericson .......... Hiawatha
Nyra Monsour .......... Minnehaha
J. Carroll Naish ...... Lagoo
Katharine Warren ...... Nokomis
Read Morgan ........... Kwasinol
Pernell Roberts ....... Pau-Puk-Keewis
Robert Warwick ........ Muh-Ah-Genta
Richard Hale .......... Megissogwon
David Garcia .......... Chibiabos

Synopsis:

A Native American fable set by the shores of the Gitchy Goomy.

Synopsis 2:
An adaptation of Longfellow's poem about two young

lovers from rival Indian tribes. [RF]

1.13 [13] Shirley Temple's Storybook: RAPUNZEL

27-Oct-1958

Adapted by F. William Durkee Jr.

Based on the story by the Grimm Brothers

cast:

Don Dubbins ....... Prince Peter

Carol Lynley ....... Rapunzel

Agnes Moorehead ....... Witch

Alexander Scourby ....... King

Philip Abbott ....... Husband

Marian Seldes ....... Widow Enga

Synopsis:
Prince Peter falls in love with a beautiful voice. [RF]

1.14 [14] Shirley Temple's Storybook: ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES

12-Nov-1958

adapted by Norman Lessing

cast:

Thomas Gomez ....... Kasim

Nehemiah Persoff ....... Ali Baba

Vivian Nathan ....... Wife

Bruce Gordon ....... Robber Captain

Miriam Colon ....... Morgiana

Rafael Compos ....... Abdullah

Robert Carricart ....... Koali

Alfred Ryder ....... Hussein

Synopsis:

"Open Sesame" is the password to adventure as poor Ali finds

a bandits' cave loaded with treasure.  [RF]

1.15 [15] Shirley Temple's Storybook: THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

25-Nov-1958

adapted by Norman Lessing

story by Hans Christian Andersen

directed by James Neilson

cast:

Eli Wallach ....... Simon the Tailor

Sebastien Cabot ....... the Emperor

Richard Haydn ....... the Prime Minister

Pernell Roberts ....... Count DeSpard

Barbara Lord ....... Princess Sophy

Yale Wexler ...... Prince Nils

Mickey Maga ...... the Child

Synopsis:

The conniving tailor convinces the vain monarch that his

 invisible rainment really exists.  [RF]

1.16 [16] Shirley Temple's Storybook: MOTHER GOOSE

21-Dec-1958 (repeat 21Dec59)

adapted by Henry F. Greenberg
directed by Mitchell Leisen

cast:

Shirley Temple ........ Polly Baker
Elsa Lanchester ....... Mother Goose
Rod McKuen ............ Simple Simon
William Allyn ......... Prince George
Carleton Carpenter .... Tom the Piper's Son
Lloyd Corrigan ........ Wee Willie Winkie
Billy Gilbert ......... Able Baker, the Mayor
Lynn Alden ............ Jill
Louise Glenn .......... Sukey
Synopsis 1:
Mother Goose travels to Wayfair and tries to save the town's annual fair,

which has been cancelled by young Polly Baker's father, the Mayor. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
As both hostess and star of a musical fantasy about Mother Goose characters,

Shirley Temple introduces her three children, Charles, Lori and Susan.
It's 1785. The Mayor of Skeddlestone, England, threatens to close

 the fair if last year's rowdyism is repeated. [RF]

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1959 repeats of episodes 1 to 16.   (12Jan59-21Dec59)(ABC)

 Shirley Temple Theatre (1960-61) (new title)

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NBC Sundays 7:00-8:00pm Eastern (18Sep60-10Sep61)

2.01 [17] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE LAND OF OZ

18-Sept-1960 NBC Sunday 7:00pm Eastern

Produced by William Asher

adapted by Frank Gabrielson

written by Frank Baum

directed by William Corrigan

cast:

Shirley Temple  ....... Dorothy
Frances Bergen ....... Glinda the Good
Ben Blue ............. Scarecrow
Gil Lamb ............. Tin Woodman
Agnes Moorehead ...... Mombi the Witch
Sterling Holloway .... Jack Pumpkinhead
Arthur Treacher ...... Graves, Nikidik's Butler
Jonathan Winters ..... Lord Nikidik
Mel Blanc ............ Sawhorse, Others (voice)
Charles Boaz ......... Colonel
William Keene ........ Royal Army of Oz
Norman Leavitt ....... Repairman
Mari Lynn ............ Jellia Jamb
Louis Merrill ........ Court Doctor

2.02 [18] Shirley Temple Theatre: KIM

25-Sep-1960 (rerun 18Jun61)

story by Rudyard Kipling

cast:

Michael Rennie ............ Captain Creighton

Tony Haig ............... Kim O'Hara

Arnold Moss ........... White Suit

Joseph Wiseman ........... Lurgan

Alan Napier ......... Colonel Devlin

E.J. Andre .......... Lama

Luis Van Rooten .......... Chundar

Synopsis:

After the death of his Irish father, Kim was left to grow up in the streets of Lahore.

Sent to school by a Tibetan Lama, he's on a holiday when he meets

Captain Creighton - a British Secret Agent. [RF]

2.03 [19] Shirley Temple Theatre: WINNIE THE POOH

03-Oct-1960

adapted by A.J. Russell
story by A.A. Milne
directed by Burt Shevelove

cast:

Shirley Temple  ....... Christopher Robin's Mother
Ted Eccles ........... Christopher Robin
Franz Fazakas ........ Pooh
Carl Harms ........... Tigger
Frank Sullivan ....... Rabbit/Owl
Bil Baird ............ Eeyore
Cora Baird ........... Kanga

2.04 [20] Shirley Temple Theatre: TOM & HUCK

09-Oct-1960

Based on the novel by Mark Twain

cast:

David Ladd  ........... Tom Sawyer
Teddy Rooney ......... Huck Finn
Ruthie Robinson ...... Becky Thatcher
Paul Stevens ......... Injun Joe
Janet Blair .......... Aunt Polly
Jackie Coogan ........ Marshal Rogers
Dan Duryea ........... Muff

2.05 [21] Shirley Temple Theatre: MADELINE

16Oct-1960 (rerun 09Apr61)

Adapted by Sol Saks
Based on the story by Ludwig Bemelmans

cast:

Gina Gillespie  ....... Madeline
Imogene Coca ......... Miss Clavel
Lou Krugman .......... Mr. Murgittroyd
Michel Petit ......... Pepito
Jane Rose ............ Gypsy Mother
Rusty Stevens ........ Gypsy Boy
Billy Gilbert ........ Gypsy Father
Shari Lee Bernath .... Girl
Kirk Kirkham ......... Magician
Heidi Meadows ........ Little Girl
Synopsis:
Madeline is an imaginative and completely uninhibited nine-year-old who

lives in a big mansion in Paris with 11 other little girls and a stern governess

 named Miss Clavel. One day, Madeline meets a little boy named Pepito,

who is the son of the Spanish ambassador. The two of them decide

 to look for adventure together. [RF]
 

2.06 [22] Shirley Temple Theatre: LITTLE MEN

23-Oct-1960 (rerun 16Apr61 & 17Sep61 NBC Sun Color)

Adapted by Ed James

Based on Louisa May Alcott's novel

cast:

Fernando Lamas ......... Prof. Fritz Bhaer

Shirley Temple ......... Jo March Bhaer

Bobby Crawford ............ Dan Baker

Eleanor Audley ........... Miss Collingwood

Maurice Dallimore ........... Cork

Mary Wickes ........... Hannah

Mike Kellin ........ Gyppo

Michael McGreevey

Synopsis:
Professor Fritz Bhaer and his wife Jo operate the exclusive Plumfield School for Boys.

All goes well until the arrival of Dan Baker - a lad's who's in the habit of

running away from home.  [RF]

*Note: This was the last show of the series for the 1961 season.

2.07 [23] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER

30-Oct-1960 (rerun 23Apr61)

Adapted by Henry F. Greenberg & Malvin Wald

Based on the story by Mark Twain

Directed by David Greene

cast:

Peter Lazer .......... the Prince & the Pauper (aka Peter R.J. Deyell)
Julie Sommars ........ Princess Mary
Gig Young ............ Miles Hendon
Ronald Lang .......... Lord St. John
Portland Mason ....... Princess Elizabeth
Richard Ney .......... Earl of Hertford
Paul Playdon ......... Hugo
Laurie Main .......... Archbishop of Canterbury
Ted de Corsia ........ Ruffler
Synopsis:
Young Tom Canty sneaks into the Royal Palace with the intention of stealing

some gold. Who should he run into but Edward, Prince of Wales and the

two boys are delighted to discover they look exactly alike. [RF]
 

2.08 [24] Shirley Temple Theatre: EMMY LOU

06-Nov-1960

based on the comic strip by Marty Links

cast:

Bernadette Withers  ... Emmy Lou
Marjorie Reynolds .... Betty
Fred Clark ........... Henry
Shirley Mitchell ..... Alice
Jimmy Boyd ........... Alvin
Frankie Avalon ....... Himself

2.09 [25] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE RELUCTANT DRAGON

13-Nov-1960 (rerun 07May61)

adapted by Richard Deroy

Musical version of Kenneth Grahame's fable

Music by Jack Brooks

cast:

Jonathan Harris ........... Dragon (voice)

Shirley Temple .......... Gillian

Alice Pearce ......... Rebecca

John Raitt ....... St. George

Synopsis:

There's a dragon loose in the English countryside. Some people are

so frightened that they hire a brave knight named St. George to slay

the creature. But there are others who know that the dragon is really

a peaceful soul who spends a good deal of his time writing poetry. [RF]

2.10 [26] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE BLACK ARROW

27-Nov-1960

adapted by David P. Harmon
based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson

cast:

Marshall Reed  ........ Black Arrow
Carroll O'Connor ..... Appleyard
Jacques Aubuchon ..... Sir Daniel Brackley
Henry Daniell ........ Sir Oliver
Douglas Henderson .... Sir Charles
Tony Haig ............ Richard Shelton
Noel Drayton ......... Richard Crookback
Sean McClory ......... Lawless

2.11 [27] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE INDIAN CAPTIVE

04-Dec-1960

cast:

Cloris Leachman  ...... Martha
Doris Dowling ........ Dark Water
Steve Cochran ........ Chief Cornplanter
Anne Seymour ......... Indian Queen
Tom Carty ............ Tom

2.12 [28] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES

11-Dec-1960 (rerun 04Jun61)

Adapted by Irving Gaynor Neiman

Based on a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Music by Walter Scharf

cast:

Shirley Temple ........ Phoebe Pyncheon

Agnes Moorehead ........... Hepzibah Pyncheon

Robert Culp ........... Holgrave

Jonathan Harris ......... Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon

Martin Landau .......... Clifford Pyncheon

John Abbott ........ Uncle Vanner

Synopsis:

Young Phoebe has come to the city to better herself, and she plans to stay

with Cousin Hepzibah at the imposing Pyncheon Mansion. [RF]

2.13 [29] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE BLACK SHEEP

18-Dec-1960 (rerun 11Jun61)

Adapted by Shimon Wincelberg

story by Rudyard Kipling

cast:

Geraldine Fitzgerald ......... Aunt Rosa

Gloria Vanderbilt ........ Alice Kipling

Dennis Kohler .......... Rudyard Kipling

Liam Redmond ............. Captain Harry

Philip Baird ........... John Kipling

Karen Lee ............ Trix

Pat Close ............ Harold

Synopsis:

Young Kipling's family lives in turbulent India. When the native uprisings

become so violent that their home is threatened, John and Alice Kipling

decide to send the children back to England to live with their Aunt Rosa. [RF]

2.14 [30] Shirley Temple Theatre: BABES IN TOYLAND

24-Dec-1960

adapted by Jack Brooks
story by Sheldon Keller
directed by Bob Henry

cast:

Shirley Temple  ....... Floretta
Angela Cartwright .... Jane
Paul Ford ............ Toymaker
Jonathan Winters ..... Uncle Barnaby
Jerry Colonna ........ Gonzales
Michel Petit ......... Alan
Hanley Stafford ...... Toymaker
Carl Ballantine ...... Gonzorgo
Joe Besser ........... Rodrigo
Bob Jellison ......... Jailer
Ray Kellogg .......... Officer

2.15 [31] Shirley Temple Theatre: PIPPI LONGSTOCKING

08-Jan-1961

Adapted by William Crewson
based on the novel by Astrid Lindgren

cast:

Gina Gillespie ......... Susan Scholfield/Pippi Longstocking

Jennifer Gillespie ......... Betsy Scholfield

Willard Waterman ........ Papa Efraim

Renie Riano ......... Miss Lindquist

Ted de Corsia ........... Policeman

2.16 [32] Shirley Temple Theatre: KING MIDAS (AKA THE GOLDEN TOUCH)

15-Jan-1961 (rerun 25Jun61)
Adapted by Sheldon Keller and Jack Brooks
Musical Conductor Walter Scharf
cast:
Paul Ford .......... King Midas
Julius LaRosa ...... Richard Brass
Arthur Treacher .... Sterling
Wally Cox .......... Dexter Presto
Anne Helm .......... Marigold
Lou Krugman ........ Presto the Magician
Lindsay Workman .... Bookkeeper
Synopsis:
Midas has a mighty passion for gold, and when his bookkeeper informs

him that $86 out of 40 million in the till has been spent during the year,

 he's naturally upset. Thank heaven his loyal subjects are coming

 across with his weight in gold the very next day. [RF]
Highlights:
"Somebody", "Smile" ......... La Rosa
"Marigold, I Love Thee" ..... Cox
"Wish Me A Happy Birthday" .. Ford
 

2.17 [33] Shirley Temple Theatre: REBEL GUN

22-Jan-1961

Adapted by Barney Slater
From a novel by Arthur Steuer
cast:
Robert Morse ....... Drum Carpenter
Jackie Coogan ...... Sam Brady
Christopher Dark ... Frank James
Wesley Lau ......... Sheriff Westram
Robert Sampson ..... Cole Younger
J. Pat O'Malley .... Jim Cummins
Robert F. Simon .... Coroner Prior
Synopsis:
The Civil War is over, and carpetbagger Sam Brady is in Missouri,

trying to take over a farm belonging to the Carpenter Family.

In an argument over the seizure, young Drum Carpenter shoots

Brady's sidekick Sheriff Westram in self-defense. [RF]
 

2.18 [34] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE TERRIBLE CLOCKMAN

29-Jan-1961

adapted by Bernard Schoenfeld
based on the novel "Master Zacharias" by Jules Verne

cast:

Garrett Lewis  ........ the Clockman
John Wengraf ......... the King
Shirley Temple ....... Gerande
Sam Jaffe ............ Zacharias
Eric Portman ......... Van Der Graf
David Frankham ....... Aubert
Jacques Aubuchon ..... Burgomaster
Betty Garde .......... Flower Woman
George Ives .......... Apothecary
Jon Peters ........... Ironmonger
Joe Higgons .......... Tavern Keeper

2.19 [35] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE FAWN

05-Feb-1961 (rerun 30Jul61)

adapted by Barney Slater

from a story by Lucille Duffy

cast:

Robert Crawford Jr. .......... McGill

Charles McGraw ........... Josh

Jane Darwell ........... Grandma

Jena Engstrom ............. Kathy

Tommy Turk ............ Jody

Dan Sheridan ........... Henry

Synopsis:

McGill won the local shooting contest last year, and he seems a natural

for this year's title. Out in the woods one day, the boy finds a wounded

fawn. The animal's condition saddens McGill, and he resolves never to

fire a gun again. [RF]

2.20 [36] Shirley Temple Theatre: ONAWANDAH

12-Feb-1961 (rerun 23Jul61)

adapted by Robert Bassing
based on Louisa May Alcott's novel "Onawandah".

cast:

David Kent ......... Onawandah

Shirley Temple ........ Emily Winters

Billy E. Hughes ............ Daniel Winters

Virginia Christine ........... Rebecca Baines

Jock Gaynor ........... Bold Eagle

Harry Townes ............ Parson Baines

Ken Lynch ........... Travers
Tudor Owen ........... Kyle
Richard Keith ............. Little Bears
Synopsis:
Onawandah, a small Indian lad, makes his way into a Puritan settlement in search

of shelter. A nervous guard shoots the youth, who is carried to the home of widow

Emily Winters for medical attention. Emily and her son Daniel plan to nurse the boy to

his health, but the other settlers are opposed to having a heathen among them. [RF]

2.21 [37] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE RETURN OF LONG JOHN SILVER

19-Feb-1961

Adapted by Barney Slater
story by John Connell
based on the characters by Robert Louis Stevenson

cast:

James Westerfield  .... Long John Silver
Tony Haig ............ Jamie Hawkins
Tim O'Connor ......... Captain Jim Hawkins
Jimmy Carter ......... Walter
Robert Carricart ..... Tonio
Lou Krugman .......... Blodgett
Walter Burke ......... Mouse
Ralph Faulkner ....... Pirate

2.22 [38] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE LITTLE MERMAID

05-Mar-1961 (rerun 13Aug61)

Adapted by Bernard C. Schoenfeld

Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen

cast:

Shirley Temple  ....... the Little Mermaid
Donald Harron ........ the Prince
Nina Foch ............ Merwitch
Ray Walston .......... Sting Ray
Torin Thatcher ....... Human King
Cathleen Nesbitt ..... Granny Mermaid
John Hoyt ............ Prince's Aide
J. Pat O'Malley ...... Merking
Francine York ........ Human Princess
Nancy Kulp ........... Guardian

Synopsis:

During a violent storm, a handsome prince is thrown from the deck of his ship into

the raging sea, and is rescued by a beautiful mermaid. The mermaid, smitten

with the prince, asks her wise grandmother how to become a human. [RF]

2.23 [39] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE PEG-LEG PIRATE OF SULU

12-Mar-1961

Adapted by Norman Katkov
from Cora Cheney's children's book

cast:

Claude Akins  ......... Peg-leg the Pirate
Eugene Martin ........ Ping
Howard Caine ......... Tatay
Miriam Colon ......... Nanay
Thayer Roberts ....... Father Juan
Edgar Stehli ......... Grandfather

Synopsis:
On the island of Cebu in the Philippines, a young boy named Ping meets a fearsome

Moro pirate who has been hiding on the beach. But the pirate doesn't want to harm

Ping - he wants the boy to bring a priest from the town. [RF]

2.24 [40] Shirley Temple Theatre: THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLINS

19-Mar-1961

cast:

Shirley Temple  ....... Princess Irene
Jack Ging ............ Curdie Peterson
Mary Wickes .......... Lottie
Irene Hervey ......... Esperanza
Alice Pearce ......... Goblin Queen

2.25 [41] Shirley Temple Theatre: TWO FOR THE ROAD

16-Jul-1961

cast:

Richard Eyer  ......... Bob Bennett
Robert Carricart ..... Pariente
Robert Emhardt ....... Major Hickock
Don Keefer ........... Chuck Clark
Theodore Marcuse ..... Cal
Phillip Pine ......... Mr. Simpson
George Navarro ....... Policeman

Video -  Shirley Temple Festival  (2hrs 14 min)
A variety of shorts from Shirley Temple's early career.

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