Shirley Temple's Storybook S1:E7

Beauty and the Beast

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.

Rumpelstiltskin

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.

The Nightingale

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.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Dick Wittington and His Cat

The Land of Green Ginger

Abu Ali, son of the Emperor of China, Aladdin, is unable to choose a bride. Help comes from the genie of the Magic Lamp.

The Sleeping Beauty

Tale of the a young woman cast in a spell that sends her to sleep and the prince who revives her.

The Little Lame Prince

Prince Dolor, heir to the throne of Grauthenia, has been imprisoned by wicked King Bertrand.

The Magic Fishbone

Princess Alicia has trouble feeding all the children.

The Wild Swans

A wicked queen turns her stepsons into swans and tries to kill her stepdaughter.

Hiawatha

An adaptation of Longfellow's poem about two young lovers from rival Indian tribes.

Rapunzel

Prince Peter falls in love with a beautiful voice.

Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

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.

The Emperor's New Clothes

The conniving tailor convinces the vain monarch that his invisible raiment really exists.

Mother Goose

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.