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Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
Overview
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. Temple's three children made their acting debuts in the last episode of the first season, "Mother Goose".
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Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.8
Overview
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. Temple's three children made their acting debuts in the last episode of the first season, "Mother Goose".
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Leans Traditional
Primary
This series adapts classic children's stories, focusing on universal moral lessons and entertainment rather than contemporary political ideologies. Its apolitical subject matter and emphasis on timeless virtues lead to a neutral rating.
This classic anthology series from the late 1950s features traditional casting, predominantly white, with no intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. The narratives, based on classic fairy tales, present traditional identities neutrally or positively without any explicit critique.
Secondary
The series adapts classic fairy tales and children's stories, many of which implicitly uphold virtues and moral frameworks consistent with Christian values, such as kindness, forgiveness, and the triumph of good. While not overtly religious, the narrative aligns with a generally positive and affirming view of these virtues.
Shirley Temple's Storybook, a children's anthology series from the late 1950s, did not feature any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its content focused on traditional adaptations of classic stories, making no explicit or implicit references to queer identities or experiences.
Shirley Temple's Storybook, a children's anthology series from 1958, focuses on adaptations of classic fairy tales and stories. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present within its episodes, aligning with the typical content and social norms of children's programming from that era.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This anthology series adapts classic fairy tales and stories. There is no evidence or record of major, canonically gendered characters from the source material being portrayed with a different gender in any of its episodes.
Shirley Temple's Storybook adapted various classic fairy tales and stories. Characters in these tales generally do not have an explicitly defined race in their original source material, making it difficult to establish a canonical race for a 'race swap' to occur. There is no evidence of a character whose race was explicitly established in source material being portrayed as a different race.
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