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Hallmark Hall of Fame

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Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Amahl and the Night Visitors

1. Amahl and the Night Visitors

2h

24th Dec 1951

Broadcast live from New York, Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas story was the first opera commissioned for television, and was repeated in several subsequent telecasts.

Doctor Serocold

2. Doctor Serocold

2h

6th Jan 1952

A Hollywood press agent is assigned to promote a starlet with whom he was once in love.

Love Story

3. Love Story

2h

13th Jan 1952

Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.

The Big Build-Up

4. The Big Build-Up

2h

20th Jan 1952

Dramatization of the love affair between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

The Story of Roger Williams

5. The Story of Roger Williams

2h

27th Jan 1952

In 1631 Roger Williams landed in Boston. He had come to America to find freedom of belief and worship; instead, he found the church here still connected to the church in England and just as oppressive. He refused to join the church in Boston because it still held communion with the Church of England, from which he had just fled. He thought it his duty to renounce all connection with any church that would stain its hands in the blood of the Lord's people.

Florence Nightingale

6. Florence Nightingale

2h

3rd Feb 1952

Biography of Florence Nightingale: her determination to build hospitals and train nurses for the sick and disabled during the Crimean War, her correspondence with the Minister of War, and the letter of appreciation she received from Queen Victoria.

Woman with a Sword

7. Woman with a Sword

2h

10th Feb 1952

Story of Anna Ella Carroll, prominent member of a Maryland family who served as unofficial but close advisor and special representative to President Lincoln.

The Plot to Kidnap General Washington

8. The Plot to Kidnap General Washington

2h

17th Feb 1952

Irish-American tailor Hercules Mulligan's contribution to the American Revolution.

Mistress of the White House

9. Mistress of the White House

2h

24th Feb 1952

The story of Dolley Madison.

Prelude

10. Prelude

2h

2nd Mar 1952

The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.

Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

11. Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

2h

9th Mar 1952

The founding of the Girl Scouts, presented on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.

Constitution Island

12. Constitution Island

2h

16th Mar 1952

A salute to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on its 150th anniversary, focusing on Anna Warner's historic gift of Contitution Island to the institution; set in 1907.

Harriet Quimby

13. Harriet Quimby

2h

23rd Mar 1952

The story of America's first woman aviator.

The Vision of Father Flanagan

14. The Vision of Father Flanagan

2h

30th Mar 1952

The story of Reverend Edward Joseph Flanagan who, as a young priest from Ireland, founded Boys Town, Nebraska, where outcast boys could find the love and care denied them in their own homes.

Ordeal by White House

15. Ordeal by White House

2h

6th Apr 1952

Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.

Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

16. Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

2h

20th Apr 1952

Story of America's first woman author.

Miracle in May

17. Miracle in May

2h

27th Apr 1952

Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.

The Face of Spain

18. The Face of Spain

2h

4th May 1952

The life of Francisco Goya; set in Spain, 1786.

A Woman for the Ages

19. A Woman for the Ages

2h

11th May 1952

The story of Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams.

Reign of Terror

20. Reign of Terror

2h

18th May 1952

Eliza Monroe, in Paris as the wife of the U.S. Foreign Minister toFrance, obtains Madame Lafayette's release from prison and sentence of death by guillotine.

The Magnificent Failure

21. The Magnificent Failure

2h

25th May 1952

A biography of Louisa May Alcott, ending with her writing of ""Little Women"" in 1860.

The King's Author

22. The King's Author

2h

1st Jun 1952

Biography of Ben Jonson, covering the writing of Eastward ho; set in London, 1606.

Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

23. Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

2h

8th Jun 1952

Biography of Nefretiti, illustrating her life with the Pharoah and her influence on Egyptian history and culture.

Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

24. Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

2h

15th Jun 1952

The story of Anna and John Peter Zenger and their fight for freedom of the press.

Forgotten Children

25. Forgotten Children

2h

22nd Jun 1952

A dramatization honouring American educator Martha Berry, founder of Mt. Berry, a Georgia home for mountain people.

Our Sister Emily

26. Our Sister Emily

2h

29th Jun 1952

The story of the Bronte sisters.

The Legend of Josiah Blow

27. The Legend of Josiah Blow

2h

6th Jul 1952

An infantryman in the American Revolution lights a firecracker and gets blown into another generation.

The Real Glory

28. The Real Glory

2h

13th Jul 1952

Story of a town in U.S. taken over by corrupt men due to the neglect of the citizenry.

Salvage

29. Salvage

2h

20th Jul 1952

An aging man thinks his usefulness to society is at an end.

21-Plus

30. 21-Plus

2h

27th Jul 1952

Story of the importance of one vote in an election.

The Carlson Legend

31. The Carlson Legend

2h

3rd Aug 1952

A young state senator runs into a moral problem while conducting a cleanup campaign.

The Last Command

32. The Last Command

2h

10th Aug 1952

I Lift Up My Lamp

33. I Lift Up My Lamp

2h

17th Aug 1952

A young Czech girl in the U.S. is faced with the choice of returning to her family behind the Iron Curtain or remaining free in the U.S.

Crabapple Saint

34. Crabapple Saint

2h

24th Aug 1952

Story of Johnny Appleseed, the wanderer who planted trees as he traveled.

Refresher Course

35. Refresher Course

2h

31st Aug 1952

Story of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon, and in so doing, regain their love for each other.

First air date

24th Dec 1951

Last air date

27th Nov 2011

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks