Hallmark Hall of Fame

Season 1

1951 episodes

Episodes

1

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Dec 24, 1951120m

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.

2

Doctor Serocold

Jan 6, 1952120m

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

3

Love Story

Jan 13, 1952120m

Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.

4

The Big Build-Up

Jan 20, 1952120m

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

5

The Story of Roger Williams

Jan 27, 1952120m

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.

6

Florence Nightingale

Feb 3, 1952120m

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.

7

Woman with a Sword

Feb 10, 1952120m

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

8

The Plot to Kidnap General Washington

Feb 17, 1952120m

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

9

Mistress of the White House

Feb 24, 1952120m

The story of Dolley Madison.

10

Prelude

Mar 2, 1952120m

The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.

11

Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

Mar 9, 1952120m

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

12

Constitution Island

Mar 16, 1952120m

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.

13

Harriet Quimby

Mar 23, 1952120m

The story of America's first woman aviator.

14

The Vision of Father Flanagan

Mar 30, 1952120m

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.

15

Ordeal by White House

Apr 6, 1952120m

Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.

16

Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

Apr 20, 1952120m

Story of America's first woman author.

17

Miracle in May

Apr 27, 1952120m

Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.

18

The Face of Spain

May 4, 1952120m

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

19

A Woman for the Ages

May 11, 1952120m

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

20

Reign of Terror

May 18, 1952120m

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.

21

The Magnificent Failure

May 25, 1952120m

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

22

The King's Author

Jun 1, 1952120m

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

23

Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

Jun 8, 1952120m

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

24

Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

Jun 15, 1952120m

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

25

Forgotten Children

Jun 22, 1952120m

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

26

Our Sister Emily

Jun 29, 1952120m

The story of the Bronte sisters.

27

The Legend of Josiah Blow

Jul 6, 1952120m

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

28

The Real Glory

Jul 13, 1952120m

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

29

Salvage

Jul 20, 1952120m

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

30

21-Plus

Jul 27, 1952120m

Story of the importance of one vote in an election.

31

The Carlson Legend

Aug 3, 1952120m

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

32

The Last Command

Aug 10, 1952120m
33

I Lift Up My Lamp

Aug 17, 1952120m

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.

34

Crabapple Saint

Aug 24, 1952120m

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

35

Refresher Course

Aug 31, 1952120m

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