Season 1

Hallmark Hall of FameSeason 1

1951
35 Episodes

Episodes

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S01E01

Amahl and the Night Visitors

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.

24 Dec 1951120m
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S01E02

Doctor Serocold

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

06 Jan 1952120m
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S01E03

Love Story

Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.

13 Jan 1952120m
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S01E04

The Big Build-Up

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

20 Jan 1952120m
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S01E05

The Story of Roger Williams

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.

27 Jan 1952120m
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S01E06

Florence Nightingale

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.

03 Feb 1952120m
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S01E07

Woman with a Sword

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

10 Feb 1952120m
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S01E08

The Plot to Kidnap General Washington

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

17 Feb 1952120m
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S01E09

Mistress of the White House

The story of Dolley Madison.

24 Feb 1952120m
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S01E10

Prelude

The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.

02 Mar 1952120m
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S01E11

Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

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

09 Mar 1952120m
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S01E12

Constitution Island

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.

16 Mar 1952120m
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S01E13

Harriet Quimby

The story of America's first woman aviator.

23 Mar 1952120m
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S01E14

The Vision of Father Flanagan

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.

30 Mar 1952120m
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S01E15

Ordeal by White House

Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.

06 Apr 1952120m
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S01E16

Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

Story of America's first woman author.

20 Apr 1952120m
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S01E17

Miracle in May

Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.

27 Apr 1952120m
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S01E18

The Face of Spain

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

04 May 1952120m
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S01E19

A Woman for the Ages

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

11 May 1952120m
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S01E20

Reign of Terror

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.

18 May 1952120m
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S01E21

The Magnificent Failure

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

25 May 1952120m
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S01E22

The King's Author

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

01 Jun 1952120m
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S01E23

Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

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

08 Jun 1952120m
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S01E24

Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

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

15 Jun 1952120m
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S01E25

Forgotten Children

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

22 Jun 1952120m
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S01E26

Our Sister Emily

The story of the Bronte sisters.

29 Jun 1952120m
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S01E27

The Legend of Josiah Blow

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

06 Jul 1952120m
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S01E28

The Real Glory

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

13 Jul 1952120m
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S01E29

Salvage

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

20 Jul 1952120m
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S01E30

21-Plus

Story of the importance of one vote in an election.

27 Jul 1952120m
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S01E31

The Carlson Legend

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

03 Aug 1952120m
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S01E32

The Last Command

10 Aug 1952120m
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S01E33

I Lift Up My Lamp

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.

17 Aug 1952120m
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S01E34

Crabapple Saint

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

24 Aug 1952120m
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S01E35

Refresher Course

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

31 Aug 1952120m