Hallmark Hall of Fame
Season 1
1951 • 35 Episodes
Episodes
1. Amahl and the Night Visitors
December 24, 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.
2. Doctor Serocold
January 6, 1952
A Hollywood press agent is assigned to promote a starlet with whom he was once in love.
3. Love Story
January 13, 1952
Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.
4. The Big Build-Up
January 20, 1952
Dramatization of the love affair between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
5. The Story of Roger Williams
January 27, 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.
6. Florence Nightingale
February 3, 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.
7. Woman with a Sword
February 10, 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.
8. The Plot to Kidnap General Washington
February 17, 1952
Irish-American tailor Hercules Mulligan's contribution to the American Revolution.
9. Mistress of the White House
February 24, 1952
The story of Dolley Madison.
10. Prelude
March 2, 1952
The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.
11. Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts
March 9, 1952
The founding of the Girl Scouts, presented on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.
12. Constitution Island
March 16, 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.
13. Harriet Quimby
March 23, 1952
The story of America's first woman aviator.
14. The Vision of Father Flanagan
March 30, 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.
15. Ordeal by White House
April 6, 1952
Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.
16. Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess
April 20, 1952
Story of America's first woman author.
17. Miracle in May
April 27, 1952
Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.
18. The Face of Spain
May 4, 1952
The life of Francisco Goya; set in Spain, 1786.
19. A Woman for the Ages
May 11, 1952
The story of Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams.
20. Reign of Terror
May 18, 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.
21. The Magnificent Failure
May 25, 1952
A biography of Louisa May Alcott, ending with her writing of ""Little Women"" in 1860.
22. The King's Author
June 1, 1952
Biography of Ben Jonson, covering the writing of Eastward ho; set in London, 1606.
23. Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt
June 8, 1952
Biography of Nefretiti, illustrating her life with the Pharoah and her influence on Egyptian history and culture.
24. Mr. and Mrs. Freedom
June 15, 1952
The story of Anna and John Peter Zenger and their fight for freedom of the press.
25. Forgotten Children
June 22, 1952
A dramatization honouring American educator Martha Berry, founder of Mt. Berry, a Georgia home for mountain people.
26. Our Sister Emily
June 29, 1952
The story of the Bronte sisters.
27. The Legend of Josiah Blow
July 6, 1952
An infantryman in the American Revolution lights a firecracker and gets blown into another generation.
28. The Real Glory
July 13, 1952
Story of a town in U.S. taken over by corrupt men due to the neglect of the citizenry.
29. Salvage
July 20, 1952
An aging man thinks his usefulness to society is at an end.
30. 21-Plus
July 27, 1952
Story of the importance of one vote in an election.
31. The Carlson Legend
August 3, 1952
A young state senator runs into a moral problem while conducting a cleanup campaign.
32. The Last Command
August 10, 1952
No overview available.
33. I Lift Up My Lamp
August 17, 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.
34. Crabapple Saint
August 24, 1952
Story of Johnny Appleseed, the wanderer who planted trees as he traveled.
35. Refresher Course
August 31, 1952
Story of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon, and in so doing, regain their love for each other.