Hallmark Hall of Fame
Season 7
1957 • 6 Episodes
Episodes
1. The Green Pastures
October 17, 1957
African-American tales of spirituality and oral black storytelling through a collection of vignettes on various Biblical stories and figures.
2. On Borrowed Time
November 17, 1957
Suggested by Roark Bradford's ""Ol' Man Adam an' his chillun,"" based on the novel of the same name by Lawrence Edward Watkin.
3. Twelfth Night
December 15, 1957
A shipwreck separates Viola from her twin brother Sebastian. Disguised as a boy, Viola becomes a page to Duke Orsino. Orsino is sighing over his unrequited love for the fair Olivia; but Olivia becomes infatuated with Viola, believing her a boy.
4. Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
February 9, 1958
The children's story of the boy who wants to win a skating cotest in order to pay for an operation for his blind father.
5. Little Moon of Alban
March 24, 1958
t is 1919 in Ireland. Brigid Mary and her mother fiercely oppose her fiance's rebel activities, for Brigid Mary's father and brother both died at the hands of the British, and the two women want no more grief. But before long, in her desperation, Brigid Mary is drawn into a religious order.
6. Dial M for Murder
April 25, 1958
A woman who slowly comes to realize that her husband is trying to murder her for her money.