Hallmark Hall of Fame

1,18

1951

8.7 / 10

Episodes

EP 1: 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 repeat...

EP 2: Doctor Serocold

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

EP 3: Love Story

Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton....

EP 4: The Big Build-Up

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

EP 5: 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 churc...

EP 6: Florence Nightingale

Biography of Florence Nightingale: her determination to build hospitals and train nurses for the sick and disabled during the Crim...

EP 7: Woman with a Sword

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

EP 8: The Plot to Kidnap General Washington

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

EP 9: Mistress of the White House

The story of Dolley Madison....

EP 10: Prelude

The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin....

EP 11: Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

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

EP 12: 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 Contituti...

EP 13: Harriet Quimby

The story of America's first woman aviator....

EP 14: 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 ...

EP 15: Ordeal by White House

Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland....

EP 16: Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

Story of America's first woman author....

EP 17: Miracle in May

Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination....

EP 19: A Woman for the Ages

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

EP 20: 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 sente...

EP 21: The Magnificent Failure

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

EP 22: The King's Author

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

EP 23: Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

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

EP 24: Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

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

EP 25: Forgotten Children

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

EP 26: Our Sister Emily

The story of the Bronte sisters....

EP 27: The Legend of Josiah Blow

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

EP 28: The Real Glory

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

EP 29: Salvage

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

EP 30: 21-Plus

Story of the importance of one vote in an election....

EP 31: The Carlson Legend

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

EP 32: The Last Command

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EP 33: 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 th...

EP 34: Crabapple Saint

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

EP 35: Refresher Course

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

Overview

Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

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Episodes >>

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Episode 1

Broadcast live from New York, Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas story was the first...

Doctor Serocold

Episode 2

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

Love Story

Episode 3

Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton....

The Big Build-Up

Episode 4

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

The Story of Roger Williams

Episode 5

In 1631 Roger Williams landed in Boston. He had come to America to find freedom ...

Florence Nightingale

Episode 6

Biography of Florence Nightingale: her determination to build hospitals and trai...

Woman with a Sword

Episode 7

Story of Anna Ella Carroll, prominent member of a Maryland family who served as ...

The Plot to Kidnap General Washington

Episode 8

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

Mistress of the White House

Episode 9

The story of Dolley Madison....

Prelude

Episode 10

The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin....

Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

Episode 11

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

Constitution Island

Episode 12

A salute to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on its 150th anniversary, fo...

Harriet Quimby

Episode 13

The story of America's first woman aviator....

The Vision of Father Flanagan

Episode 14

The story of Reverend Edward Joseph Flanagan who, as a young priest from Ireland...

Ordeal by White House

Episode 15

Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland....

Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

Episode 16

Story of America's first woman author....

Miracle in May

Episode 17

Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination....

The Face of Spain

Episode 18

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A Woman for the Ages

Episode 19

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

Reign of Terror

Episode 20

Eliza Monroe, in Paris as the wife of the U.S. Foreign Minister toFrance, obtain...

The Magnificent Failure

Episode 21

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

The King's Author

Episode 22

Biography of Ben Jonson, covering the writing of Eastward ho; set in London, 160...

Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

Episode 23

Biography of Nefretiti, illustrating her life with the Pharoah and her influence...

Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

Episode 24

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

Forgotten Children

Episode 25

A dramatization honouring American educator Martha Berry, founder of Mt. Berry, ...

Our Sister Emily

Episode 26

The story of the Bronte sisters....

The Legend of Josiah Blow

Episode 27

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

The Real Glory

Episode 28

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

Salvage

Episode 29

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

21-Plus

Episode 30

Story of the importance of one vote in an election....

The Carlson Legend

Episode 31

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

The Last Command

Episode 32

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I Lift Up My Lamp

Episode 33

A young Czech girl in the U.S. is faced with the choice of returning to her fami...

Crabapple Saint

Episode 34

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

Refresher Course

Episode 35

Story of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon, and i...