Hallmark Hall of Fame (pt 1)(1951-1970) - Hallmark Hall of Fame (pt 2)(1970-present)
HALLMARK HALL OF
FAME
(part 1)(1951-1970)
Episode Guide version 17.0 January 2010
(Ep 3.1 to 3.10) (3.11 to 3.22)(3.23
to 3.40)(4.1 to 4.9)(4.10 tp 4.17)(5.3 to 5.6)
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
http://ctva.biz/index.htm
with contributions by:
Tom Alger
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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HALLMARK HALL OF FAME
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Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame presents Maurice Evans
Hallmark Hall of Fame presents George Schaefer's Showcase
Beginning in 1955, Hallmark Hall of Fame has been a series of specials
(appearing four to eight times a year throughout the 1960s
The Hallmark Hall of Fame was launched on Christmas Eve 1951, with the world
premiere
of Amahl and the Night Visitors, an original opera by Gian Carlo Menotti. Viewer response
was so positive that encores were televised.
The next original production, of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, was broadcast in
April 1953.
More people watched Hamlet that evening than had cumulatively seen it in all its live performances
in the 350 years since it had been written.
Founder of Hallmark - Joyce C. Hall -
Aired on NBC
This is the first section of two for Hallmark Hall of Fame and covers the years 1951 to 1970.
Actor Lamont Johnson appeared in several episodes of "Hallmark Hall of Fame"
Lamont Johnson - Archive Interview Part 1 of 9
Lamont Johnson - Archive Interview Part 2 of 9
Lamont Johnson - Archive Interview Part 3 of 9
Lamont Johnson - Archive Interview Part 4 of 9
Lamont Johnson - Archive Interview Part 5 of 9
Lamont Johnson - Archive Interview Part 6 of 9
Lamont Johnson - Archive Interview Part 7 of 9
Lamont Johnson - Archive Interview Part 8 of 9
Lamont Johnson - Archive Interview Part 9 of 9
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Ep 1.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
24-Dec-1951
written by Gian Carlo Menotti
directed by Kirk Browning
Hosted by Nelson Case
starring
Chet Allen ....... Amahl
Rosemary Kuhlmann ........... the Mother
Andrew McKinley ......... King Caspar
David Aiken .......... King Melchior
Leon Lishner ........... King Balthazar
with
Francis Monachino .......... the Page
Summary:
Amahl, a crippled boy, and his poor mother are visited by the Three Wise Men,
who stay the night, and are entertained by the villagers. During the night, Amahl's mother
tries to steal their jewels, but is caught by the page. Amahl begs for her release, and is
rewarded for his pains by being healed. He then
leaves with the Three Wise Men.
** Note: First nationally televised color program.
* First Hallmark presentation
Ep 1.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DOCTOR SEROCOLD
06-Jan-1952
adapted by Jean Holloway
novel by Helen Ashton
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Oscar Stirling ....... Doctor Serocold
Isobel Elsom ....... Nurse Davis
Olive Blakeney
Wright King
Graham Velvey
Zolya Talma
with
Aileen Poe,
June Peel
MacLean Savage,
Shirley Dale
Lydia Reed,
Virginia McDowall
Summary:
The life of a country doctor who, in the course of his rounds, is reminded of
the comedies and tragedies of life.
Ep 1.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LOVE STORY
13-Jan-1952
written by Jean Holloway
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Beatrice Straight ....... Elizabeth
Tom Helmore ....... Robert
Colin Keith-Johnston ....... Mr. Barrett
Deirdre Owens ....... Henrietta
Theodore Marcuse ....... John
Summary:
The love affair between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
Ep 1.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE BIG BUILD UP
20-Jan-1952
adapted by Jean Holloway
story by Michael Foster
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Richard Derr .......... Mark
Grace Kelly .......... Claire
Vinton Hayworth .......... Harry
Elinor Randel .......... Kathi
Parker McCormick .......... Miss Glockler
Harry Mehaffey .......... Sidman
Summary:
A Hollywood press agent is assigned to promote a starlet with whom he was once
in love.
Ep 1.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE STORY OF ROGER WILLIAMS
27-Jan-1952
written by Jerome Coopersmith & Horton Foote
based on the book by James Avi
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
John Beal .......... Roger Williams
Barbara Bolton .......... Mary
Gavin Gordon .......... Cotton
Dale Engle .......... Johnson
Salem Ludwig .......... Canonicus
Summary:
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.
Ep 1.06 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
03-Feb-1952
written by Jean Holloway
adapted from the official biography of Florence Nightingale by Sir Edward Cook
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Sarah Churchill .......... Florence Nightingale
Isobel Elsom .......... Mrs. Nightingale
John O'Hare .......... George
Robin Craven .......... Mr. Nightingale
A.J. Herbert .......... Herbert
with
Alexander Clark .......... the General
Richard Fraser .......... the Army Doctor
Mary Barclay .......... Nurse Mary
John Moore .......... the London Doctor
Summary:
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.
Ep 1.07 Hallmark Hall of Fame: WOMAN WITH A SWORD
10-Feb-1952
adapted by H. Philip Minus
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Jayne Meadows .......... Anna Ella Carroll
Douglass Montgomery .......... Lemuel Evans
Robert Simon .......... Captain Scott
Howard Wierum .......... a General
Casey Walters .......... Major Denning
Sandy Kenyon .......... Dale Duncan
Richard Shankland .......... Nicolay
Henry Sharp .......... Abraham Lincoln
Summary:
Story of Anna Ella Carroll, prominent member of a Maryland family who served as
unofficial but close advisor and special representative to President Lincoln.
Ep 1.08 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE PLOT TO KIDNAP GENERAL WASHINGTON
17-Feb-1952
written by Joseph & Janet Ruscoll
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Joshua Shelley as Hercules
Thelma Schnee as Molly
Guy Spaull as Benedict Arnold
Oliver Cliff as Stuart
Moultrie Patten as Fleming
Roland Wood as Asa
P. Jay Sidney as Cato
Mary Tarcai as Mrs. Fielding
Robert Daggett as Winters
Tod Griffin as Washington
Summary:
Irish-American tailor Hercules Mulligan's contribution to the American
Revolution.
Ep 1.09 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MISTRESS OF THE WHITE HOUSE
24-Feb-1952
adapted by Jean Holloway
written by Helen L. Morgan
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
June Lockhart as Dolly Madison
Frank Daly as James Madison
Pat Nye as Martha Washington
Emory Richardson as John
Anita Bolster as Mrs. Middleford
Fred Warriner as Thomas Jefferson
David Orrick as Aaron Burr
Harry Davis as James Monroe
Ep 1.10 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PRELUDE
02-Mar-1952
written by Geoffrey Kean
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Sarah Churchill as George Sand
Alan Shayne as Frederic Chopin
Chester Stratton as Franz Liszt
William Post, Jr. as Roberts
Ann Shoemaker as Annette
Summary:
The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.
*10th Hallmark presentation
Ep 1.11 Hallmark Hall of Fame: JULIETTE LOW AND THE GIRL SCOUTS
09-Mar-1952
written by Jean Holloway
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Lucile Watson as Juliette Low
Madeleine Clive as Helen
Basil Howes as Sir Robert
Helen Marcy as Abby
Diana Barton as Lady Baden Powell
Betty Lou Keim as The London Girl
Riza Royce as Mrs. Rippen
Robert Daggett as Immigration Official
Adelaide Bean as Dean Arnold
Summary:
The founding of the Girl Scouts, presented on the occasion of their 40th
anniversary.
Ep 1.12 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CONSTITUTION ISLAND
16-Mar-1952
written by David Colson
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Frances Starr as Anna Warner
Juanita Hall as Bertha
Lou Polan as Mr. Dacy
John Glendinning as Captain Traub
Margery Maude as Mrs. Russell Sage
with
Bill Daniels as Cadet Green
Dennis Cross as Cadet Rob
John Marriott as Buckner
Summary:
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.
Ep 1.13 Hallmark Hall of Fame: HARRIET QUIMBY
23-Mar-1952
written by Nelson Gidding
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Sarah Churchill as Harriet Quimby
Alex D'Arcy as Andre Houpert
Rusty Lane as John Moisant
John Gerstad as Clarence
Harry Mehaffey as Mr. Norton
Kem Dibbs as Ned
John Martone as Billy
Summary:
Story of America's first woman aviator.
Ep 1.14 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE VISION OF FATHER FLANAGAN
30-Mar-1952
written by David Colson Hughes
based on the book by Fulton and Will Oursler
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Dennis Harrison as Father Flanagan
David White as Judge Warren
Lou Gilbert as Willy
Leonard Barry as Nicky
Eugene Steiner as Eddie
Larry Newton as Ted
John Klein as Paul
Sal Mineo as Les (as Salvatore Mineo)
Summary:
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.
Ep 1.15 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ORDEAL BY WHITE HOUSE
06-Apr-1952
written by Hector Chevigny
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
E.G. Marshall as Grover Cleveland
Alfreda Wallace as Frances Cleveland
Howard Wierum as Theodore Roosevelt
Harold McGee as Dr. O'Reilly
Walter Davis as J.P. Morgan
Ellen Barrie as Ruth
with
Clem Fowler as the Soapbox Speaker
Arny Freeman as the Job Seeker
Robert Daggett and Henry Sharpe as the Senators
Summary:
Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.
Ep 1.16 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ANNE BRADSTREET, PURITAN POETESS
20-Apr-1952
written by Michelle Cousins
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Sarah Churchill as Anne Bradstreet
Robert Pastene as Simon Bradstreet
Scott Forbes as John Woodbridge
Cavada Humphrey as Susan
Carl Harbord as Rev. Ward
Alice Thorsell as Lucy
William Podmore as Stephan Botwell
with
Charles Saari as Young Simon
Ellen Barrie as Anne's daughter
Maurice Shrog as Dick
Summary:
Story of America's first woman author
Ep 1.17 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MIRACLE IN MAY
27-Apr-1952
written by David Colson Hughes
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Richard Waring as Edward Jenner
Richard Newton as Ned Gardner
Alexander Clarke as Dr. Cline
Aileen Poe as Mrs. Houghton
Guy Spaull as Lord Farthing
Rex Thompson as James Phipps
Veronica Cole as the Little Girl
Summary:
Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the small pox vaccination.
Ep 1.18 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE FACE OF SPAIN
04-May-1952
written by Felix Leon & Wilson Lehr
produced & directed by William Corrigan
hosted & narrated by Sarah Churchill
starring
Barry Kroeger as Goya
Ruth Ford as the Duchess
Oliver Thorndike as Pablo
Frank Daly as Don Bernardo
with
Victoria Barcelo as the Lady with the shawl
Fernando Sirvent as Guitarist
Ronald Long as the Prime Minister
Philippa Bevans as the Queen
Dale Engle as the King
Summary:
The life of Francisco Goya; set in Spain, 1786.
Ep 1.19 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A WOMAN FOR THE AGES
11-May-1952
written by Jean Holloway
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Sylvia Field as Abigail Adams
John Boruff as John Adams
Bill Daniels as John Quincy Adams
Sal Mineo as Charles
Betty Lou Keim as Abby
Michael Mann as Tom
Summary:
The story of Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams.
Ep 1.20 Hallmark Hall of Fame: REIGN OF TERROR
18-May-1952
written by Irwin Lewis
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Sarah Churchill as Eliza Monroe
Wesley Addy as James Monroe
Jonathan Harris as Legendre
Ruth White as Madame Beauchet
Maurice Tarplin as L'Oise
Margaret Allworthy as Madame Lafayette
with
William Podmore as Colombel
Harry Mehaffey as Gouverneur Morris
Clem Fowler as First Guard
John Grainger as Second Guard
Summary:
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.
*20th Hallmark presentation
Ep 1.21 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE MAGNIFICENT FAILURE
25-May-1952
written by Robert Mason Pollock
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Beatrice Straight as Louisa May Alcott
Val Dufour as Laddie
Ann Shoemaker as Mother Alcott
Harrison Dowd as Father Alcott
with
Don McHenry as Niles
Angela Adamides as Charlotte
Robert Daggett as the Clerk
Summary:
Biography of Louisa May Alcott; ends with the writing of Little women in 1860.
Ep 1.22 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE KING'S AUTHOR
01-Jun-1952
written by John Matthews
directed by Paul Lammers
produced by William Corrigan
starring
Ross Martin as Ben Jonson
William Podmore as King James I
Richard Newton as John Marston
Byron Russell as George Chapman
Anthony Dawson as the Lord Chamberlain
with
Pat O'Malley as the Warden
Gerard Burke as the King's messenger
Summary:
Biography of Ben Jonson, covering the writing of Eastward ho; set in London,
1606.
Ep 1.23 Hallmark Hall of Fame: NEFRETITI, QUEEN OF EGYPT
08-Jun-1952
written by Geoffrey Kean
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Sarah Churchill as Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt
Robert Pastene as The Pharoah
Gavin Gordon as The Chief Priest
John Straub as The Sculptor
Clem Fowler as The First Priest
Betty Lou Keim as Neferet
with
Richard Midgley as The Professor
Kem Dibbs as Thutmose
Frank Daly as The Second Priest
Meta DeSoto as The Dancing Girl
Teena Starr and John Martone as Students
Summary:
Biography of Nefretiti, illustrating her life with the Pharoah and her influence
on
Egyptian history and culture.
Ep 1.24 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MR. AND MRS. FREEDOM
15-Jun-1952
written by Robert Mason Pollock
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Alfreda Wallace as Anna Zenger
William Darrid as John Peter Zenger
Howard Wierum as Andrew Hamilton
Moultrie Patten as Francis Harrison
John McGovern as James Alexander
with
Lou Polan as Judge DeLancey
Jason Johnson as The Sheriff
Eugene Steiner as the Messenger
Summary:
The story of Anna and John Peter Zenger and their fight for freedom of the
press.
Ep 1.25 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FORGOTTEN CHILDREN
22-Jun-1952
written by Agnes Eckhardt
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Cloris Leachman as Martha Berry
Elliott Sullivan as Pa Carpenter
Don McHenry as Reverend Dennis
Nancy Malone as Ingaby Carpenter
Barbara Bolton as Delia Brice
Lee Lindsey as Westley Mitchell
with
Helen Marcy as Ma Carpenter
James Dean as Bradford
Shirley Standlee as Melanie
Steve Pluta as Talbot Carpenter
Larry Newton as Joshua
Summary:
Honors American educator Martha Berry, founder of Mt. Berry,
Georgia home for
mountain people.
Ep 1.26 Hallmark Hall of Fame: OUR SISTER EMILY
29-Jun-1952
written by Geoffrey Kean
produced & directed by William Corrigan
starring
Sarah Churchill as Charlotte Bronte
Richard Derr as The Curate
Scott Forbes as Mr. Smith
Lenka Peterson as Anne
Marian Seldes as Emily
Gerard Burke as Williams
with
Miriam Stovall and Basil Howes as Guests
Liam Sullivan as The Footman
Summary:
Honors Emily, Charlotte, and Anne Bronte
Ep 1.27 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LEGEND OF JOSIAH BLOW
06-Jul-1952
written by Harold Callen
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Biff McGuire
Christine White
Richard McMurray
Don Kennedy
with
Monte Banks, Jr.
Peter Pagan
Grant Sullivan
Gordon Clarke
Summary:
An infantryman in the American Revolution lights a firecracker and
gets blown
into another generation.
Ep 1.28 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE REAL GLORY
13-Jul-1952
written by James Truex
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Alan Bunce
Jean Hayworth
James Kelly
Edward Binns
James Bender
Wilfred Lytell
Summary:
Story of a town in U.S. taken over by corrupt men due to the neglect
of the
citizenry.
Ep 1.29 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SALVAGE
20-Jul-1952
written by Joseph Cochran
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Ian Keith
Olive Blakeney
Frank Tweddell
Robert Bolger
Howard Wierum
Jackie Scholle
Summary:
An aging man thinks his usefulness to society is at an end.
Ep 1.30 Hallmark Hall of Fame: 21-PLUS
27-Jul-1952
written by Elaine Arden & Joel Hammil
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Nell Harrison
Isobel Elsom
Martin Huston
John O'Hare
Natalie Core
Barbara Ames
Kirk Brown
Julian Noa
John Raby
Summary:
Story of the importance of one vote in an election.
Ep 1.31 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE CARLSON LEGEND
03-Aug-1952
written by Rod Serling
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Tod Andrews
Susann Shaw
Charles Egelston
Howard Smith
Frank Daly
Calvin Thomas
Byron Halstead
Robert Bolger
Vincent Van Lynn
Summary:
A young state senator runs into a moral problem while conducting a cleanup
campaign.
Ep 1.32 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LAST COMMAND
10-Aug-1952
written by Reginald Lawrence
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Curtis Cooksey
Aileen Poe
Judson Pratt
Lucille Calvert
Buzzy Martin
Martin Ashe
Wyrley Birch
Pete Gumeny
Griff Evans
Frank Stephens
Sandy Kenyon
Ep 1.33 Hallmark Hall of Fame: I LIFT UP MY LAMP
17-Aug-1952
written by Rod Serling
directed by William Corrigan
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Maria Riva
Richard McMurray
Byron Sanders
Martin Kosleck
Henry Sharp
Abby Lewis
Maurice Manson
Nat Frey
Herbert Ratner
Summary:
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.
Ep 1.34 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CRABAPPLE SAINT
24-Aug-1952
written by Hector Chevigny
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
John Gibson
Jeff Morrow
Helen Wagner
Michael Garrett
Phyllis Goodkind
Marc Hamilton
Vin Kehoe
Ed Fowler
Summary:
Story of Johnny Appleseed, the wanderer who planted trees
as he traveled.
Ep 1.35 Hallmark Hall of Fame: REFRESHER COURSE
31-Aug-1952
adapted by James Truex
story by Joseph Cochran
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sidney Blackmer
Marjorie Gateson
Catherine Cosgriff
Joseph Boley
Jay Barney
Edward Holmes
Summary:
Story of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon,
and
in so doing, regain their love for each other
Ep 1.36 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DUTCH TREAT
07-Sep-1952
written by H. Philip Minis
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Cliff Hall
Patricia Peardon
Fred Beir
Ruth Saville
Will Hussung
Billy M. Greene
Robert Bolger
Ann Sorg
Bill Penn
Summary:
Traces New York City's crooked street of Broadway back
to its origins in 1720, when the street plan was changed to
avoid cutting down a cherry tree.
Ep 1.37 Hallmark Hall of Fame: HORNS OF A DILEMMA
14-Sep-1962
written by Harold Callen
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Frances Reid
Edward Binns
Calvin Thomas
Alexander Campbell
Tom Heaphy
Stefan Olsen
Summary:
Girl unearths paper making her the recipient of unusual tribute.
Ep 1.38 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE BRIDE'S TEAPOT
21-Sep-1952
written by Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Peggy McCay
Maurice Manson
Val Dufour
David Orrick
Cliff Robertson
Josephine Woods
Shirley Standlee
Wyrley Birch
Dick Ewell
Beppy de Vries
Summary:
In 1874, citizens of Sympathy Ridge, Virginia wish to build a war monument,
but
the federal government wants them to replace a bridge destroyed in the war.
Ep 1.39 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SOMETIMES SHE'S SUNDAY
28-Sep-1952
written by Fred Lane
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Bruno Wick
Augusta Ciolli
Enid Pulver
Janet de Gore
Philip J. Kennedy
Salvatore Cecchini
Penny Santon
Summary:
An elder daughter working in the city brings her fiancé
back to the country.
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Ep 2.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE BACHELOR AND THE BALLOT
12-Oct-1952
written by Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Beverly Whitney
Marc Cramer
Marie Kenney
Lucile Calvert
Robert Bolger
Ep 2.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FAITH IS A NINE-LETTER WORD
19-Oct-1952
written by Walter Black
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Patricia Breslin
Cliff Robertson
John O'Hare
Don McClelland
Mona Bruns
Natalie Core
Katherine Copeland
Summary:
Distressed by the state of world affairs and fearing her boyfriend will be sent
off to war,
a young woman refuses to marry until a friend convinces her to have
faith in democracy.
Ep 2.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE SECRET VOTE
26-Oct-1952
written by Harold Callen
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Richard Carlyle
Frances Reid
Nelson Olmstead
Jay Barney
Fred Beir
Robert Bolger
Alexander Campbell
George Ferron
A. Winfield Hoeny
Jim Lithgow
Alan MacAteer
Albert Ottenheimer
Byron Sanders
Calvin Thomas
Vincent Van Lynn
Ralph Welliver
Colee Worth
Ep 2.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LINE OF DUTY
02-Nov-1952
written by Guy De Vry
directed by Albert McCleery
Summary:
False arrest of a man in a totalitarian country.
Ep 2.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BREAD OF FREEDOM
09-Nov-1952
written by James Truex
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Malcolm Lee Beggs
Bramwell Fletcher
Stephen Courtleigh
Johanna Douglas
Nicholas Saunders
Joseph Boland
Byron Sanders
Richard Smith
John Anderson
with
David Durston,
Allan Stevenson
Frank Stephens,
Arthur Hanson
Vincent Van Lynn
Summary:
The story of Christopher Ludwick, philanthropist and superintendent
of bakers in
the Continental Army.
Ep 2.06 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE BLUE AND WHITE LAMP
16-Nov-1952
written by Harold Callen
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Frank Albertson
Grace Keddy
Jack Bittner
Earl Rowe
Leo V. Gordon
Guy Sampsel
Pat O'Malley
with
Somer Alberg,
Dallas Boyd
Gerald Lee,
Charles Massinger
Stefan Olsen,
Philip Kennedy
Summary:
Traces the origins of the Travelers Aid Society to a cholera
epidemic in
mid-19th century St. Louis.
Ep 2.07 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MRS. THANKSGIVING
23-Nov-1952
written by Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Madge Evans
Anne Seymour
Muriel Kirkland
James Kelly
Crahan Denton
Joel Ashley
Deirdre Owens
Edmund Dorsay
Ellen Barrie
Summary:
Story of a woman's fight to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Ep 2.08 Hallmark Hall of Fame: TEN THOUSAND WORDS
30-Nov-1952
written by Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Cliff Robertson
Judith Braun
James Broderick
Casey Allen
Kirk Brown
Richard Aherne
Jerry Crews
Summary:
Recounts "a true-to-life incident from the life of Nathaniel Currier.
Ep 2.09 Hallmark Hall of Fame: JOAN OF ARC
07-Dec-1952
written by Harold Callen
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
E.G. Marshall
Don Briggs
Cliff Hall
Martin Brooks
Eric Fleming
Don Kennedy
Arthur Stenning
Leora Thatcher
Ep 2.10 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE HILLS ARE GREEN
14-Dec-1952
directed by Albert McCleery
narrated by Sarah Churchill
Summary:
A whimsical tale of Norman Rockwell's tribulations upon his move to a small
town in Vermont.
Ep 2.11 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE SMALL ONE
21-Dec-1952
written by Charles Tazewell
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Kate Smith
Dick Wigginton
Paul Jonali
Jay Barney
Humphrey Davis
Jon Geyans
Summary:
Kate Smith narrates a Christmas story about an unwanted donkey.
* 50th Hallmark presentation
Ep 2.12 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FATHER TIME
28-Dec-1952
written by Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Charles Nolte
Janet de Gore
Curtis Cooksey
Alexander Campbell
Francis Bethancourt
David Winters
Anita Webb
Thomas McElhany
Summary:
The story of blacksmith Daniel Jean Richard, founder of the watch industry in
the Neuchcatel district of Switzerland.
*51st Hallmark presentation
Ep 2.13 Hallmark Hall of Fame: HOME IS THE SAILOR
04-Jan-1953
written by Elenor Tarshis
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
John Baragrey
Stephen Courtleigh
Pat O'Malley
Winston Ross
Harry Huguenot
with
Allan Stevenson
Peter Pagan
Vinton Hayworth
Ivan MacDonald
Frank Dana
Summary:
The story of Fanny Stevenson, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson.
* Note: Title also known as "Fanny Stevenson"
Ep 2.14 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SPAN THROUGH TIME
11-Jan-1953
written by James Truex
story by George Wyland
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
William Prince
Constance Ford
Albert Bergh
Rusty Lane
Maurice Manson
Calvin Thomas
Alan Devitt
Edwin Cooper
Doug Rodgers
Frank Marth
Summary:
The story of John and Washington Roebling,
designers of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Ep 2.15 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE GENERAL'S BIBLE
18-Jan-1953
written by Harold Callen
based on a story by Ted Wear
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Richard Wigginton
Stephen Courtleigh
Maurice Wells
Grace Keddy
Donald McKee
Alan MacAteer
with
Joseph Boland
William Roerick
George McCoy
Eric Fleming
Philip Foster
Pete Gumeny
Summary:
A tale concerning the Bible used by General George Washington
at his first
inauguration in New York City.
Ep 2.16 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SOCRATES' WIFE
25-Jan-1953
written by Harold Callen
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Katina Paxinou
Berry Kroeger
Marc Cavell (Butch)
Byron Sanders
John O'Hare
Don Kennedy
Winfield Hoeny
Fred Beir
David Orrick
Jay Barney
Michael Wyler
John Granger
Summary:
When Socrates is imprisoned because of his teachings,
his wife pleads for his
release and helps to plan his escape.
Ep 2.17 Hallmark Hall of Fame: TO MY VALENTINE
01-Feb-1953
written by Harold Callen
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sarah Churchill
Malcolm Lee Beggs
Peter Birch
Eric Fleming
Michael Higgins
Robert Patten
Edwin Cooper
Carlotta Sherwood
Maureen Hurley
William Roerick
Alan Devitt
Mark Allen
Anthony Dearden
Alice Rolph
Mary Leader
Robert Buzzell
Renne Jarrett
Summary:
History and traditions of St. Valentine's Day.
Ep 2.18 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LINCOLN'S LITTLE CORRESPONDENT
08-Feb-1953
adapted by Ellen & Richard McCracken
from the book by Hertha Pauli
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Dorothy Peterson
Crahan Denton
Natalie Trundy
Ellie Sommers
Charles Taylor
David White
Philippa Bevans
with
Edward Harvey,
Elaine Ellis
Carl Harms,
Sondra Rodgers
Pauline Myers
Summary:
The story surrounding 11-year-old Grace Bedell's letter to Abraham Lincoln
suggesting that he grow a beard.
Ep 2.19 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CROWN OF WINGS
15-Feb-1953
written by Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Albert McCleery
narrated by Sarah Churchill
starring
Tod Andrews
Frances Reid
William Erwin
René Paul
Ludie Claire
Zolya Talma
Summary:
An incident in the life of naturalist artist John James Audubon; set in New
Orleans in 1824.
* Note Title also known as "Crown of Audubon".
Ep 2.20 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DINNER FOR THE GENERAL
22-Feb-1953
written by Reginald Lawrence
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Stephen Courtleigh
Barbara Ashley
Tod Griffin
Eva Condon
Reese Taylor
with
Michael Keene,
Robert Gallagher
Robert Courtleigh,
Sandy Kenyon
Mel Jurdem
Summary:
Incident from the life of General George Washington, in which Phoebe Fraunces,
daughter of Fraunces Tavern's proprietor, showed her loyalty to Washington and
his cause. Phoebe was in love with a member of Washington's personal staff
who
was involved in a plot to kill him.
Ep 2.21 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE ACCUSED
01-Mar-1953
written by William L. Stuart
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sarah Churchill
Summary:
Mercy Disborough's efforts to end American witchhunts;
set in Fairfield County,
Connecticut in 1692.
Ep 2.22 Hallmark Hall of Fame: HORACE MANN'S MIRACLE
08-Mar-1953
written by Rod Serling
directed by William Corrigan
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Frank M. Thomas
Mona Bruns
Howard Freeman
Harry Antrim
Brandon Peters
with
John Kerr
Joseph Leberman
James Zernecke
Summary:
Mann's work towards education for all regardless of race,
creed, or color.
Ep 2.23 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE HARP OF ERIN
15-Mar-1953
written by Ellen & Richard McCracken
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Dennis Harrison
Oliver Thorndike
Ellen Humphrey
Malcolm Lee Beggs
Douglas Rodgers
Neil Fitzgerald
Grace O'Malley
Summary:
The story of poet Thomas Moore.
Ep 2.24 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PHOTOGRAPH BY BRADY
22-Mar-1953
adapted by Robert Mason Pollock
story by Ted Wear
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Philip Bourneuf
Frances Reid
James Kelly
Maurice Manson
Charles G. Martin
Dan Magnan
John Glendenning
Summary:
Mathew Brady's Civil War photography.
Ep 2.25 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A QUEEN IS BORN
29-Mar-1953
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sarah Churchill
Summary:
The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.
Ep 2.26 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE OTHER WISE MAN
05-Apr-1953
adapted by Harold Callen
story by Henry Van Dyke
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Wesley Addy
Humphrey Davis
Eric Sinclair
Alan Devitt
Bernard Nedell
Marian Shockley
Anne Mary Tallon
Ep 2.27 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SKIPPER OF THE SKIES
12-Apr-1953
written by Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Leslie Nielsen
Joan Gray
Marie Kenney
Wayne Carson
Val Dufour
Alexander Campbell
Jason Johnson
Ep 2.28 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE WORLD ON A WIRE
19-Apr-1953
written by Ellen & Richard McCracken
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Russell Hardie
Betty Bendyk
Morton L. Stevens
Geoffrey Bryant
Charles Egelston
Jean Hayworth
Douglas Rutherford
Tom Raynor
O. Tolbert Hewitt
Wyrley Birch
Summary:
The story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.
Ep 2.29 Hallmark Hall of Fame: HAMLET
26-Apr-1953
adapted by Mildred Freed Alberg & Tom Hughes Sand
story by William Shakespeare
directed by Albert McCleery
executive producer Albert McCleery
narrated by Sarah Churchill
starring
Maurice Evans as Hamlet
Ruth Chatterton as Queen Gertrude
Joseph Schildkraut as King Claudius
Sarah Churchill as Ophelia
Barry Jones as Polonius
Wesley Addy
William Smithers
Malcolm Keen
Neva Patterson
Noel Leslie
Frances Bethencourt
Alan Shayne
with
Winston Ross,
Chester Stratton
Norman Barrs,
Tom Hughes Sand
Ken Raymond
Summary:
* Note The first television appearance of one of the theater's
most
distinguished actors, Maurice Evans.
Ep 2.30 Hallmark Hall of Fame: NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
03-May-1953
written by Helene Hanff
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Scott Forbes
Mary Scott
Geoffrey Lumb
Hal Thompson
Horace Braham
Larry Cregar
Naomi Campbell
Summary:
The story of poet and minister John Donne, and his relationship
with his wife
and her father, Sir George Moore.
Ep 2.31 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LADY OF LIBERTY
10-May-1953
written by Harold Callen
based on a story by Ted Wear
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Lilli Darvas
Val Dufour
Stephen Courtleigh
Byron Sanders
Alexander Campbell
with
Bruce Evans
Michael Wyler
Lotte Stavisky
Summary:
Story of Frederick Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, from the time
the sculptor received the commission in 1774 until Pulitzer
provided funding for the base ten
years later.
Ep 2.32 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SOLDIER OF PEACE
17-May-1953
written by Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Alfred Scott
produced by Albert McCleery
starring
Stephen Courtleigh
Russell Hicks
Mona Bruns
Sondra Rodgers
Calvin Thomas
Donald Hernly
John J. Martin
Summary:
Life of General Robert E. Lee after the Civil War.
Ep 2.33 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PROUDLY I LOVE
24-May-1953
written by John Schwartz
directed by Norman Felton
produced by Albert McCleery
starring
Sarah Churchill as Sarah Bernhardt
William Prince
Nicholas Joy
Kathleen Comegys
Zolya Talma
Ludie Claire
Humphrey Davis
Lynn Loring
Rene Paul
Summary:
Sarah Bernhardt gives up her love to continue her acting career.
Ep 2.34 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SPARK OF GENIUS
31-May-1953
written by Elaine Ryan
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Richard Hylton
Cameron Prud'Homme
Olive Blakeney
Lionel Ames
Ted Brenner
Ep 2.35 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE CLAY OF KINGS
07-Jun-1953
written by Elaine Ryan
based on a story by Susan Bailey
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Roger Moore
Judith Braun
Basil Howes
Pierre Myers
Marjorie Eaton
Shiela Huntington
Peter Donat
Summary:
Story of Josiah Wedgwood.
Ep 2.36 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SCOTT'S CASTLE
14-Jun-1953
directed by Albert McCleery
Summary:
The life of Sir Walter Scott, including family, literary career, bankruptcy,
and
the death of his wife.
Ep 2.37 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MAN AGAINST PAIN
21-Jun-1953
written by Rod Serling
directed by William Corrigan
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Tod Andrews
Patricia Breslin
Casey Allen
Gladys Klark
Edwin Cooper
Alan Devitt
Calvin Thomas
Marie Kenney
Edwin Hernly
Patty McCormack
James Rafferty
Vincent Van Lynn
Summary:
The story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed
the use
of ether as an anesthetic.
Ep 2.38 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE MERCER GIRLS
28-Jun-1953
wriiten by Poot Pray
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sarah Churchill
Stephen Douglass
Robert Wright
Bibi Osterwald
Kenneth Schon
Peter Birch
Floyd Buckley
Evelyn Ward
with
Renee Orin,
Alan North
Rosamond Vance,
Vin Kehoe
Guerita Donnelly,
Anita Webb
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3.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A SMILE FOR DANGER
27Sep1953 CBS Sun
starring
Sarah Churchill
William Ching
Synopsis:
A woman poses as an agent in the East. [RF]
*NOTE: This program marked the first time that "Hallmark Hall of Fame" which is
now produced in Hollywood
as a full-hour dramatic presentation and that the West Coast would be able to
view the program at the same day
as the East Coast.
3.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: OF TIME AND THE RIVER
04Oct1953 CBS Sun
Adapted by Howard Rodman
Story by Thomas Wolfe
starring
Thomas Mitchell ..... William Oliver Gant
Sara Haden .......... Wife
Lamont Johnson ...... Son
Synopsis:
Adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's "Of Time and the River", the deathbed scene. [RF]
3.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A QUEEN'S WAY
11Oct1953 CBS Sun
Written by Jennette & Francis Letton
starring
Sarah Churhill ..... Catherine Parr
Synopsis:
This is the biographical drama of Catherine Parr, one of the wives of Henry
VIII. [RF]
3.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MCCOY OF ABILENE
18Oct1953 CBS Sun
Written by Harold Callen
Based on the book The Trampling herd by Paul Wellman
Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
George Nader ....... Joseph McCoy
Marjorie Lord ...... Sarah McCoy
Gene Roth .......... March
Leonard Penn ....... Sam Hodgekiss
Rory Mallinson ..... David McCoy
James Dobson ....... Will
Frances Bavier ..... Lou Bloor
with
Walkin' Charlie Aldrich
Rodney Bell
James Best
Russ Conway
Robert Easton
Don Kennedy
John Larch
Steve Pendleton
Synopsis:
Story of Joseph Geiting McCoy, American pioneer cattleman. [RF]
3.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: NEVER KICK A MAN UPSTAIRS
25Oct1953 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sidney Blackmer ..... Theodore Roosevelt
Synopsis:
The story highlights the early career of "T.R." until the time he became
President. It shows how, during
those years, Roosevelt was a colorful, forceful, imaginative man who overcame
many obstacles, both personal
and political, on his rise to the Presidency. [RF]
3.06 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE IMAGINARY INVALID
01Nov1953 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by Maurice Valency
Based on Moliere's play "The Imaginary Invalid" ("It laid an egg, but in ten
years my sponsors will be
proud they were among the first to produce Moliere on TV.")
starring
Sarah Churchill .. Toinette
Barry Jones ...... Argan
Synopsis:
Moliere's rollicking satire tells the story of a wealthy fop, Argan, who fancies
himself the victim of
dozens of ailments. He accordingly becomes the dupe of the absurd 17th Century
doctors, who fill him with
worthless medicine and extract valuable fees in return. Argan's saucy maid
Toinette, realizing the ridiculous
situation of her gullible master, devises a plan that makes him come to his
senses. [RF]
3.07 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LONELY PATH
08Nov1953 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock
starring
Gene Barry ........ John C. Fremont
Sarah Churchill ... Jessie Fremont
Synopsis:
The moving story of John C. Fremont, one of the great American explorers of the
last century is dramatized.
Fremont whose explorations helped open a large part of the far West, played a
conspicuous part in the winning
of California territory from Mexico. An army lieutenant-colonel
at the time, he was later court-martialed
for insubordination to his superior officer.
Disillusioned by this occurance, in which he felt
himself blameless, he resigned his commission and once again
headed West. After many trying experiences, during which the bulwark of his
faith was the enduring love of
his wife, Jessie, Fremont struck gold and remade his fortune. He eventually
became the first Senator from California. [RF]
*NOTE: Also known as "The Lonely Way"
3.08 Hallmark Hall of Fame: OF TIME AND THE RIVER (II)
15Nov1953 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Based on the classic Thomas Wolfe novel
starring
Thomas Mitchell ... William Oliver Gant
Synopsis:
The story takes place during the hours just before Gant's demise. The remarkable
man and his family are the
long suffering wife who finds joy in hearing a compliment about her cooking;
Gant's daughter who wants freedom
from her father's overwhelming personality and young Eugene Gant who seeks the
true meaning og the father-son
relationship. The old man, laughing in the face of death, towers about all in
what has been acclaimed as a
great modern American novel. [RF]
*NOTE: A re-staging from 04Oct53.
3.09 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH
22Nov1953 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Kenneth Tobey ... Miles Standish
Priscilla Mullins
Jeff Donnell
Roger Pace
Synopsis:
The struggles of the early Pilgrims at Plymouth rock is dramatized. Beset by
illness, food shortage and
Indian marauders, the colonists relied almost on courage alone in the
realization of a haven that promised
them freedom they had long sought.
Against this background unfolded the love story of Priscilla and John Alden,
including the famous line
"Speak for yourself, John" which occurs when Alden asks the maid to give her
hand to his friend, Captain
Miles Standish. [RF]
3.10 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LAST VOYAGE
29Nov1953 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Richard Garland ... Franklin
Maurice Manson
Synopsis:
The story of Benjamin Franklin's famous trip to Paris during the Revolutionary
War and its importance for
the American cause is dramatized.
In Paris Franklin meets the beautiful Mme. Brillon who helps him establish
important acquaintances. But
he faced opposition from his fellow American hot-tempered Arthur Lee, and had to
use the utmost patience
and tact to resolve a most dangerous situation. [RF]
[--] Hallmark Hall of Fame
pre-empted on 06Dec1953
for a Special Presentation of "Man of the Year"
Hosted by Ogden Nash
Others who will appear "live"
include New York City's Mayor-elect, Robert F. Wagner Jr., Senator John F.
Kennedy (D-Mass.) and many others.
3.11 Hallmark Hall of Fame: AESOP AND RHODOPE
13Dec1953 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by Helene Hanff
Based on Walter Savage Landor novel "Imaginary Conversation".
starring
Lamont Johnson ..... Aesop
Sarah Churchill .... Rhodope
Synopsis:
Slave and story teller Aesop is smitten with slave girl Rhodope.
3.12 Hallmark Hall of Fame: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
20Dec1953 CBS Sun
Produced by Samuel Chotzinoff
Written by Gian Carlo Menotti
Directed by Kirk Browning
hosted & narrated by Sarah Churchill
starring
Bill McIver ........ Amahl
Rosemary Kuhlmann .. the Mother
Andrew McKinley .... King Kaspar
David Aiken ........ King Melchior
Leon Lishner ....... King Balthazar
Francis Monachino .. the Page
Felisa Conde, John Butler, Glen Tetley as the Three Dancers.
Synopsis:
Amahl, a crippled boy, and his poor mother are visited by the Three Wise Men,
who stay the night, and are entertained
by the villagers. During the night, Amahl's mother tries to steal their jewels,
but is caught by the page. Amahl begs
for her release, and is rewarded for his pains by being healed. He then leaves
with the Three Wise Men. [RF]
3.13 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BLAZE OF DARKNESS
27Dec1953 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock
Hosted & Narrated by Sarah Churchill
starring
John Sutton ........ John Milton
Synopsis:
About the mid-seventeenth century John Milton used his
fiery pen to espouse the cause of Oliver Cromwell against
the throne, since he believed that Cromwell would make England the World's first
true democracy. Milton worked
hard in this cause and though he was warned that continued eye-strain might
cause him to lose his sight. Cromwell's
advent to power plunged England into a strict dictatorship to Milton's
disillusionment. Milton once again took
up the pen to denounce Cromwell and, before long, overwork led to the poet's,
total blindness. His personal star
continued in descent when Charles II, after his restoration, had the poet
imprisoned as a traitor. Despite these
overwhelming setbacks, Milton lived to write the immortal "Paradise Lost." [RF]
3.14 Hallmark Hall of Fame: JOHN MARSHALL AND THE BURR CASE
03Jan1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by Ellen & Richard McCracken
starring
Richard Garland
Dan Riss
Robert Emmett Keane
Synopsis:
The story of Chief Justice John Marshall and his dignity and impartiality during
the trial of Aaron Burr,
the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.[RF]
3.15 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CRUSADE TO LIBERTY
10Jan1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock
Hosted & Narrated by Sarah Churchill
starring
Douglass Montgomery .. James Edward Oglethorpe
Jan Englund .......... Anne Dabney
Edward Ashley
Philip Tonge
Tina Carver
Lumsden Hare
Synopsis:
James Edward Oglethorpe fought a single-handed battle against the debtor prisons
of England. In 1732,
Oglethorpe fights a losing battle for the freedom of all unfortunate Englishmen
rotting in jail because
they owe money. Oglethorpe conceives a plan of starting a colony, to be made up
of freed debtors, in
the new world. Eventually, a boatload of debtors arrives at what Is later to
become Georgia, but warlike
Indians imperil the beleaguered band. When his fiancee, Anne Dabney, is murdered
by the Indians, Oglethorpe
swears vengeance. However, calmer advice prevails, the colony is rebuilt and
Oglethorpe becomes Georgia's
first governor, outlawing jail terms for men in debt. [RF]
3.16 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE ST. CLOUD STORM
17Jan1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Dorothy Green ........ Jane Grey Swisshelm
Synopsis:
Jane Grey Swisshelm, pioneer newspaper woman, who in 1857 heeded her boss Horace
Greeley's advice and headed
Westward to the town of St. Cloud, Minnesota, where she attempted to expose the
local boss. Her presses were
destroyed and she almost lost her life. [RF]
3.17 Hallmark Hall of Fame: KING RICHARD II
24Jan1954 CBS Sun
Producer Albert McCleery
Story by William Shakespeare
Directed by George Schaefer
starring
Maurice Evans ........ Richard II
Kent Smith ........... Bolingbroke
Sarah Churchill ...... the Queen
Frederic Worlock ..... John of Gaunt
Bruce Gordon ......... Thomas Mowbray
Morton Da Costa ...... Aumerle
Norman Barrs ......... Green
Robert Quarry ........ Bushy
Richard Purdy ........ Duke of York
Louis Hector ......... Northumberland
Jonathan Harris ...... Exton
Francis Bethencourt .. Willoughby
with
June Prudhomme, Sarah Marshall .. Ladies in Waiting
Terence Kilburn ...... Harry Percy
Louis Edmonds ........ Bagot
Ralph Clanton ........ Bishop of Carlisle
Porter Van Zandt ..... Salisbury
Paul Davis ........... a Guard
Alfred Shirley ....... Scroop
Whitford Kane ........ the Gardener
Joseph Dooley ........ Second Gardener
Raymond Johnson ...... Third Gardener
Clifford Cothren ..... Jailer
Van Williams ......... Exton's Servant
Kenneth Raymond, Tom Hughes Sand ... Pages
Synopsis:
The story of the King who believed he ruled by divine right and was completely
heedless of his personal
responsibility to his people and his Kingdom. Deposed by insurgent nobles who
rebelled at his excesses,
Richard ultimately found dignity and true nobility in the tragedy of his
ultimate ruin.[RF]
*NOTE: The program cost $175,000 to produce.
3.18 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LONE STAR
31Jan1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by James Truex
Synopsis:
Houston goes to Mexican Territory at the suggestion of his friend, President
Andrew Jackson. He soon becomes
involved in the cause of Texas independence, but in opposition to Stephen
Austin, who believes Texas can
gain autonomy under Mexican rule. After Austin is imprisoned by the Mexicans,
Houston is appointed
commander-in-chief of the Texas forces in their fight for freedom. When
Houston's orders are ignored, the Alamo
falls. However, he rallies his forces and engages a much larger Mexican force
under the wily Santa Ana,
in a battle in which he employs brilliant military strategy. [RF]
3.19 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE HANDS OF CLARA SCHUMANN
07Feb1954 CBS Sun
Written by Helene Hanff
From a story by John Murray
starring
Sarah Churchill ...... Clara Weick Schumann
Patrick O'Neal ....... Robert Schumann
Synopsis:
Clara Weick's father strongly objected to her marrying a penniless young
composer named Schumann. The law
in Vienna then permitted fathers to choose their daughters' mates, and Clara
felt obliged to sue in the
courts to Rain the right to marry the man of her choice. After a lengthy and
humiliating public trial,
Clara was victorious and soon married Schumann. They made a triumphal tour of
Europe—Schumann composing
and Clara playing the concert piano. [RF]
3.20 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CRUSADER AGAINST CRUELTY
14Feb1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by Harold Callen
starring
Kent Smith ......... Henry Bergh
Gertrude Michael
Synopsis:
The true story of Henry Bergh and his fight against cruelty to children and
animals is dramatized. [RF]
3.21 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MISS TRACY OF MT. VERNON
21Feb1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by Elaine Ryan
starring
Sarah Churchill ..... Sarah Tracy
Synopsis:
Miss Tracy's story is told in order to preserve Washington's home as a national
shrine in Mt. Vernon,
neutral during the Civil War. [RF]
3.22 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE TURBULENT AIR
28Feb1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
John Hudson ........ Antoine Lavoisier
Synopsis:
The story of the co-discoverer of oxygen Lavoisier is dramatized. [RF]
3.23 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE GOOD SAMARITAN
07Mar1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Adapted for TV by Harold Callen
Based on an original story by Douglass Montgomery
starring
Douglass Montgomery.. The Man
Selena Royle ........ Schoolteacher
Lamont Johnson ...... (is heard as the Voice of Jesus)
Ann Doran ........... Queen Isabella and Florence Nightingale
Synopsis:
Story about a man who lives for almost 2,000 years in many nations at many
times, attempting to imbue civilization
with the meaning and spirit of mercy through the ages. The drama will cover a
space in time from the days of Christ
to the formation of the Red Cross. [RF]
*NOTE: A large cast was recruited for this tribute to the Red Cross.
3.24 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE ROAD TO TARA
14Mar1954 CBS Sun
starring
Patrick O'Neal
Lois Hall
Synopsis:
Christian Patricius escapes from pagen Eire and returns in story of St. Patrick.
[RF]
3.25 Hallmark Hall of Fame: OUT OF JULES VERNE
21Mar1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
George Nader ..... Jules Verne
Carole Mathews ... Honorine
Synopsis:
The program salutes the achievement of the father of science fiction. Despite
his ardent desire to become a successful
writer, Verne failed as a playwright. He abandoned writing for the stage when he
married a young widow and started
a business in the Stock Exchange at which he also failed. His wife and a friend
Nadar the pioneer balloonist encouraged
him to write again and his first book, a fantasy about balloon ascension to the
planets, became a sensational success
when its publication coincided with Nadar's balloon flight over Paris. Verne was
also launched on his career as a
successful author of science fiction. [RF]
3.26 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE ORDEAL OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
28Mar1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by Helene Hanff
starring
Warner Anderson .... Thomas Jefferson
Synopsis:
A period of history when Jefferson's enemies branded him as a traitor, spy and
believer in "government by rabble".
Alien and sedition laws were passed, making it a crime to criticize the United
States; newspapers were destroyed
and non-conforming Congressmen were jailed. But Jefferson fought for the right
of this nation's citizens to be free
in the right to disagree with one another. [RF]
3.27 Hallmark Hall of Fame: YOUNG WILLIAM PENN
04Apr1954
Written by James Truex
Synopsis:
The story of a young privileged son who was greatly affected by the preaching of
Quaker minister Thomas Loe. [RF]
3.28 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LIBERATOR
11Apr1954 CBS Sun
Written by Howard Rodman
starring
Joseph Jefferson ... Simon Bolivar
Synopsis:
The story of Simon Bolivar who freed Venezuela from the tyranny of Spain. RF]
3.29 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE STORY OF RUTH
18Apr1954 CBS Sun
Written by Howard Rodman
starring
Maria Riva
Fay Bainter
Margaret Hayes
Synopsis:
Ruth a childless widow and foreigner was helped by an older woman Naomi to
overcome the many difficulties she faced. [RF]
*NOTE: The famous quote from Ruth to Naomi: Do not urge me to leave you, or to
turn back and not follow you. For
wherever you go, I will go; wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall
be my people, and your God my God.
Where you die, I will die and be buried.
3.30 Hallmark Hall of Fame: AIMEE DE RIVERY
Prod. No. QK-7398
25Apr1954 CBS Sun
Written by George Bruce & Helene Hanff
Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sarah Churchill ..... Aimee De Rivery
Geoffrey Toone ...... The Sultan
Celia Lovsky ........ Valideh Sultan
Lou Krugman ......... Ali Hussein
Leslie Denison ...... Commander of Corsairs
Paul Newlan ......... Kizlak Agha
Penny Santon ........ Katon Kaija
Naomi Burns ......... Fortune Teller
Michael Miller ...... Selim
Synopsis:
Story of Aimée de Rivery, who brought reforms to Turkey. [RF]
3.31 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PETTICOAT REVOLUTION
02May1954 CBS Sun
Written by Helen Hanff
Synopsis:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, wife of a Seneca Falls (N.Y.) lawyer, joins another
feminist leader, Mrs. Bloomer, in
a campaign to permit women to own property and to keep the money they earn. The
women become the laughing stock
of the country and, moreover, because of the notoriety, Stanton's career as a
lawyer and legislator faces doom.
The issue nevertheless gains strength and momentum when 22,000 men sign the
ladies' petition. It eventually passes
the New York State Legislature and becomes law. The husbands of Mrs. Stanton and
Mrs. Bloomer sign for relief,
only to find that their wives are in the midst of a new campaign—to win voting
rights for women. [RF]
3.32 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PORTRAIT BY WHISTLER
09May1954 CBS Sun
Written by Ted Wear
starring
Keith Larsen
Doris Lloyd
James McNeill
Synopsis:
The drama describes the struggle of the famed artist to gain recognition and
depicts the time that the sheriff
almost takes away his famous "Arrangement in Black and Gray" the world acclaimed
picture of his mother. However,
a friend steps in to pay off the artist's many debts. [RF]
3.33 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MOBY DICK
16May1954 CBS Sun
Adapted by Howard Rodman from the Novel by Herman Melville
Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Victor Jory ......... Captain Ahab
Hugh O'Brian ........ Starbuck
Lamont Johnson ...... Ishmael
Harvey Stephens ..... Stubb
Thomas B. Henry ..... Fedallah
Nestor Paiva ........ Captain Peleg
Earl Lee ............ Elijah
Charles Mauu ........ Queequeg
John Hamilton ....... "Jeroboam" Captain
Tim Graham .......... Carpenter
Howard McNeely ...... Pip
Stevan Darrell ...... Tashtego
James Logan ......... "Rachael" Captain
John Larch .......... 1st Sailor
Steve Mitchell ...... 2nd Sailor
Synopsis:
A sea captain seeks vengeance upon a whale.
*Note: TV Guide has this episode airing 04Apr54.
3.34 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE STORY OF FATHER JUNIPER SERRA
23May1954 CBS Sun
starring
Robert Warwick ...... Father Serra
Lyle Talbot ......... Father Crespi
Leslie Dennison ..... Commander Rivera
Paul Richards ....... Captain Anza
Synopsis:
The story of the Catholic missionary Father Junipera Serra, who founded over 18
missions along the West Coast
in the 1770's. His efforts helped to prevent the Russians from invading the U.S.
through Alaska. [RF]
*NOTE: Also known as "Serra and San Francisco"
3.35 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE ARMOUR-BEARER
30May1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
Written by Helene Hanff
Synopsis:
The moving story behind the founding of temple University in Philadelphia is
told.
The drama will relate how Russell Con well, founder of the university, abandoned
a lucrative law practice to become
a minister and a great humanitarian, as a result of the death of his armour-bearer
in the Civil war.
Conwell was a Union army officer when his armour-bearer, a young lad named
Johnny Ring, died. Since the boy had
hoped to become a minister and preacher after the war, Conwell decided to devote
his own life to these objectives,
as a testimonial to the boy's, high moral spirit. [RF]
3.36 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A RECKLESS YOUTH
06Jun1954 CBS Sun
Produce & Directed by Albert McCleery
Synopsis:
The little known and humorous story of how Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) won his
wife Olivia Langdon. Clemens manages
to wangle an invitation as houseguest at the Langdon home in order to court the
girl of his dreams. Her stern father
disapproves. [RF]
3.37 Hallmark Hall of Fame: COME TO THE WINDOW
13Jun1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Jan Clayton ....... Jenny Lind
Synopsis:
Completely exhausted after a concert tour of the United Slates under the driving
managership of P.T. Barnum, Jenny
Lind decides to abandon her theatrical career, marry an English suitor and
retire in England. However, Otto Goldschmidt,
her devoted accompanist, realizes the beautiful coloratura could never be happy
as a housewife. He loves Jenny, and
believes her voice is a gift to the world. It remains for the famed showman, P.T.
Barnum, to solve her problem. [RF]
3.38 Hallmark Hall of Fame: FLIGHT FROM CATHAY
20Jun1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sarah Churchill .. Kukschin
Synopsis:
Chinese princess, Kukachin, is befriended by the adventurous Marco Polo. Young
Polo, his father and uncle, although
respected advisors to Kubla Khan, are h e l d virtually as prisoners in the
Emperor's palace. They desperately wish
to return to Venice and hit upon a scheme — to escort the Princess Kukachin W
Persia, where she will marry the Shah.
From there they plan to escape to their home. [RF]
3.39 Hallmark Hall of Fame: WIFE UNTO CAESAR
27Jun1954 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sarah Churchill ... Calpurnia
Hans Conried ...... Caesar
William Pullen .... Pompey
Rhodes Reason ..... Marcus
Synopsis:
The story unfolds as Calpurnia visits her husband on the battlefield and is
ordered back to Rome and there learns of
a plot against Caesar. She obtains the details and makes a desperate attempt to
get the news to Caesar. [RF]
3.40 Hallmark Hall of Fame: JOHN PAUL JONES
04Jul54 CBS Sun
Produced & Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Gloria Jean
Lamont Johnson
Jay Barney
Synopsis:
Historic drama about America's first naval hero.
The historical drama reveals that John Paul, (his actual name) came to America
after becoming disgusted with the sea,
and decided to attempt farming.
In North Carolina he met a plantation owner named Wylie Jones who, impressed
with the young sailor's candor, honesty
and knowledge of ships, took him into the family,, When the American Revolution
started, he was reluctant to become
involved but Wylie Jones convinced him of the worthiness of the cause. Adopting
the family name of Jones as his own,
he joined the Navy. [RF]
LAFAYETTE FOR
FREEDOM
(25-Apr-1954 Copyright)
written by Ellen & Richard McCracken
########## Hallmark Hall of Fame ##########
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4.1 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DYNAMITE, THE STORY OF
ALFRED NOBEL
05Sep1954
Written by Harold Callum
starring
Wesley Addy
Osa Massen
Synopsis:
The Swedish-American inventor of dynamite, established before his death the
Nobel Prize to be awarded
annually for the best work in the field of physics, medicine and chemistry. [RF]
4.2 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DO NOT CRY FOR ME
12Sep1954
Written by Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock
Synopsis:
Tells the story of the early life of the American composer Stephen Foster.
Relates the difficulties Foster
encountered when he tried to have his first song performed. [RF]
4.3 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A MAN OF MANY IDEAS
19Sep1954
Written by Boris Sagal
starring
Peter Graves ... John Wanamaker
Synopsis:
The story of John Nelson Wanamaker the 35th United States Postmaster General who
was known for buying an abandoned
railroad depot and converting it into a department story called "The Grand
Depot" which was considered the first
department store in Philadelphia. [RF]
*NOTE: Title was also listed as "The Story of John Wanamaker".
4.4 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE RELUCTANT REDEEMER
26Sep1954
Written by Helene Hanff
starring
John Barrymore Jr. ... Moses
Natalie Wood
Karen Sharpe
Douglas Dumbrille
Gertrude Michael
Synopsis:
The story tells of Moses' upbringing by an Egyptian pharaoh, his killing of a
cruel overseer and the flight to
Media where he marries. When the voice of God comes from the burning bush he
returns to Egypt to free his people.
Natalie Wood will be featured as the beloved ot Moses when he was a young man. [RF]
*NOTE: Title also listed as "The Story of Moses".
4.5 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE STORY OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
03Oct1954
starring
Ben Cooper
Synopsis:
From court appointed organist to his triumphant position as Kantor at the
Thomasschule his story unfolds as his
music was given to the world almost a century after he died after being
rediscovered by Felix Mendelssohn.
*NOTE: Title also listed as "The Choir Minister of Leipzig". [RF]
4.6 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE IMMORTAL OATH
10Oct1954
starring
John Baer
Vera Miles
Synopsis:
The tale of Hippocrates, the father of medicine is dramatized. [RF]
4.7 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE YANKEE ROADBLOCKS
17Oct1954
written by John Paulding
starring
Lance Fuller
Synopsis:
An all-male cast set in the Revolutionary War days, the story tells how a hero
exposed the plot of
Benedict Arnold and save General Washington from being captured by the British.
[RF]
4.8 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LADY IN THE WINGS
24Oct1954
Written by Helene Hanff
Directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Ann Doran ........... Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell
Ludwig Stossel ...... Professor Roff
Michael Whalen ...... Lawyer
Theresa Lyon ........ Mary
Somer Alberg ........ Emil
Rosemary De Camp .... Anna Baetz
Selmer Jackson
Peter Hanson
Synopsis 1:
The story of the wife of composer Edward MacDowell. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The widow of the great composer, Edward MacDowell, remembering her happy past,
wishes to create a place where
artists from all quarters can work in solitude. [RF]
*NOTE: Based on the true story of Edward MacDowell and his wife Marian. The
MacDowell Colony founded in 1907
is based on a simple idea that creative people work best when they have time,
space, privacy and the opportunity
to speak with other artists. Located in Peterborough, New Hampshire, this 450
wooded acres bring 250 Fellowships
each year.
Born Marian Griswold Nevins, the wife of American composer and pianist Edward
MacDowell gave up a promising future
to devote herself to her husband's career.
She and Edward were married for 23 years when he died at age 46 of a devastating
nervous disorder in 1908. She
spent the rest of her life (48years) creating the artist retreat, his final
wish.
Marian MacDowell died on August 23, 1956, at the age of ninety-eight.
4.9 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE PATH TO PEACE
31Oct1954
Written by Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock
starring
Herbert Rudley
Synopsis:
Horace Greeley's fight for peace is dramatized. [RF]
[--]
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" pre-empted on 07Nov1954
for "The Max Liebman Show Spectacular" starring Judy Holliday, Steve Allen and
Dick Shawn.
4.10 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A MATTER OF PRINCIPAL
14Nov1954
Synopsis:
An incident in the life of John Adams, second President of the United States and
his defense
of an English Officer who was charged with the deaths of five American patriots
in Boston. [RF]
4.11 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PRESIDENT FOR A DAY
21Nov1954
Written by Day Nelson Gidding
Synopsis:
The story of the man who was President of the United States for one day is told.
David Rice
Atchison as President of the Senate automatically became President for 24 hours
when Zachary
Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday. [RF]
4.12 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MACBETH
28Nov1954 2hr. presentation
executive producer Jack Rayel / producer Maurice Evans
story by William Shakespeare
Directed by George Schaefer
Composer Lehman Engel
Costume Designer Noel Taylor
starring
Maurice Evans ..... Macbeth
Judith Anderson ... Lady Macbeth
Jane Rose ......... First Witch
Frieda Altman ..... Second Witch
Maud Sheerer ...... Third Witch
House Jameson ..... Duncan
Roger Hamilton .... Malcolm
William Woodson ... the Sergeant
Guy Sorel ......... Ross
Staats Cotsworth .. Banquo
Michael Kane ...... Angus
Basil Langton ..... Seyton
John Reese ........ Pleance
J. Pat O'Malley ... the Porter
Richard Waring .... Macduff
Barry Warren ...... Donaldbain
Noel Leslie ....... the Doctor
George Ebeling .... the First Murderer
Robert Carricart .. the Second Murderer
Ford Rainey ....... Menteith
Margot Stevenson .. Lady Macduff
Rhoden Streeter ... Young Macduff
Nan McFarland ..... Gentlewoman
Edwin Jerome ...... Caithness
Val Wrenne ........ the Servant
Roy Dean .......... the Messenger
Synopsis:
A dramatization of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
*NOTE: Dame Judith Anderson won the first Emmy for Hallmark in her role as Lady
Macbeth.
4.13 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DEADLOCK
05Dec1954
Written by Eugene Vale
starring
Wesley Addy
Ian Keith
Synopsis:
The story of the Burr–Hamilton duel arose from a long-standing political and
personal rivalry that
had developed between both men over a course of several years. [RF]
4.14 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE PROVINCE OF MAN
12Dec1954
starring
John Sutton
Synopsis:
The story of how William Harvey used King John of England as a guinea pig to
test his theory
of the circulatory system. [RF]
4.15 Hallmark Hall of Fame: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
19Dec1954
Based on Gian Carlo Menotti's opera
starring
Bill McIver ......... Amahl
Rosemary Kuhlmann ... Mother
Leon Lishner ........ King Balthazar
David Aiken ......... King Melchoir
Andrew McKinley ..... King Kaspar
Fancis Monachino .... Page
Felisa Conde, John Butler, Glen Tetley as the Three
Dancers.
Summary:
Amahl, a crippled boy, and his poor mother are visited by the Three Wise Men,
who stay the night, and are entertained by the villagers. During the night,
Amahl's
mother tries to steal their jewels, but is caught by the page. Amahl begs for
her release,
and is rewarded for his pains by being healed. He then leaves with the Three
Wise Men.
Synopsis 2:
The tale of a poor boy and his mother who journey to visit Christ's birth in
Bethlehem. [RF]
4.16 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE JOYFUL TYDINGS
26Dec1954
Written by Elaine Ryan
starring
Terence DeMarney
Synopsis:
The story of the stormy controversy during the reign of Henry the Eighth is
dramatized. [RF]
4.17 Hallmark Hall of Fame: WILLIAM TELL
02Jan1955
starring
James Arness ....... William Tell
Synopsis:
The story of the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell is dramatized. [RF]
Ep 4.18 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE FIRST MINTMASTER
09-Jan-1955
written by Meyer Dolinsky
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Lamont Johnson as John Hull
Mark Dana as Edward Hull
Mary Scott as Judith
Herbert Rudley as Reverend Joseph Cotton
Lumsden Hare as Governor Winthrop
James Flavin as Captain Kimble
Cyril Delevanti as Robert Kearney
Tim Graham as Ambros Martin
Summary:
Story of John Hull, first mintmaster of Massachusetts Bay Colony, who was
appointed
to the post in 1650 as the culmination of his efforts to abolish barter and foreign
coinage in favor of a stabilized currency.
Ep 4.19 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM
16-Jan-1955
written by Peter Kortner
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Ben Cooper as Benjamin Franklin
Gill Harman as James Franklin
Richard Simmons as Cotton Mather
Michael Miller as John Collins
Douglass Dumbrille as Governor Spriggs
Summary:
In the name of his brother, the editor of the Boston Courant,
Benjamin Franklin
launches a campaign against Cotton Mather.
Ep 4.20 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DR. HARVEY W. WILEY
23-Jan-1955
written by George Bruce
from an original story by Milton Kahn
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Paul Langton as Dr. Harvey W. Wiley
Morris Ankrum as Dr. Treet
Stephen Coit as William Allen White
George Eldredge as Congressman
Paul Birch as Secretary of Agriculture
John Larch as A young tough
Loretta King as Woman
Bill Bryant as Lieutenant
Summary:
Struggle of chemist Wiley to expose frauds in food and drug trade
and in patent medicine. His efforts to prove the harmful effects of adulterated and
falsely
labeled food ultimately led to passage of the Food and Drug Act.
*Note: Title also known as: The little-known story of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley,
the
man who was responsible for the passage of pure food laws in America.
Ep 4.21 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A STORY ABOUT HENRY FORD
30-Jan-1955
written by George Bruce
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Arthur Franz as Henry Ford
Karen Sharpe as Clara Ford
Robert Brubaker as Jared
David Stollery as Tommy
Alexander Campbell as Covin
Will J. White Barney Oldfield
Hal Forrest as First businessman
Michael Ferris as Second businessman
Summary:
Ford, unhappy with farm life, moves to Detroit where he begins
to experiment with the gas engine, certain that it could be made
to propel a vehicle.
Ep 4.22 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PATRICK HENRY
06-Feb-1955
adapted by Helene Hanff & James Truex
written by James Truex
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Jack Kelly as Patrick Henry
Angela Greene as Sally Henry
John Lupton as Thomas Jefferson
Tristram Coffin as Peyton Randolph
Don Kennedy as George Johnston
Leslie Denison as John Robinson
Summary:
Silver-tongued Patrick Henry studied law for only six weeks,
but so impressed the board that they passed him. He was a
successful Southern backwoods lawyer, reluctant to enter the
aristocratic House of Burgesses until the British introduced
the Stamp Act.
Ep 4.23 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE SHINING BEACON
13-Feb-1955
written by Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Whitfield Connor as Alcuin
Antony Eustrel as Voinier
Gladys Holland as Desiree
Don Megowan as Charlemagne
John Dodsworth as Luville
Peter Reynolds as Jacques
John Larch as Quintus
Will J. White as Soldier
Summary:
Setting is England 1200 years ago. Tale of Alcuin, the great
educator who taught
Charlemagne to read and write.
* Note Title also known as "A Tribute to Alcuin".
Ep 4.24 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MARTHA CUSTIS WASHINGTON
20-Feb-1955
written by Eugene Vale & Elaine Ryan
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Karen Sharpe as Martha Custis
Marshall Thompson as George Washington
Hugh Beaumont as Col. Richard Chamberlayne
Margaret Campbell as Mrs. Chamberlayne
Maidie Norman as Lurie
Dennis King, Jr. as Richard Nicholas
Summary:
The courtship of George Washington and Martha Custis,
a widowed mother of two.
* Note: Title also known as "The Courtship of George Washington & Martha Custis"
Ep 4.25 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE TALKING WIRE
27-Feb-1955
written by George Bruce
story by Harold Callen
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Peter Hanson as Alexander Bell
Claudia Barrett as Mabel Hubbard
Ian Keith as Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Burt Masters as Thomas Watson
Charlott Knight as Landlady
Kim Charney as Georgie Sanders
Summary:
The story of Alexander Graham Bell and experiments that
led to the electric
hearing aid, and then the telephone.
Ep 4.26 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE ADVENTURES OF LT. CONTEE
06-Mar-1955
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
John Barrymore Jr.
Summary:
Tribute to Lieutenant Marcus Contee one of Commodore Perry's
officers, whose
personal efforts helped open Japan to foreign trade.
Ep 4.27 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE PIRATE AND THE LAWYER
13-Mar-1955
written by Helen Hanff
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Ray Danton as Jean Lafitte
Herbert Rudley as Edward Livingston
Douglass Dumbrille as Governor William Claiborne
Loretta King as Louise Livingston
G. Thomas Duggan as Andrew Jackson
Liam Sullivan as Captain Nicholas Lockyer
William Justine as Dominique You
Summary:
Adventures of pirate Jean Laffite and lawyer Edward Livingston.
* Note Title also known as "A Tribute to Edward Livingston".
Ep 4.28 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SOLDIER'S BRIDE
20-Mar-1955
written by Helene Hanff
from a story by Rosemary Foster
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sarah Churchill as Knox Taylor
John Baragray as Jefferson Davis
Richard Gaines as Zachary Taylor
Olive Blakeney as Mrs. Taylor
Robert Brubaker as Captain McRee
Summary:
Story of the love between Knox Taylor (daughter of Colonel
Zachary Taylor) and
Jefferson Davis.
Ep 4.29 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE FINEST GIFT
27-Mar-1955
written by Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Tod Andrews as Lord Byron
Mary Scott as Mary Shelley
Richard Flato as Alexis Xenos
Myron Healey as Colonel Reiner
Peter Mamakos as Stefanos
Lumsden Hare as Ambassador Wakefield
Lou Krugman as Ahmet Fedize
Alphonse Martell as Ambassador Perret
Summary:
Lord Byron's efforts to liberate Greece.
Ep 4.30 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS
03-Apr-1955
written by George Bruce
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
William Bishop as Ethan Allen
Berry Kroger as Benedict Arnold
Malcolm Atterbury as Peleg Sunderland
Walter Beaver as John Brown
John Craven as Remeber Baker
Sam Flint as President of Committee
Ray Montgomery as Seth Warner
John Dodsworth as British officer
Keith Hitchcock as Major William Delaplace
Summary:
Story of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys.
Ep 4.31 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LYDIA
10-Apr-1955
written by George Bruce & DeWitt Bodeen
from a story by E. Jack Neuman
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Sarah Churchill as Lydia
Lamont Johnson as Paul
Glenn Langan as Claudius
Paul Lukather as Silas
Donald Lawton as Nestor
Will J. White as Francis
Summary:
Story of the pagan Greek Lydia, who lived in ancient Rome
and saved the life of
the Apostle Paul.
Ep 4.32 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE MAN WHO TORE DOWN THE WALL
17-Apr-1955
written by Joseph Schrank
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Peter Graves as Dr. James Ewing
Tristram Coffin as Dr. Parsons
Philip Tonge as Dr. Barman
Robert Brubaker as Dr. Douglas
William Schallert as Dr. Janeway
Tyler McVey as Dr. Stokes
Karen Steele as Nurse
Summary:
Story from 1910 of Dr. James Ewing, who fought to break
down the barriers erected against the investigation and
treatment of cancer, and who "almost single-handedly founded
the Memorial Cancer Center in New York City.
* Note: Title also known as, "The Story of Dr. James Ewing"
Ep 4.33 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE TOUCH OF STEEL
01-May-1955
written by Meyer Dolinsky
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Jan Merlin as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
John Dennis as Sgt. Murphy
Hugh Beaumont as Col. Lander
Russell Johnson as Lefty
Forrest Taylor as Dr. Holmes
John Goddard as Cpl. Kenny
Claudia Barrett as Fanny
Summary:
Story of young army officer and law student Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Jr., 60th
justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Ep 4.34 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CRADLE SONG
08-May-1955
written by Elaine Ryan
based on a story by James Truex
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Osa Massen as Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Alf Kjellin as Paul Schumann
Gregory Gay as Herr Sokolov
John Banner
Faye Wall
Manfred Furst
Summary:
Story of Ernestine Schumann-Heink.
Ep 4.35 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE PROMISE
15-May-1955
written by Leonard Heideman
from a story by Winifred Wolf and Jack Gordon
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Lamont Johnson as Damon
Marshall Thompson as Pythias
Ian Keith as Dionysius
Cathy Downs as Calanthe
Robert Brubaker as Caius
June Howard as Calaga
Summary:
Dramatization of the legend of Damon and Pythias.
* Note Title also known as "The Story of Damon and Pythias".
Ep 4.36 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE MAN WITH A CAMERA
22-May-1955
written by Boris & Sara Sagal
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Gene Reynolds as George Eastman
Summary:
Story of George Eastman, and his development of the
first camera to use film.
* Note Title also known as, "The Story of George Eastman"
Ep 4.37 Hallmark Hall of Fame: STORY OF PAUL HARRIS AND THE FOUNDING OF
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
29-May-1955
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Edward Arnold
Summary:
Tribute to Rotary International in commemoration of its golden anniversary.
Includes speech by Rotary president, Herbert J. Taylor
Ep 4.38 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE TEMPERING OF THE SWORD
05-Jun-1955
written by George Bruce
based on a story by George Faulkner
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
Joseph Schildkraut as Baron von Steuben
Robert Warwick as George Washington
James Flavin as General Charles Lee
Robert Bolger as Captain Walker
Ralph Clanton as Count St. Germain
Manfred Furst as Otto
William Bryant as 1st Lieutenant
Summary:
Story of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben, founder of
the American military system, who trained troops in
the American Revolution.
* Note: Title also known as "The Hammer and the Sword".
Ep 4.39 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CADET POE
12-Jun-1955
adapted by Peter Kortner
Based on a story by Will Price and Marcia Dealy.
directed by Albert McCleery
starring
John Carlyle as Edgar Allan Poe
Ian Keith as John Allan
Carolyn Craig as Virginia Clemm
Gil Harman as Lt. Joseph Locke
Tyler McVey as Supply Sargeant
Charles Meridith as President of the Court
Robert King as Cadet Bob Welty
Robert Sampson as Cadet Dick Gordon
Harvey Daniels as Cadet Jack Hume
Summary:
Recounts a "little-known incident" in the life of Edgar Allan Poe.
Ep 4.40 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE FATHER WHO HAD NO SONS
19-Jun-1955
written by George Bruce
directed by Albert McCleery
produced by Maurice Evans
starring
Gene Lockhart as Milton Hershey
Mary Adams as Catherine Hershey
Adrienne Marden as Mrs. Smith
Robert Winans as Jimmy Smith
Erik Nielsen as Johnny Smith
Hugh Corcoran as Bobby
Irene Corlett as Ann Dobbs
William Neff as Sergeant Briggs
Summary:
The inspiring story of Milton S. Hershey, who worked so hard
to bring happiness
to thousands of orphans.
Ep 4.41 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE FARMER FROM MONTICELLO
26-Jun-1955
written by Eileen & Robert Mason Pollock
directed by Albert McCleery
produced & hosted by Maurice Evans
starring
Rhodes Reason as Thomas Jefferson
Julie Bennett as Martha Jefferson
Tod Griffin as Patrick Henry
Will J. White as Jonathon Taylor
Herbert Rudley as Tobias Raile
Alexander Campbell as Dr. Garis
Shirley Higgenbotham as Hannah
Summary:
The story of Thomas Jefferson's return to politics in 1773.
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*Note: Format changes to one show per month
Ep 5.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ALICE IN WONDERLAND
23-Oct-1955
adapted by Florida Friebus
Based on the play by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus
story by Lewis Carroll
directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Jack Bayel
narrated by Maurice Evans
starring
Gillian Barber as Alice
Martyn Green as White Rabbit
Bobby Clark as Duchess
Hiram Sherman as King of Hearts
J. Pat O'Malley as Gryphon
Burr Tillstrom as Mock Turtle
Elsa Lanchester as Red Queen
Eva Le Gallienne as White Queen
Reginald Gardiner as White Knight
Noel Leslie as Caterpillar
Michael Enserro as Fish Footman
Gilbert Mack as Frog Footman
Bernard Tone as Cook
Ian Martin as Tweedledum
Don Hanmer as Tweedledee
Robert Casper as March Hare
Mort Marshall as Mad Hatter
Alice Pearce as Dormouse
Skedge Miller as Gardener
Tom Bosley as Knave of Hearts
Ronald Long as Queen of Hearts
Karl Swenson as Humpty Dumpty
Don Somers as Red King
Marc Breaux as Walrus
Lenny Claret as Carpenter
* Note: Walrus and Carpenter duet sung by Martin Green
and J. Pat O'Malley
Ep 5.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE
20-Nov-1955
adapted by S. Mark Smith
story by George Bernard Shaw
directed by George Schaefer
produced by Mildred Freed Alberg
executive producer Jack Rayel
starring
Maurice Evans as Richard Dudgeon
Teresa Wright as Judith Anderson
Ralph Bellamy as Pastor Anderson
Clifford Cothren as Militiaman
Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Dudgeon
Logan Ramsey as Christy
Jada Rowland as Essie
Somer Alberg as Lawyer Hawkins
Morton L. Stevens as Uncle William
Bernard Tone as Uncle Titus
Cavada Humphrey as Mrs. William Dudgeon
Flossie Ellis as Mrs. Titus Dudgeon
Ian Martin as Sergeant
Leo Britt as Major Swindon
Michael Hogan as Chaplain
Summary:
Dick Dudgeon is the local scapegrace in the New Hampshire
community of Yankees where he lives. Even his own mother
becomes fed up with the way he flouts the cardinal rules of good
sense, good manners and good religion, and throws him out of the house.
Judith, Parson Anderson's pretty wife, also has a low opinion
of Dick. But Shaw proves Dick's heart is in the right place for he's kind
to a poor, belabored servant girl, and, it being the time of the
American Revolution, he shortly becomes a Yankee hero!
5.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame:
DREAM GIRL
11Dec1955
Produced by Maurice Evans
Adaptation by S. Mark Smith
Based on the play by Elmer Rice.
Directed by George Schaefer
Narrator Maurice Evans
starring
Vivian Blaine ....... Georgina Allerton
Hal March ........... Clark Redfield
Evelyn Varden ....... Miriam Allerton Lucas
Edmon Ryan .......... Jim Lucas
William A. Lee ...... George Allerton
Mary Fickett ........ Lucy Allerton
Donald Symington .... Mr. Hand
Priscilla Morrill ... Claire Bleakley
Walter Klavun ....... Charles
Kathleen Mansfield .. Edna
Synopsis:
It's a comedy about a young lady who runs an unsuccessful bookstore and dreams
her way through some complicated
problems. The fact she will be playing a straight dramatic role for 90 minutes
on TV causes many of her friends
to believe it's a big break for her. They believe millions of viewers will begin
thinking of her as a dramatic
actress as well as a singing comedienne. [RF]
5.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE CORN IS GREEN
08Jan1956
Produced by Maurice Evans
Based on the play by Emlyn Williams
starring
Eva LeGallienne ..... Miss Moffat
Melville Cooper ..... Glyn Thomas
John Kerr ........... Morgan Evans
Joan Lorring ........ Bessie Watty
Carmen Mathews ...... Miss Ronberry
Synopsis:
A strong-willed schoolteacher working in a poverty-stricken coal mining town
takes an illiterate teenager. [RF]
5.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE GOOD FAIRY
05Feb1956
Produced by Maurice Evans
Based on Ferenc Molnar's The Good Fairy
starring
Julie Harris ......... Lu
Cyril Ritchard ....... Mr. Big
Walter Slezak ........ Lawyer
Roddy McDowall
Paul Lynde
Florida Friebus ...... Karoline
Synopsis:
A fantasy about a "little glowworm" usherette who wants to be a good fairy to a
highly moral but impoverished
lawyer, is pursued by an immensely wealthy but engagingly unethical Lothario,
and winds up in the arms of her
own true love. [RF]
5.06 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
18Mar1956
adapted by Michael Hogan & William Nichols
Based on the play by William Shakespeare
Directed by George Schaefer
starring
Maurice Evans ........ Petruchio
Lilli Palmer ......... Katherine
Diane Cilento ........ Bianca
Will B. Able ......... Curtis
Ronald Long .......... Biondello
Robinson Stone ....... Vincentio
John Colicos ......... Lucentio
Douglas Watson ....... Hortensio
Jerome Kilty ......... Grumio
Philip Bourneuf ...... Baptista
Jack Fletcher ........ the Tailor
Paul Godkin, Mara Lynn .. wedding dancers
Synopsis:
Baptista is enthusiastic about Petruchio's suit because the feisty Katherina is
a burden to him and is continually
quarrelling with her sister and with him. Petruchio will not be put off as he
woos Kate and he fixes their wedding
day. At the church, where Kate unwillingly awaits him, Petruchio arrives in an
absurd outfit and after the ceremony
he leaves for Verona immediately, with his new wife. [RF]
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Ep 6.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BORN YESTERDAY
28-Oct-1956
by Garson Kanin
directed by the author in association with Hal Gerson
produced by George Schaefer
executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
Mary Martin as Billie Dawn
Paul Douglas as Harry Brock
Arthur Hill as Paul Verrall
Otto Hulett as Ed Devery
Richard Taber as Eddie Brock
with
Larry Oliver as Senator Norval Hedges
Laura Pierpont as Mrs. Hedges
Belle Flower as Helen
Bill Becker as Asst. Manager
Tom Morgan as Manager
Synopsis:
Harry Brock made a pile out of a pile of war-surplus scrap metal. At the moment
he has
an establishment at a ritzy Washington, D.C. hotel. He's in the capital to see to it that no
laws and no legislators stand in the way of his making a buck. One member of his party is
a sassy chorine named Billie Dawn. Brock has, however, a small reservation about
Billie - in respectable company, she puts her foot in it every time.
Ep 6.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MAN AND SUPERMAN
25-Nov-1956
Written
by George Bernard Shaw
produced and directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
Maurice Evans ....... John Tanner
Joan Greenwood ...... Ann Whitefield
Walter Greaza ....... Mr. Malone
Malcolm Keen ........ Roebuck Ramsden
Chester Stratton .... Octavius Robinson
with
Patricia Moore ...... the Maid
Edith King .......... Mrs. Whitefield
Sylvia Short ........ Violet Robinson
Ian Martin .......... Henry Straker
Douglas Watson ...... Hector Malone
Synopsis:
John Tanner, bachelor, shudders at the thought of marriage. Ann Whitefield,
his ward, is determined to marry him. In fact, he became her guardian, to his horror,
at her own request. For three acts she pursues him, and for three acts he wittily explains
to everyone, including Ann, his philosophy of life,
love, marriage and girl-chases-boy. [RF]
Ep 6.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LITTLE FOXES
16-Dec-1956
adapted by Robert Hartung
written by Lillian Hellman
produced & directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
Greer Garson as Regina
Franchot Tone as Horace
Sidney Blackmer as Ben
E.G. Marshall as Oscar
Eileen Heckart as Birdie
with
Georgia Burke as Addie
Mildred Trares as Alexandra
Peter Kelley as Leo
Lauren Gilbert as Mr. Marshall
Lloyd G. Richards as Cal
Ep 6.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE LARK
10-Feb-1957
adapted by James Costigan
story by Jean Anouilh
produced & directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
Julie Harris as Joan of Ark
Boris Karloff as Cauchon
Eli Wallach as the Dauphin
Basil Rathbone as the Inquisitor
Denholm Elliott as Warwick
Jack Warden as Robert de Beaudricourt
with
Harold Winston as the Promoter
Michael Higgins as Brother Ladvenu
Ward Costello as Joan's Father
Mary Loane as Joan's Mother
Barbara Stanton as the Young Queen
Jan Farrand as Agnes Sorel
Elspeth March as Queen Yolande
Gregory Morton as Monsieur de la Tremouille
Charles Penman as Archibishop of Reims
Bruce Gordon as La Hire
Ralph Roberts as Executioner
Harry Davis as English Soldier
Summary:
To the great lords of her time as well as the politicians of
the Church expediency was God. So the Maid had to die.
So to Warwick and Cauchon, her life has the somewhat artificial,
and certainly impersonal, quality of a play. Short scenes from
it are played out during the trial as they struggle to turn her simplicity
into heresy. But it is the glory of her life rather than the tragedy that
is the triumphant climax of the play. Period 1429-31
Ep 6.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT
17-Mar-1957
adapted by Morton Wishengrad
written by Robert E. Sherwood
produced & directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
Charles Boyer as Dr. Karoly Valkay
Katharine Cornell as Miranda Valkay
Ray Walston as Dave Corween
Theodore Bikel as Uncle Lajos
Phyllis Love as Katalin Tors
Bradford Dillman as Erik Valkay
Val Avery as Gus Shuman
Karel Stepanek as Major Rutkowski
Gerald Hiken as Frank Olmstead
Sandor Szabo as Hungarian Minister
Ep 6.06 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD
10-Apr-1957
adapted by William Nichols
based on Gilbert & Sullivan's The Yeoman
produced & directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
Alfred Drake as Jack Point
Celeste Holm as Phoebe Meryll
Bill Hayes as Colonel Fairfax
Barbara Cook as Elsie Maynard
with
Robert Wright as Lieutenant Cholmondeley
Henry Calvin as Wilfred Shadbolt
Norman Atkins as Sergeant Meryll
Muriel O'Malley as Dame Carruthers
Norman Barrs as Leonard Meryll
Marjorie Gordon as Kate
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Ep 7.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE GREEN PASTURES
17-Oct-1957 (rebroadcast 23Mar59)
written by Marc Connelly
Suggested by Roark Bradford's Ol' Man Adam an' his chillun."
produced & directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
Music sung by the De Paur Chorus
starring
William Warfield ....... The Lord (De Lawd)
Eddie Anderson ....... Noah
Earle Hyman ....... Adam and Hezdrel
Frederick O'Neal ....... Moses
Terry Carter ....... Gabriel
William Dillard ...... King of Babylon
with
Avon Long .......... First Gambler
Estelle Hemsley ............ Mrs. Deshee
Richard Ward .............. Pharoah
Rosetta Le Noire .............. Noah's wife
Sheila Guyse .......... Zeba
Muriel Rahn ............... Zipporah
Helen Dowdy ............. Stout Angel
John Marriott .............. Isaac
Dotts Johnson .......... Corporal
Summary:
African-American tales of spirituality and oral black storytelling through
a collection of vignettes on various Biblical stories and figures.
Synopsis 2:
A Sunday school teacher in the deep South describes Biblical events
in terms that the her youngsters can readily understand.
As she speaks, the events are
dramatized. [RF]
*Note: A heavily criticized adaptation of Marc Connelly's Pulitzer
prize-winning
stage play by Connelly.
** Note: George Schaefer received an Emmy nomination for direction,
Marc Connelly received an Emmy nomination for writing and the
Program itself was
nominated for an Emmy.
Ep 7.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ON BORROWED TIME
17-Nov-1957
Executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
Produced & Directed by George Schaefer
Adapted by James Costigan
Based on the play by Paul Osborn
starring
Ed Wynn ............ Gramps
Claude Rains ....... Mr. Brink
Beulah Bondi ....... Granny
Dennis Kohler ...... Pud
Margaret Hamilton .. Demetria Riffle
William LeMassena .. Doctor Evans
Larry Gates ........ Mr. Pilbeam
Mildred Trares ..... Marcia Giles
with
William A. Lee ..... Mr. Grimes
Frank Tweddell ..... the Sheriff
Robinson Stone ..... the Workman
Billy Harris ....... a Boy
Dorothy Eaton ...... Susan
G. Wood ............ Jim
Synopsis 1:
When a boy's parents are killed, his grandparents try to raise him,
fearing that their own death is fast approaching. "Mr. Brink," an ominous messenger
from beyond, drops in to pay them a visit and gets
entangled in their apple tree. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The death of young Pud's parents in an auto accident leaves him in
the care of his grandparents. Pud's meddlesome Aunt Demetria wants to adopt
the youngster who, Aunt Demetria has learned, has become heir to a sizable legacy.
Old Gramps has some unconventional ideas of his own about bringing up children,
and he determines to keep Pud out of the clutches of Demetria. This determination
is challenged by the arrival of Mr. Brink, a pleasant but businesslike heavenly
courier who has come down to earth to request that Gramps accompany him into
the hereafter. But Gramps isn't ready to go, and he chases Mr. Brink away. Soon,
however, Mr. Brink returns on another mission, and this time he is successful -
he takes Granny away with him. With Granny's death Gramps knows that he is Pud's
last hope for a happy childhood, and he schemes
to prevent Mr. Brink from taking his life. [RF]
* Note: Ed Wynn received an Emmy nomination for his role.
**Note: The 1939 movie version starred Lionel Barrymore and Cedric Hardwicke.
Ep 7.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: TWELFTH NIGHT
15-Dec-1957
adapted by William Nichols
story by Shakespeare
directed by David Greene
produced by Robert Hartung
makeup Dick Smith
music composed, adapted and conducted by Lehman Engel
starring
Maurice Evans as Malvolio
Rosemary Harris as Viola
Dennis King as Sir Toby Belch
Denholm Elliott as Sebastian
Max Adrian as Sir Andrew Aguecheck
Frances Hyland as Olivia
Howard Morris as Feste, the clown
Alice Ghostley as Maria
Lloyd Bochner as Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Gregory Morton as Antonio
James Harwood as Valentine
William Cottrell as a Sea Captain
George Turner as a Priest
Richard Buck as 1st Officer
Synopsis:
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.
Ep 7.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: HANS BRINKER (aka The Silver Skates)
09-Feb-1958
written by Sally Benson
based on Mary Mapes Dodge's "Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates".
directed by Sidney Lumet
produced by Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
Basil Rathbone as Dr. Boekman
Tab Hunter as Hans Brinker
Peggy King as Rychie Van Gleck
Jarmila Novotna as Dame Brinker
Carmen Mathews as Mevrouw Van Gleck
Dick Button as Peter Van Gleck
Ellie Sommers as Trinka Brinker
Ralph Roberts as Raff Brinker
Paul Robertson as Pote Van Gleck
Jana Pierce as Lucretia
Blair Heimbach as Carl
John Fiedler as Vollenhoven
Martha Greenhouse as The Housekeeper
Florence Anglin as Hilda
Matt Crowley as The Old Man
Frances Gaar as The Nurse
Luke Halpin as A Boy
Summary:
The children's story of the boy who wants to win a skating
contest in order to
pay for an operation for his blind father.
Ep 7.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LITTLE MOON OF ALBAN
24-Mar-1958
adapted by James Costigan
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Julie Harris .......... Bridgid Mary Mangan
Christopher Plummer ... Kenneth Boyd
Barry Jones ........... Dr. Clive
Frank Conroy .......... Father Curran
George Peppard ........ Dennis Walsh
Nora O'Mahony ......... Shelagh Mangan
Elspeth March ......... Sister Servant
Tom Clancy ............ Patch Keegan
Pauline Flanagan ...... Sister Martha Kevin
Mildred Trares ........ Sister Barbara
Helena Carroll ........ Sister Teresa
Norman Barrs .......... English Officer
Liam Clancy ........... Boy
Summary:
The story revolves around Bridgid Mary Mangan, who is in love with a Republican
would-be gunman, Dennis. Dennis gets his wish soon enough and gets shot
by the English, leaving Bridgid Mary no choice but to join a religious nursing order of quasi-nuns.
There, she meets and nurses back to physical and spiritual health the young English lieutenant,
Kenneth Boyd, who shot her young love. At play's end, he has fallen in love with her
but is off to convalesce in England, where he will wait for her if she would care to marry him. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
It 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. [RF]
*
*Note:
The Hallmark hall of fame's first original full-length play was James Costigan's
moving drama set in Dublin in 1919, in the midst of the Irish Rebellion of 1916-21.
Brigid Mary, a naive young Irish nurse struggling to regain her faith following the
deaths of her father, brother, and lover at the hands of the hated British.
Christopher Plummer, who appeared in six Hall of fame productions over the
years, co-stars as Kenneth Boyd, a cynical, gravely wounded British officer.
Winner of four Emmys plus a Peabody Award, The Little Moon of Alban was restaged
for a second Hallmark broadcast in 1964, with Ms. Harris reprising her role as Brigid
and featuring Dirk Bogarde as Kenneth Boyd
** NOTE: Won, Best Special Dramatic Program, One Hour or Longer
Won, George Schaefer, Best Direction of a Single Dramatic Program, One Hour or
Longer
Won,
James Costigan, Best Writing of a Single Dramatic Program, One Hour or Longer Won, Julie Harris,
Best Single Performance By an Actress
Ep 7.06 Hallmark Hall of Fame: DIAL M FOR MURDER
25-Apr-1958
adapted by Frederick Knott
produced & directed by George Schaefer
makeup by Dick Smith
executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
Maurice Evans as Tony Wendice
Rosemary Harris as Margot Wendice
John Williams as Inspector Hubbard
Anthony Dawson as Captain Lesgate
William Windom as Max Halliday
Mary Alice Wunderle as the Barmaid
Felix Deebank as Lionel
with
George Turner as the Desk Clerk
Richard Bowler as Sergeant O'Brien
Graham Jarvis as Detective Williams
Bethell Long as the Attendant
Summary:
A woman who slowly comes to realize that her husband is trying
to murder her for her money.
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Ep 8.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: JOHNNY BELINDA
13-Oct-1958
adapted by Theodore Apstein
produced & directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
Julie Harris as Belinda
Christopher Plummer as Dr. Jack Pelletier
Victor Jory as Black McDonald
Rip Torn as Locky McCormick
Betty Lou Holland as Stella
with
Joanna Roos as Maggie
Beulah Garrick as Mrs. Donnet
Catherine Proctor as Mrs. Lutz
Boris Marshalov as Pacquet
Henry Sharp as Dr. Gordon
John Cecil Holm as The Sheriff
Rocco Bufano as Andy
Gregory Morton as The Fiddler
Ep 8.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: KISS ME, KATE
20-Nov-1958
Written by Sam & Bella Spewak
Based on Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew".
Produced & Directed by George Schaefer
Executive Producer Mildred Freed Alberg
Musical Conductor Franz Allers
starring
Alfred Drake ........ Frederick Graham / Petruchio
Patricia Morison .... Lilli Vanessi / Kate
Julie Wilson ........ Lois Lane / Bianca
Bill Hayes .......... Bill Calhoun / Lucentio
Harvey Lembeck ...... Gunman
Jack Klugman ........ Gunman
with
Paul McGrath ........ Harrison Howell
Robinson Stone ...... Harry Trevor / Baptista
Lee Cass ............ Gromio
Jerry Duane ......... Hortensio
Eva Jessye .......... Hattio
Lee Richardson ...... Ralph
Lorenzo Fuller ...... Paul
Synopsis:
It's opening night in Baltimore for a musical version of Shakespeare's
"Taming of the Shrew". There's some taming necessary backstage too,
for the co-stars are a tempestuous divorced couple.
Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi.
*
Musical Highlights:
"Another Op'nin" ................. Jessye
"Why Can't You Behave?" .......... Wilson
"Wunderbar" ...................... Drake, Morison
"So In Love" ..................... Morison
"We Open in Venice" .............. Drake, Morison, Wilson, Hayes
"Tom, Dick and Harry" ............ Wilson
"I've Come to Wive It Wealthily".. Drake
"I Hate Men" ..................... Morison
"Were Thine That Special Face" ... Drake
"Where Is the Life That Late I Led? .... Drake
"Always True to You in My Fashion" ..... Wilson
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" ...... Lembeck, Klugman
Shrew Finale ..................... Drake, Morison
*
Note: In 1948 "Kiss Me Kate" with songs by Cole Porter, book by Sam & Bella
Spewack,
opened on Broadway and turning into one of the
classics of American musical comedy.
Alfred Drake and Patricia Morison recreate the roles they created on Broadway. [RF]
Ep 8.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
09-Dec-1958
adapted by Wilson Lehr
classic O.Henry story
produced & directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Albert Seldon
starring
Gordon MacRae as James Dillingham Young
Sally Ann Howes as Della Young
Howard St. John as Mr. Spiegel
Bibi Osterwald as Mme. Safronie
Home Town Quartet as Quartet
Ray Boyle as Skidder
Lee Richardson as Mr. Livingston
Bea Arthur as Mrs. Abercrombie
Bill Zuckert as Policeman
Sally Gracie
Tammy Grimes
Summary:
O. Henry's familiar Christmas story The gift of the Magi
concerns a devoted young married couple each of whom has
a prized possession--Jim his watch, Della her long, luxuriant hair.
When Christmas comes, with little money on hand, each plans a
surprise for the other. Richard Adler has written songs for this
one-hour adaptation by Wilson Lehr. It co-stars Gordon MacRae
with Sally Ann Howes, Adler's wife, currently on Broadway in
My Fair Lady. Tonight's play set in the New York of 1905,
is directed by George Schaefer. Songs: The name's the same,
Howes, MacRae; He's a company man--office staff; Christmas
in your heart--Howes; My sugar is the salt of the earth--quartet;
A better word than love--MacRae; What to do?--Howes; It's much
too nice to cut--Howes, Osterwald
Ep 8.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE CHRISTMAS TREE
14-Dec-1958
written by Helen Deutsch
based on the story "An Affair at the Inn" by Charles J. Finger.
directed by Kirk Browning
produced by Mildred Freed Alberg
The Nativity: Maurice Evans
starring
Mimi and Moe:
Nancy Lee Parker as The Doll
The Miracle of the orphanage:
Jessica Tandy as Mrs. Martin
Margaret Hamilton as Miss Finch
Richard Earl Thomas as Joey
Claudia Crawford as Claudia
Seth Edwards as Willy
The Snowman:
Nick Powers
Before the stores close:
Tom Poston as Tom
Ellen McRae Burstyn as Elizabeth
Hiram Sherman as Albert
Dianne Ramey as Babbie
Toni Campbell as Julia
Promenade on Christmas Day:
Cyril Ritchard
Carol Channing
Light one candle:
Ralph Bellamy as Theron
William Shatner as Philo
Ep 8.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BERKELEY SQUARE
05-Feb-1959 NBC Thurs
adapted by Theodore Apstein
play by John L. Balderston
suggested by "The Sense of the Past" an unfinished
Henry James novel.
produced & directed by George Schaefer
executive producer Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
John Kerr as Peter Standish
Jeannie Carson as Kate Pettigrew
Edna Best as Lady Anne Pettigrew
Janet Munro as Helen Pettigrew
John Colicos as Tom Pettigrew
Norah Howard as Mrs. Barwick
with
Mildred Trares as Marjorie Frant
Jerome Kilty as Mr. Throstle
Frances Reid as Duchess of Devonshire
Winston Ross as Major Clinton
Sheila Coonan as Maid
Synopsis:
His new surroundings have stimulated the imagination of Peter Standish, a young
American
who has moved into a mansion in present-day Berkeley Square, London. In 1784 a
namesake of his, also American, had visited this house. Standish longs to travel back
through time and become this 18th century visitor. His longing becomes a reality. [RF]
*
*Note:
Actor Leslie Howard played Peter Standish in both the movie and stage versions.
[RF]
Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE GREEN PASTURES
rebroadcast
23-Mar-1959 (first telecast 17Oct1957)
Ep 8.06 Hallmark Hall of Fame: AH, WILDERNESS!
28-Apr-1959
adapted by Robert Hartung
written by Eugene O'Neill
directed by Robert Mulligan
produced by Mildred Freed Alberg
starring
Helen Hayes ........ Essie
Lloyd Nolan ........ Nat Miller
Burgess Meredith ... Sid Davis
Betty Field ........ Lily Miller
Lee Kinsolving ..... Richard Miller
Dolores Sutton ..... Muriel McComber
Abigail Kellogg .... Mid 'Mildred' Miller
Roy Poole .......... Tommy Miller
Nicholas Pryor ..... Dave McComber, Muriel's father
Norman Feld ........ Wint Selby
Synopsis:
The Miller family is getting ready to celebrate the 4th of July.
When Richard is accused of trying to corrupt Muriel the object of his affection,
with literature Father McComber feels is inappropriate.[RF]
*Note: You can listen to the entire Ah, Wilderness! program at:
http://www.eoneill.com/artifacts/audio_page/AWtv_audio.htm
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Ep 9.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: WINTERSET
26-Oct-1959
adapted by Robert Hartung
written by Maxwell Anderson
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Don Murray as Mio
Piper Laurie as Miriamne
George C. Scott as Trock
Charles Bickford as Judge Gaunt
Martin Balsam as Garth
George Mathews as Shadow
Anatol Winogradoff as Esdras
with
Tom Hatcher as Carr
Mercer McLeod as The Policeman
Bernard West as The Radical
Robert P. Lieb as The Sergeant
Gilbert Mack as Lucia
Rocco Bufano as The Sailor
James Reese as The Hobo
Joan Rylander as The Girl friend
Felice Orlandi as the Men in Blue Serge
Louis Filett as the Men in Blue Serge
*Note: A tribute to Maxwell Anderson by Helen Hayes.
Ep 9.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A DOLL'S HOUSE (Live)
15-Nov-1959
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (Act I-1)
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (Act I-2)
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (Act I-3)
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (Act I-4)
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (Act II-1
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (Act II-2
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (Act II-3
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (Act II-4
A Doll's House, Chris Plummer & Julie Harris (Act III-1)
A Doll's House, Chris Plummer & Julie Harris (Act III-2)
A Doll's House, Chris Plummer & Julie Harris (Act III-3)
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (ending)
Produced & Directed by George Schaefer
Adapted by James Costigan
From the play by Henrik Ibsen
Introduced by Walter Slezak
starring
Julie Harris .......... Nora Helmer
Christopher Plummer ... Torvald Helmer
Hume Cronyn ........... Nils Krogstad
Eileen Heckart ........ Kristine Linde
Jason Robards, Jr. .... Dr. Rank
Katharine Raht ........ Anne-Marie
Mildred Trares ........ Helene
Richard E. Thomas ..... Ivor
Maggie King ........... Amy
Randy Gaynes .......... Bobby
Synopsis:
To Torvald Helmer his wife Nora is a child, a doll wife. He does not know that
his "little sparrow" saved his life some years earlier by borrowing money when
he was critically ill. Now, on Christmas Eve, the man who lent the money
re-enters Nora's life. He intends to exploit his knowledge of her past. [RF]
Ep 9.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
13-Dec-1959
adapted by Joseph Schrank
from Ludwig Bemelmans' The Borrowed Christmas
The Story of the Nativity, narrated by Hiram Sherman
Ludwig Bemelmans' The Borrowed Christmas
starring
Walter Slezak as Mr. Reallybig
Jules Munshin as The Manager
Alice Pearce as Miss Talmay
David Francis as Billy
John C. Becher as Officer Flannelly
The Ice Princess
starring
Dick Button as The Prince
Elke Sommers as The Princess
Florence Rae as The Witch
Billy Castle as The Cold Man
John Pappas as The Tall Man
Charles Bolender as The Fat Man
* Note Also appearing: The Obernkirchen Children's Choir.
Ep 9.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE TEMPEST
03-Feb-1960 ABC Sun (rebroadcast 20Oct63)
adapted by John Edward Friend
story by William Shakespeare
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Maurice Evans as Prospero
Richard Burton as Caliban
Lee Remick as Miranda
Roddy McDowall as Ariel
Tom Poston as Trinculo
Paul Ballantyne as Sebastian
William Bassett as Ferdinand
with
Ronald Radd as Stephano
Liam Redmond as Gonzalo
Geoffrey Lumb as Alonso
William LeMassena as Antonio
Chris Gampel as The Boatswain
Summary:
A dethroned duke and his daughter become the rulers of
an enchanted island after
being cast adrift at sea.[TA]
Ep 9.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION
02-Mar-1960
adapted by Theodore Apstein
story by George Bernard Shaw
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Greer Garson as Lady Cicely Wayneflete
Christopher Plummer as Captain Brassbound
Loring Smith as Captain Hamlin Kearney
Felix Aylmer as Sir Howard Hallam
Liam Redmond as Rankin
George Rose as Drinkwater
with
Henry Brandon as Sheik Sidi El Assif
Howard Caine as Cadi of Kintafi
Robert Carricart as Marzo
Harry Ellerbe as Consul
Chris Gampel as Redbrook
Douglas Henderson as Johnson
William Lanteau as 1st Officer
Robert Redford as Blue Jacket
Patrick Westwood as Osman
Joseph Abdullah as Hassan
Summary:
An Englishman, a former judge, arrives in the Near East,
where a man he had sentenced to jail many years before
plans revenge.
Ep 9.06 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE CRADLE SONG
10-Apr-1960
adapted by James Costigan
play by Gregorio and Maria Martinez Sierra, translated by John Garrett Underhill
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Helen Hayes as the Vicaress
Judith Anderson as the Prioress
Siobhan McKenna as Sister Joanna of the Cross
Charles Bickford as the Doctor
Geoffrey Horne as Antonio
with
Kathy Willard as Teresa
Joanna Roos as Mistress of Novices
Mildred Trares as Sister Marcella
Zohra Lampert as Sister Maria Jesus
Kate Harrington as Sister Tornera
Deirdre Owen as Sister Segrario
Katherine Raht as Sister Inez
Val Avery as the Driver
Sadie McCollum as the Chantress
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Ep 10.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SHANGRI-LA
24-Oct-1960
written by James Hilton, Harry Warren,
Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Based on James Hilton's novel "Lost Horizon"
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Richard Basehart as Conway
Marisa Pavan as Lo-Tsen
Gene Nelson as Robert
Alice Ghostley as Miss Brinklow
Helen Gallagher as Lise
Claude Rains as the High Lama
with
John Abbott as Chang
James Valentine as Mallinson
Chris Gampel as The Doctor
Ep 10.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: MACBETH
24-Nov-1960
adaptation by George Schaefer & Anthony Squire
story by William Shakespeare
Director of photography, Fred A. Young
directed by George Schaefer
produced by Phil C. Samuel
executive producer Sidney Kaufman
starring
Maurice Evans as Macbeth
Judith Anderson as Lady Macbeth
Michael Hordern as Banquo
Ian Bannen as Macduff
with
Felix Aylmer as Doctor
Valerie Taylor as First Witch
Jeremy Brett as Malcolm
Charles Carson as Caithness
Malcolm Keen as Duncan
Megs Jenkins as Gentlewoman
William Hutt as Ross
Trader Faulkner as Seyton
George Rose as the Porter
Brewster Mason as Angus
Scot Finch as Fleance
Anita Sharp Bolster as Second Witch
Michael Ripper as First Murderer
Simon Lack as Menteith
Robert Brown as Bloody Sergeant
April Olrich as Third Witch
Douglas Wilmer as Second Murderer
Barry Warren as Donalbain
Ep 10.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: GOLDEN CHILD
16-Dec-1960
libretto by Paul Engle
music by Philip Bezanson
adapted by Robert Hartung
written by Engle & Bezanson
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Patricia Neway as Martha
Brenda Lewis as Sara
Stephen Douglass as Martin
Jerome Hines as Captain Sutter
Patricia Brooks as Annabelle
Enrico Di Giuseppe as Miguel
with
David Lloyd as Ed
Chester Ludgin as Joe
Judy Sanford as Rachel
John Wheeler as Caller
Ep 10.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: TIME REMEMBERED
07-Feb-1961
adaptation by Theodore Apstein
story by Jean Anouilh
produced & directed by George Schaeffer
starring
Christopher Plummer as Prince Albert
Edith Evans as Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc
Janet Munro as Amanda
Barry Jones as Lord Hector
Paul Hartman as the Landlord
Sig Arno as Ferdinand
with
Sibyl Bowan as Madame Rensada
George Ebeling as Taxi Driver
Gerry Fleming as Woman in Green Hat
Rex O'Malley as Butler
Iggie Wolfington as Ice Cream Man
Summary:
A flighty duchess plays matchmaker in the drawing rooms
of the aristocracy.
Ep 10.05 Hallmark Hall of Fame: GIVE US BARABBAS!
24-Mar-1961 (NBC Sunday 6:30-8:00)
written by Henry Denker
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
James Daly as Barabbas
Kim Hunter as Mara
Dennis King as Pontius Pilate
Robert Carroll as Phineas
Leonardo Cimino as Caleb
Toni Darnay as Mary
Ludwig Donath as Joseph
Keir Dullea as Elisha
John Gerstad as Lemuel
Kermit Murdock as Peter
with
Allen Nourse as The Centurion
Muni Seroff as The Merchant
Eric Sinclar as The Roman Officer
Paul Sparer as The Roman Sentry
Robinson Stone as Phineas
John Straub as John
Theodore Tenley as Zachary
Richard Thomas as The Boy
Summary:
An account of Pontius Pilate's decision to crucify
Jesus Christ and free Barabbas the thief.
*Note* And subsequently rebroadcasted April 15, 1962,
March 29, 1968 and March
28, 1969.
Ep 10.06 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE JOKE AND THE VALLEY
05-May-1961
written by Jerry McNeely
produced & directed by George Schaefer
music composed and conducted by Tony Mottola
starring
Dean Stockwell as Davis Tucker
Thomas Mitchell as Truman Winters
Keenan Wynn as Lambert Giles
Russell Collins as Ed Holt
Logan Ramsey as Andy
Mildred Trares as Rosella
with
Daniel F. Keyes as Henry
Frank Tweddell as Clyde Caldwell
June Prud'Homme as Mary Hedrix
Walter Neal as Kenneth Hedrix
Leora Thatcher as Lucille
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Ep 11.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: VICTORIA REGINA
30-Nov-1961
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by Laurence Housman
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Julie Harris as Queen Victoria
James Donald as Prince Albert
Basil Rathbone as Lord Beaconsfield
Pamela Brown as Duchess of Kent
Felix Aylmer as Lord Melbourne
Louis Edmonds as Prince Ernest
Barry Jones as The Dean
Isabel Jeans as Mistress of the Robes
Inga Swenson as Lady Jane
with
Olga Fabian as Baroness Lehzen
George Turner as Footman
Geoffrey Lumb as Archbishop
Louis Edmonds as Prince Ernest
Tom McDermott as General Grey
Francis Compton as Richards
Sorrell Booke as James
Edward Cullen as John Brown
Robert Downing as Prince of Wales
Eleanor Phelps as A Royal Princess
Summary:
Queen Victoria's life is chronicled from her ascension
to the throne of England
in 1837 to her diamond jubilee.
Ep 11.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ARSENIC & OLD LACE
05-Feb-1962
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by Joseph Kesselring
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Tony Randall as Mortimer Brewster
Dorothy Stickney as Abby Brewster
Mildred Natwick as Martha Brewster
Tom Bosley as Teddy Brewster
George Voskovec as Dr. Einstein
Boris Karloff as Jonathan Brewster
with
Farrell Pelly as Dr. Harper
Dort Clark as Officer Brophy
Nathaniel Frey as Officer Klein
Dody Heath as Elaine Harper
Alan MacAteer as Mr. Gibbs
Ralph Dunn as Lieutenant Rooney
Edward L. Cullen as Mr. Witherspoon
Summary:
Comedy revolving around murder, insanity, and
two charming old ladies.
Hallmark Hall of Fame: GIVE US BARABBAS!
15-Apr-62 (rebroadcast from 24-Mar-1961)
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Ep 12.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON
26-Oct-1962
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by John Patrick adapted from the novel by Vern Sneider
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
John Forsythe as Captain Fisby
David Wayne as Sakini
Miyoshi Umeki as Lotus Blossom
Paul Ford as Colonel Purdy
with
William LeMassena as Captain McLean
Fred Kareman as Sgt. Gregovich
and Okinawans in order of appearance
Osceola Archer as Old woman in jeep
Mara Kim as The Daughter
David Abe as The Boy
Yuki Shimoda as Mr. Omura
Khiegh Dhiegh as Mr. Sumata
Armand Alzamora as Mr. Seiko
Teru Masumoto as Miss Higa Jiga
Sho Onodera as Mr. Hokaida
William Hansen as Mr. Oshira
Ep 12.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: CYRANO DE BERGERAC
06-Dec-1962
Produced & Directed by George Schaefer
Adapted by Robert Hartung
Translated by Brian Hooker
Based on Edmond Rostand's classic
starring
Christopher Plummer ... Cyrano de Bergerac
Hope Lange ........... Roxane
Donald Harron ........ Christian
George Rose .......... Ragueneau
John Colicos ......... Comte de Guiche
William Hutt ......... Le Bret
with
Paul Sparer .......... Ligniere
Gordon Pinsent ....... Vicomte de Valvert
Jack Marigold ........ the Cut Purse
Eric Christmas ....... Montilbury
Louis Edmonds ........ the Meddler
Nan McFarland ........ the Duenna
Robinson Stone ....... the Capuchin
John MacKay .......... First Cadet
Jon Berger ........... Second Cadet
Synopsis:
Cyrano, unlike modern protagonists of fiction, is a romantic hero - soldier,
politician, poet - who will permit no one to dishonor him. But alas, he is
morbidly conscious of his huge nose and is even forced to win Roxane, the woman
he adores, for another man - to deliver up his soul's words to be mouthed by a
handsome but shallow cavalier named Christian. [RF]
Ep 12.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: PYGMALION
06-Feb-1963
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by Bernard Shaw
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Julie Harris as Eliza Doolittle
James Donald as Henry Higgins
Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Higgins
John Williams as Colonel Pickering
George Rose as Alfred Doolittle
Valerie Cossart as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
with
Mildred Trares as Clara Eynsford-Hill
John D. Irving as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Mercer McLeod as the Bystander
Dorothy Sands as Mrs. Pearce
Jean Deeks as the Parlor Maid
Basil Langton as Nepommuck
Robin Craven as the Host
Regina Wallace as the Hostess
Norman Barrs as the Footman
Synopsis:
One of the results of George Bernard Shaw's long-standing feud with British
over their misuse of the English language was
"Pygmalion."
Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl, yearns to work in a proper flower shop
instead
of peddling posies on the streets, and goes to the arrogant language expert,
Professor Henry Higgins to learn how to speak. Higgins claims that he not only can improve
her pronunciation, he can transform her into a real lady and even present her to society. [RF]
Ep 12.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE INVINCIBLE MR. DISRAELI
04-April-1963
written by James Lee
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Trevor Howard as Benjamin Disraeli
Greer Garson as Mary Anne Disraeli
Eric Berry as Sir Robert Peel
Denholm Elliott as Montague Corry
Hurd Hatfield as Lionel Rothschild
Geoffrey Keen as William Gladstone
Kate Reid as Queen Victoria
Frederick Worlock as Lord Derby
with
Joan White as Mrs. Gladstone
Norman Barrs as Speaker of the House
C.M. Campel as Colonel Peel
Hugh Franklin as Dr. Jenner
Peter Von Zerneck as Prince Bismarck
Frederic Tozere as Mr. Malloy
Robinson Stone as Rothschild's Butler
Summary:
The titular British Prime Minister whose statesmanship
(he secured the Suez Canal) was equaled by
his matchmaking skill.
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[--] 20Oct63 ABC Sun 6:00-7:30PM ET
- rerun of "The Tempest" (90min)
(color) (first aired 03Feb60)
(pre-empted "Meet the Press" & "The Bill Dana Show")
Ep 13.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE PATRIOTS
15-Nov-1963
adaptation by Robert Hartung
story by Sidney Kingsley
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Charlton Heston as Thomas Jefferson
John Fraser as Alexander Hamilton
Howard St. John as George Washington
Peggy Ann Garner as Patsy Jefferson Randolph
Frank Schofield as James Madison
Michael Higgins as James Monroe
with
Robinson Stone as Mr. Reid
William Lemassena as Colonel Humphreys
Dana Elcar as Jacob
John Karlen as Ned
Wallace Engelhardt as Matt
Laurinda Barrett as Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
Herbert Nelson as General Henry Knox
Ted Van Grifthuysen as Mr. Fenno
Frederick O'Neal as Jupiter
John Gerstad as the Messenger
Paula Trueman as Mrs. Conrad
Forrest Wood as the Frontiersman
Ep 13.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A CRY OF ANGELS
15-Dec-1963
written by Sherman Yellen
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Walter Slezak as George Frederic Handel
Maureen O'Hara as Susanna Cibber
Hermione Gingold as Princess Caroline
Hurd Hatfield as Prince Frederic
with
Norman Barrs as Peter LeBlond
Douglas Rain as Charles Jennens
Kathryn Loder as Serefina
Carl Harms as First Puppeteer
Donald Somers as Second Puppeteer
Arthur Tell as Bailiff
Summary:
The story behind the writing of Handel's Messiah.
Ep 13.xx Hallmark Hall of Fame: ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS
05-Feb-1964
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by Robert E. Sherwood
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Jason Robards, Jr. as Abe Lincoln
Kate Reid as Mary Todd
James Broderick as Joshua Speed
Hiram Sherman as Judge Bowling Green
Douglas Watson as Ninian Edwards
Burt Brinckerhoff as William Herndon
with
Roy Poole as Seth Gale
Staats Cotsworth as Crimmin
Mildred Trares as Ann Rutledge
William Hansen as Mentor Graham
James Congdon as Jack
Don Gantry as Jasp
Nan McFarland as Nancy Green
Joan Hotchkis as Elizabeth Edwards
Toni Darnay as Aggie Gale
Jack Bittner as Stephen A. Douglas
Tom Slater as Robert Lincoln
Casey Peters as Willie Lincoln
Harry Ellerbe as Harrick
Frederic Tozere as Sturveson
Summary:
Dramatization of Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge
and his relations with Mary
Todd Lincoln.
Ep 13.xx Hallmark Hall of Fame: LITTLE MOON OF ALBAN
18-Mar-1964
written by James Costigan
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Julie Harris as Brigid Mary
Dirk Bogarde as Kenneth Boyd
Alan Webb as Dr. Clive
Liam Redmond as Father Curran
Ruth White as Shelagh Mangan
with
Stephen Brooks as Dennis Walsh
Katherine Hynes as Sister Servant
Liam Clancy as Boy singer
Dermot McNamara as Patch Keegan
Norman Barrs as English officer
Rae Allen as Sister Martha Kevin
Mildred Trares as Sister Barbara
Nancy Reardon as Sister Theresa
English Soldiers
Jamie Ross
Joseph Maher
Charles C. Welch
Daniel J. Travanti
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Ep 14.xx Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE FANTASTICKS
18-October-1964
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
based on French playwright Edmond Rostand's "Les Romanesques".
produced and directed by George Schaefer
starring
Ricardo Montalban as El Gallo
Bert Lahr as Hucklebee
Stanley Holloway as Bellomy
John Davidson as Matt
Susan Watson as Luisa
Ep 14.xx Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE MAGINFICENT YANKEE
28-Jan-1965
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by Emmet Lavery
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Alfred Lunt as Oliver Wendell Holmes
Lynn Fontanne as Fanny Holmes
Eduard Franz as Justice Brandeis
Robert Emhardt as Henry Adams
James Daly as Owen Wister
with
Lee Goodman as Dixon
Walter Moulder as Copeland
Brenda Forbes as Mary
Ion Berger as Mason
William Griffis as Theodore Roosevelt
Nan McFarland as Ellen Jones
Dennis Cooney as Northrop
Donald Symington as Hamilton
Grover Dale as Mapes
Max Jacobs as Rogers
Jordan Charney as Halloran
Summary:
The life of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, from his
appointment to the Supreme Court by Theodore Roosevelt,
through the administrations of Taft, Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dramatizes the love between Holmes and his wife Fanny, and their
relationships with their many "sons," Holmes' law students.
Ep 14.xx Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE HOLY TERROR
07-April-1965
written by James Lee
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Julie Harris as Florence Nightingale
Denholm Elliott as Herbert
Torin Thatcher as Dr. Poole
Kate Reid as Aunt Mai
Leueen MacGrath as Fanny Nightingale
Brian Bedford as Billy Sims
Alan Webb as William Nightingale
with
Mildred Trares as Parthe Nightingale
William Jackson as Lord Stratford
Constance Carpenter as Lady Stratford
Olga Bellin as Elizabeth Herbert
Margaret Hall as Nurse Hendricks
Michael Lewis as William Howard Russell
Lois Holmes as Rev. Mother Bermondsey
Joy Nichols as Nurse Smithers
John Gerstad as The Hawker
Toni Darnay as The Woman
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Ep 15.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: EAGLE IN A CAGE
20-Oct-1965
written by Millard Lampell
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Trevor Howard as Napoleon
James Daly as Dr. O'Meara
George Rose as Cipriani
Pamela Franklin as Betsy Balcombe
with
Richard Waring as Bertrand
William Smithers as Gourgaud
Basil Langton as Sir Hudson Lowe
Jacqueline Bertrand as Mme. Bertrand
Frederic Warriner as Las Cases
Guy Spaull as Lord Keith
Norman Barrs as The Sentry
Summary:
Story of Napoleon at St. Helena.
Ep 15.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: INHERIT THE WIND
18-Nov-1965
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Melvyn Douglas as Henry Drummond
Ed Begley as Matthew Harrison Brady
Diane Baker as Rachel Brown
Burt Brinckerhoff as Bert Cates
Murray Hamilton as E.K. Hornbeck
with
Wallace Englehardt as Corkin
John Randolph as Reverend Brown
Leora Thatcher as Mrs. Krebs
Charles White as Bollinger
Roy Poole as Meeker
Robert Breen as Elijah
Beulah Garrick as Mrs. McClain
Adrienne King as Melinda
Joanna Roos as Mrs. Brady
Truman Smith as Mayor
John D. Irving as Reporter
Fred Burrell as Davenport
John McGovern as Judge
Harry Ellerbe as Dunlap
George Ebeling as Sillers
Doug Chapin as Howard
William Le Massena as Radio Man
Summary:
A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible
Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school.
Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial:
Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady
for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt
or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally,
the
personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.
Ep 15.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
12-Dec-1965
written by Gian-Carlo Menotti
directed by Kirk Browning
produced by Samuel Chotzinoff.
starring
Kurt Yaghjian as Amahl
Martha King as Mother
John McCollum as King Kaspar
Richard Cross as King Melchior
Willis Patterson as King Balthazar
Julian Patrick as Page
Summary:
Amahl, a crippled boy, and his poor mother are visited by the
Three Wise Men, who stay the night, and are entertained by the villagers.
During the night, Amahl's mother tries to steal their jewels,
but is caught by the page. Amahl begs for her release, and is
rewarded for his pains by being healed. He then leaves with
the Three Wise Men.
Ep 15.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: LAMP AT MIDNIGHT
27-April-1966
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by Barrie Stavis
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Melvyn Douglas as Galileo Galilei
Kim Hunter as Polissena/Maria Celeste
Hurd Hatfield as Sagredo Niccolini
David Wayne as Father Firenzuola
Michael Hordern as Cardinal Barberini later Pope Urban VIII
Roy Scheider as Francesco Barberini
George Voskovec as Cardinal Bellarmin
with
Thayer David as Magini
Richard Woods as D'Elci
Gaylord Cavallaro as Libri
Ralph Clanton as Prince Cesi
Guy Repp as Cardinal Del Monte
George Turner as Archbishop of Naples
C.K. Alexander as Ambassador Viglienna
Stephen Gray as The Major Domo
Hugh Franklin as Carlo Barberini
Graham Jarvis as Landini
John Gerstad as Vanetti
Rex Thompson as The Page
Eric Berry as Father Riccardi
Norman Barrs as First Inquisitor
House Jameson as Cardinal Borgia
Joanna Roos as Mother Superior
Ted Van Griethuysen as John Milton
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Ep 16.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BAREFOOT IN ATHENS
11-Nov-1966
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by Maxwell Anderson
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Peter Ustinov as Socrates
Geraldine Page as Xantippe
Anthony Quayle as Pasusanias
Lloyd Bochner as Critias
John Heffernan as Anytas
Salome Jens as Theodote
Shepperd Strudwick as Lycon
Christopher Walken as Lamprocles
with
Frank Griso as Lysis
Allen Nourse as Phaedo
Richard Ward as Satyros
David Haviland as Crassos
House Jameson as The Magistrate
Eric Berry
Summary:
An embattled Socrates steadfastly holds to his belief that
democracy and truth
are indispensable in his city.
Ep 16.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: BLITHE SPIRIT
07-Dec-1966
adapted by Robert Hartung
story by Noel Coward
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Dirk Bogarde as Charles Condomine
Rosemary Harris as Elvira
Rachel Roberts as Ruth
Ruth Gordon as Madame Arcati
with
Geoffrey Lumb as Dr. Bradman
Joan White as Mrs. Bradman
Mildred Trares as Edith
Ep 16.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ANASTASIA
17-Mar-1967
adapted by John Edward Friend
based on the 1954 Broadway adaptation by Guy Bolton
story by Marcelle Maurette
produced & directed by George Schaefer (nominated for an Emmy)
starring
Julie Harris ......... Anastasia (emmy nomination,outstanding actress)
David Hurst .......... Petrovini
Lynn Fontanne ........ Grand Duchess Marie (emmy nomination,outstanding actress)
Charles D. Gray ...... Bounine
Robert Burr .......... Dr. Serensky
Paul Roebling ........ Prince Paul
George S. Irving ..... Chernov
Robinson Stone ....... Drivinitz
Lou Gilbert .......... The Sleigh Driver
Brenda Forbes ........ Baroness Livenbaum
Tamara Daykarnanova .. The Charwoman
Synopsis 1:
In Berlin during 1926, a group of monarchist conspirators persuades an
amnesiac girl to impersonate Anastasia, daughter of Czar Nicholas II, whose
children were thought to have been killed in 1918 during the Russian Civil War.
According to rumor, Anastasia survived - and will inherit the Czar's
millions if she can prove her identity. [RF]
Summary:
The story of Anna Anderson, who surfaced in Berlin in 1920
claiming to be the lost princess. Her claim gained some credibility
due to the Soviet government's cover up of the slayings of the royal family in 1918.
They initially only admitted that Nicholas had been killed. The Soviet silence
was prompted by political considerations, as they did not
want to offend Germany, with whom they had just signed
a World War I peace treaty. Alexandra was, after all, a German
princess before she became a Russian tsarina.
Ep 16.04 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SOLDIER IN LOVE
26-Apr-1967
written by Jerome Ross
produced & directed by George Schaefer
original music composed by Bernard Green
starring
Jean Simmons as Sarah
Claire Bloom as Anne
Basil Rathbone as The Duke of York
Keith Michell as John
Frances Sternhagen as Abigail
Ray Poole as Cadogan
with
Christina Gillespie as First Lady
Patricia Sinnott as Second Lady
Norman Allen as Page
Earl Montgomery as Sir Winston Churchill
Margaret Braidwood as Lady Churchill
Angela Thornton as Lady Hamilton
Alek Primrose as First Courtier
Roderick Cook as Second Courtier
Nicholas Hammond as Young John
Dick O'Neill as Footman
Rosalind Ross as Parlor Maid
Truman Gaige as Harley
George Turner as St. John
Peter Van Hattum as Dutch officer
Synopsis 1:
When Princess Anne ascends to the English throne in 1702, she lifts to royal
eminence two of her closest friends, John Churchill, one of the Crown's illustrious
soldiers, and his wife Sarah, Anne's childhood friend. Shy and inhibited, Anne had
few friends other than the Churchills. In time, they would be accused of running the
kingdom for their Queen, who suffered from alcoholism
and gout. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A chronicle of the lives of John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough,
and his wife, Sarah, in 17th-century England.
*Note: John and Sarah Churchill, the first Duke and Duchess of Marlborough,
were
the ancestors of Winston S. Churchill.
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Ep 17.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: SAINT JOAN
04-Dec-1967
adapted by Robert Hartung
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Genevieve Bujold as Joan of Arc
Theodore Bikel as De Baudricourt
James Daly as Dunois
Roddy McDowall as the Dauphin
James Donald as Warwick
Maurice Evans as Cauchon
Leo Genn as Archbishop of Rheims
Raymond Massey as the Inquisitor
George Rose as Chaplain de Stogumber
with
William Hickey as the Steward
John Devlin as Poulengry
Ted Van Griethuysen as Bluebeard
Dana Elcar as La Hire
Michael Lewis as La Teremouille
William Le Massena as D'Estivet
David Birney as Ladvenu
C.M. Gampel as the Executioner
Ian Martin as English Soldier
Ep 17.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: ELIZABETH THE QUEEN
31-January-1968
adapted by John Edward Friend
story by Maxwell Anderson
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Judith Anderson as Queen Elizabeth I
Charlton Heston as Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex
Alan Webb as Sir Francis Bacon
Harry Townes as Sir Robert Cecil
Michael Allinson as Sir Walter Raleigh
Anne Rogers as Penelope
Frederic Worlock as Lord Burghley
Herbert Voland as Captain Armin
Dana Elcar as Captain Marvel
Harvey Jason as Herald
Donald Marlatt as Irish Courier
Gil Stuart as Physician
Alan Caillou as Burbage
Peter Church as Hemmings
Summary:
England is rocked by a power struggle between Queen Elizabeth
and her lover, the
Earl of Essex.
Hallmark Hall of Fame: ANASTASIA
17-Mar-1968 (rebroadcast from 17Mar67)
Hallmark Hall of Fame: GIVE US BARABBAS!
29-Mar-68 (rebroadcast from 24-Mar-1961)
Ep 17.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
02-May-1968
adatped by Robert Hartung
story by James M. Barrie
produced & directed by George Schaefer
starring
Bill Travers as Crichton
Virginia McKenna as Lady Mary
Janet Munro as Tweeny
Laurence Naismith as Lord Loam
Richard Easton as Ernest Woolley
Pamela Brown as Lady Brocklehurst
with
Ralph Purdom as Lord Brocklehurst
Estelle Kohler as Lady Agatha
Carrie Nye as Lady Catherine
Edward Cicciarelli as Treherne
Christina Gillespie as Fisher
Norman Barrs as The Officer
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Ep 18.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A PUNT, A PASS, AND A PRAYER
20-November-1968
written by David Mark
directed by Tom Donovan
produced by Robert Hartung
executive producer George Schaefer
starring
Hugh O'Brian as Johnny Aragon
Don DeFore as Rooter Baker
Nancy Dussault as Millie Halloway
Bert Freed as Pete Johnson
Ralph Meeker as Wally Walters
Betsy Palmer as Nancy Aragon
Shelly Novack as Barney Swiacki
with
Kyle Rote as Sportscaster
Steve Roland as Swede Lindstrom
John McCurry as Hank Sanders
Wallace Rooney as Custodian
Jack Somack as Trainer
Paul Dooley as Photographer
John Gerstad as Clerk
Herbert Anderson as Harold Halloway
Eugenia Rawls as Bess Earley
Summary:
And the team members of The Westchester Bulls
(Affiliate, New York Giants).
Ep 18.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: TEACHER, TEACHER
05-Feb-1969
written by Ellison Carroll
directed by Fielder Cook
starring
David McCallum as Hamilton Cade
Ossie Davis as Charles Carter
George Grizzard as F. Niles Putnam
Billy Schulman as Freddie Putnam
Anthony Jones as Joey (Carter's nephew)
Sally Cook as Woman
Summary:
The story of a mentally disabled youth.
Hallmark Hall of Fame: GIVE US BARABBAS!
28-Mar-69 (rebroadcast from 24-Mar-1961)
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Ep 19.01 Hallmark Hall of Fame: THE FILE ON DEVLIN
21-Nov-1969
adapted by Michael Dyne & Edward Essex
based on the novel by Catherine Gaskin
directed by George Schaefer
produced by Robert Hartung
starring
Judith Anderson as Elizabeth Devlin
Elizabeth Ashley as Sally Devlin
David McCallum as Kenneth Canfield
Helmut Dantine as Hans Raedler
Donald Moffat as John Heywood
Laurence Naismith as Lord Pomeroy
with
Priscilla Morrill as Tatiana Kogan
Barry Cahill as the Sergeant
Gregory Gay as the Soviet Ambassador
Lew Horn as the Intruder
Allan Caillou as the Police Inspector
Charles Radilac as Lancome
Peter Marland-Jones as Tichborne
Larry J. Gelbmann as the Manservant
Mary Adams as the Maid
Summary:
Lawrence Devlin is a well known writer, whose efforts to
help people understand different cultures have gained him
the Nobel Peace Prize. On his latest trip into the wilder parts
of the globe, he has gone missing, presumed killed when his
light plane crashed in a remote area of Afghanistan.
Kenneth Canfield, a journalist who also works for British intelligence,
becomes suspicious that something more sinister is going on when
he sees a known Soviet agent breaking into Devlin's London flat.
The novel is basically the unravelling of the Russian involvement in Devlin's
disappearance, as Kenneth juggles the needs of his
espionage work with his developing feelings for Devlin's daughter
Sally.
Ep 19.02 Hallmark Hall of Fame: A STORM IN SUMMER
06-Feb-1970
written by Rod Serling
directed by Buzz Kulik
produced by Alan Lansbury
executive producer M.J. Rifkin
starring
Peter Ustinov as Abel Shaddick
N'Gai Dixon as Herman Washington
Peter Bonerz as Stanley
Anne Collings as Harriet
Marlyn Mason as Gloria Ross
Frances Robinson as Mrs. Parker
Penny Santon as Mrs. Gold
Aron Kincaid as 1st Hot Rodder
John Evans as 2nd Hot Rodder
Jonathan Hole as Maitre'd
Kevin Hagen as Policeman
Summary:
An elderly deli owner who becomes reluctant host to
an under-priviledged Harlem
youth.
** Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Special" and "Outstanding Performance
by an
Actor in a Lead Role" for Peter Ustinov.
Ep 19.03 Hallmark Hall of Fame: NEITHER ARE WE ENEMIES
13-Mar-1970
written by Henry Denker
directed by David Pressman
produced by Jacqueline Babbin
executive producer Henry Jaffe
starring
Van Heflin as Joseph
Ed Begley as Annas
Kate Reid as Deborah
J.D. Cannon as Pontius Pilate
Leonard Frey as Judas
Kristoffer Tabori as Jonathan
Tom Rosqui as Man of Bethany
Harris Yulin as Barabbas
Paul Hecht as Centurion
Don McHenry as Ezra
Jay Hammer as Abner
Madison Mason as Jesus
Synopsis:
The Hebrew judge Joseph of Arimathea and his son Jonathan are troubled
by the Roman occupation of their land, Judea. Both have listened to the words
of the prophet Jesus and Joseph sees the man of Nazareth as the Messiah,
sent to give the people hope without stirring up revolution. Young Jonathan, filled
with the same seething resentments as his friends, hears a different message.
He interprets Jesus's words as a call to arms. [RF]
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Hallmark Episode?
THE OTHER WORLD OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
1964
written by Caryl Brahms & Winston Churchill
based on the book "Painting as a Pastime" by Winston S. Churchill
directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen
director of photography Hone Glendinning
produced by Jack Levin
starring
Paul Scofield as Narrator (voice)
Patrick Wymark as Winston Churchill (voice)
Siân Phillips as Lady Lavery
Lady Birley as Herself
Paul Maze as Himself
Bernard L. Montgomery as Himself (describes their first meeting) (also archive
footage) (as Field Marshal Montgomery)
Merle Oberon as Herself
also appearing
Clement Attlee as Himself (with his 1945 Cabinet) (archive footage)
Ernest Bevin as Himself (in 1945 Attlee Cabinet) (archive footage)
Clementine Churchill as Herself (at unveiling of Churchill portrait) (archive
footage)
Winston Churchill as Himself (tours beach defences) (archive footage)
Salvador Dalí as Himself (gesticulates wildly) (archive footage)
Hugh Dalton as Himself (in 1945 Attlee Cabinet) (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower as Himself (in golf cart with Churchill) (archive footage)
George Hall (VII) as Himself (in 1945 Attlee Cabinet) (archive footage)
Rudolf Hess as Himself (on balcony with Hitler) (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler as Himself (watches the sky) (archive footage)
Wilhelm Keitel as Himself (watches sky with Hitler) (archive footage)
King George VI as Himself (on V-E Day) (archive footage) )
J.J. Lawson as Himself (in 1945 Attlee Cabinet) (archive footage)
Herbert Morrison as Himself (in 1945 Attlee Cabinet) (archive footage)
Princess Margaret as Herself (on V-E Day) (archive footage)
Queen Elizabeth as Herself (on V-E Day) (archive footage)
Queen Elizabeth II as Herself (on V-E Day) (archive footage)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt as Himself (meets reporters in Casablanca) (archive
footage)
Summary:
A portrait of Sir Winston Churchill's second career as a painter, narrated by
the Oscar
winner Scofield. Anecdotes by Merle Oberon and Field Marshall Lord Montgomery,
and scenes with painters such as Salvador Dali and Paul Maze, show a side of
the leader few have seen.
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