• Air date: 07 Sep '52 40 episodes
      Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it...
  • List of Episodes (40)
    • 1. Dutch Treat

      07 Sep '52
      Traces New York City's crooked Broadway Street back to its origins in 1720, when the street plan was changed to avoid cutting down a cherry tree.
    • 2. Horns of a Dilemma

      14 Sep '52
      A girl unearths a paper making her the recipient of an unusual tribute.
    • 3. The Bride's Teapot

      21 Sep '52
      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.
    • 4. Sometimes She's Sunday

      28 Sep '52
      An elder daughter working in the city brings her fiancé back to the country.
    • 5. The Bachelor and the Ballot

      12 Oct '52
      A young suffragist tries to gain the support of a lawyer in charge of the polls, while he tries on a bet to romance her.
    • 6. Faith Is a Nine-Letter Word

      19 Oct '52
      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.
    • 7. The Secret Vote

      26 Oct '52
    • 8. Bread of Freedom

      09 Nov '52
      The story of Christopher Ludwick, philanthropist and superintendent of bakers in the Continental Army.
    • 9. The Blue and White Lamp

      16 Nov '52
      Traces the origins of the Travelers Aid Society to a cholera epidemic in mid-19th century St. Louis.
    • 10. Mrs. Thanksgiving

      23 Nov '52
      Story of a woman's fight to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
    • 11. Ten Thousand Words

      30 Nov '52
      Recounts an incident from the life of Nathaniel Currier.
    • 12. Joan of Arc

      07 Dec '52
    • 13. Green Hills of Vermont

      14 Dec '52
      Kate Smith narrates a Christmas story about an unwanted donkey.
    • 14. Father Time

      28 Dec '52
      The story of blacksmith Daniel Jean Richard, founder of the watch industry in the Neuch|catel district of Switzerland.
    • 15. The Small One

      21 Dec '52
      A whimsical tale of Norman Rockwell's tribulations upon his move to a small town in Vermont. At the end of the program, Sarah Churchill, on behalf of Hallmark, presents a medallion to Mr. Rockwell.
    • 16. Home is the Sailor

      04 Jan '53
      The story of Fanny Stevenson, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson.
    • 17. Span Through Time

      11 Jan '53
      The story of John and Washington Roebling, designers of the Brooklyn Bridge.
    • 18. The General's Bible

      18 Jan '53
      A tale concerning the Bible used by General George Washington at his first inauguration in New York City.
    • 19. Socrates' Wife

      25 Jan '53
      When Socrates is imprisoned because of his teachings, his wife pleads for his release and helps to plan his escape.
    • 20. To My Valentine

      01 Feb '53
      A musical celebration of the traditions of Valentine's Day.
    • 21. Lincoln's Little Correspondent

      08 Feb '53
      Adapted from the book by Hertha Pauli. The story surrounding 11-year-old Grace Bedell's letter to Abraham Lincoln suggesting that he grow a beard.
    • 22. Crown of Wings

      15 Feb '53
      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.
    • 23. Dinner for the General

      22 Feb '53
      Mercy Disborough's efforts to end American witchhunts; set in Fairfield County, Connecticut in 1692.
    • 24. The Accused

      01 Mar '53
      Mann's work towards education for all regardless of race, creed, or color.
    • 25. Horace Mann's Miracle

      08 Mar '53
      The story of poet Thomas Moore (1779-1852).