Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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 broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Writing:
Stars:
- Kenneth Blackwell
- Tennyson Flowers
- Richard Friedenberg
Stars:
Emily Elliot
Billy Benefield
Lydia
Edna Graves
Sharon Hayes
Adolf Hitler
Randolph Churchill
Anna Ella Carroll
Trooper
Maisky
Barry Silver
Neville Chamberlain
Mary Churchill
Sarah Churchill
Cook
Anthony Eden
George VI
Edward VIII
Admiral Pound
Junior secretary
Mimi Horgan
Leo Amery
Colonel Miles
Johnson
Clark Redfield
Centurion
Dan McKay
James Alexander
Mr. Plackett
Anna
Karoline
Miss O'Brien
Tirzah
Tjaden
Gerry
Cicely Brown
Billy
Ophelia
Ben Morrow
Judge Bowling Green
Le Bret
Silkworth
Self
Mr. Malone
Barney Swiacki
The Prince
Abner
The Lord (De Lawd)
The Intruder
Phil
Lady Agatha
Lavinia Whitcomb
Banjo
Micky
Stake Bed Truck Driver
Reinhardt
