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.
- Kenneth Blackwell
- Tennyson Flowers
- Richard Friedenberg
Stars:
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Episode 1 - Johnny Belinda
Release Date: 1958-10-13 -
Episode 2 - Kiss Me, Kate
Release Date: 1958-11-20Backstager musical loosely based on Shakespeare's ""The Taming of the Shrew,"" music and lyrics by Cole Porter.
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Episode 3 - The Gift of the Magi
Release Date: 1958-12-09A musical adaptation (with songs by Richard Adler) of O. Henry's familiar Christmas story. A devoted young married couple each have one 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.
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Episode 4 - The Christmas Tree
Release Date: 1958-12-14 -
Episode 5 - Berkeley Square
Release Date: 1959-02-05His 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.
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Episode 6 - Ah, Wilderness!
Release Date: 1959-04-28Adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill stage comedy.
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Episode 7 - Ah, Wilderness!
Release Date: 1959-04-28Adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill stage comedy.