Hallmark Hall of Fame (Season 1)

Amahl and the Night Visitors (Episode 1)

Air date: 1951-12-24

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Broadcast live from New York, Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas story was the first opera commissioned for television, and was repeated in several subsequent telecasts.

Doctor Serocold (Episode 2)

Air date: 1952-01-06

Runtime: 120 min

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

Love Story (Episode 3)

Air date: 1952-01-13

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.

The Big Build-Up (Episode 4)

Air date: 1952-01-20

Runtime: 120 min

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

The Story of Roger Williams (Episode 5)

Air date: 1952-01-27

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: 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.

Florence Nightingale (Episode 6)

Air date: 1952-02-03

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: 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.

Woman with a Sword (Episode 7)

Air date: 1952-02-10

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Story of Anna Ella Carroll, prominent member of a Maryland family who served as unofficial but close advisor and special representative to President Lincoln.

The Plot to Kidnap General Washington (Episode 8)

Air date: 1952-02-17

Runtime: 120 min

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

Mistress of the White House (Episode 9)

Air date: 1952-02-24

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of Dolley Madison.

Prelude (Episode 10)

Air date: 1952-03-02

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.

Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts (Episode 11)

Air date: 1952-03-09

Runtime: 120 min

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

Constitution Island (Episode 12)

Air date: 1952-03-16

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: 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.

Harriet Quimby (Episode 13)

Writer: Nelson Gidding

Air date: 1952-03-23

Runtime: 120 min

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

The Vision of Father Flanagan (Episode 14)

Air date: 1952-03-30

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: 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.

Ordeal by White House (Episode 15)

Air date: 1952-04-06

Runtime: 120 min

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

Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess (Episode 16)

Air date: 1952-04-20

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Story of America's first woman author.

Miracle in May (Episode 17)

Air date: 1952-04-27

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.

The Face of Spain (Episode 18)

Air date: 1952-05-04

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The life of Francisco Goya; set in Spain, 1786.

A Woman for the Ages (Episode 19)

Air date: 1952-05-11

Runtime: 120 min

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

Reign of Terror (Episode 20)

Air date: 1952-05-18

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: 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.

The Magnificent Failure (Episode 21)

Air date: 1952-05-25

Runtime: 120 min

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

The King's Author (Episode 22)

Air date: 1952-06-01

Runtime: 120 min

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

Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt (Episode 23)

Air date: 1952-06-08

Runtime: 120 min

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

Mr. and Mrs. Freedom (Episode 24)

Air date: 1952-06-15

Runtime: 120 min

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

Forgotten Children (Episode 25)

Air date: 1952-06-22

Runtime: 120 min

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

Our Sister Emily (Episode 26)

Air date: 1952-06-29

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of the Bronte sisters.

The Legend of Josiah Blow (Episode 27)

Air date: 1952-07-06

Runtime: 120 min

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

The Real Glory (Episode 28)

Air date: 1952-07-13

Runtime: 120 min

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

Salvage (Episode 29)

Air date: 1952-07-20

Runtime: 120 min

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

21-Plus (Episode 30)

Air date: 1952-07-27

Runtime: 120 min

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

The Carlson Legend (Episode 31)

Writer: Rod Serling

Air date: 1952-08-03

Runtime: 120 min

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

The Last Command (Episode 32)

Air date: 1952-08-10

Runtime: 120 min

I Lift Up My Lamp (Episode 33)

Writer: Rod Serling

Air date: 1952-08-17

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: 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.

Crabapple Saint (Episode 34)

Air date: 1952-08-24

Runtime: 120 min

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

Refresher Course (Episode 35)

Air date: 1952-08-31

Runtime: 120 min

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