Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame (Season 16)
Barefoot in Athens (Episode 1)
Air date: 1966-11-11
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: Adaptation of Anderson's Broadway play about the philosopher Socrates' clash with authority.
Blithe Spirit (Episode 2)
Air date: 1966-12-07
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: Noel Coward's classic comedy about a playwright researching the supernatural who inadvertently summons the ghost of his ex-wife.
Anastasia (Episode 3)
Air date: 1967-03-17
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: 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.
Soldier in Love (Episode 4)
Writer: Jerome Ross
Air date: 1967-04-26
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: Historical drama about the troubled relationship between Queen Anne and the ambitious couple General John Churchill and his wife Sarah.
