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 27)
The Last Hurrah (Episode 1) 9.0
Air date: 1977-11-16
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: The Last Hurrah is a 1977 TV film from the Hallmark Hall of Fame, based on the novel The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor. It was directed by Vincent Sherman. The novel was previously adapted for a 1958 film of the same name, starring Spencer Tracy.
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (Episode 2) 8.0
Air date: 1977-12-01
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: An suggestive take on the battle of Little Big Horn and General George Armstrong Custer's part in it, this is a combination of the known facts of the battle with fiction as to what if General Custer had survived the massacre.
Have I Got A Christmas For You (Episode 3)
Air date: 1977-12-16
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: A light-hearted Christmas special, based on fact, showing how members of a midwestern city's Jewish community help their Christian neighbors who otherwise would have to work on Christmas Eve. The situations in which many of the volunteers find themselves give them insight into their own lives and families and force them to do some re-evaluating of their relationships. In one way or another, their lives are changed.
Taxi! (Episode 4)
Air date: 1978-02-02
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: A Brooklyn cab driver and his sophisticated female Manhattan passenger learn a surprising amount about each other.
