Hallmark Hall of Fame (Season 4)

Dynamite (Episode 1)

Air date: 1954-09-05

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The Swedish-American inventor of dynamite, established before his death the Nobel Prize to be awarded annually for the best work in the field of physics, medicine and chemistry.

Do Not Cry For Me (Episode 2)

Air date: 1954-09-12

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Tells the story of the early life of the American composer Stephen Foster. Relates the difficulties Foster encountered when he tried to have his first song performed.

A Man of Many Ideas (Episode 3)

Air date: 1954-09-19

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of John Nelson Wanamaker the 35th United States Postmaster General who was known for buying an abandoned railroad depot and converting it into a department story called "The Grand Depot" which was considered the first department store in Philadelphia.

The Reluctant Redeemer (Episode 4)

Air date: 1954-09-26

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story tells of Moses' upbringing by an Egyptian pharaoh, his killing of a cruel overseer and the flight to Media where he marries. When the voice of God comes from the burning bush he returns to Egypt to free his people. Natalie Wood will be featured as the beloved ot Moses when he was a young man.

The Story of Johann Sebastian Bach (Episode 5)

Air date: 1954-10-03

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: From court appointed organist to his triumphant position as Kantor at the Thomasschule his story unfolds as his music was given to the world almost a century after he died after being rediscovered by Felix Mendelssohn.

The Immortal Oath (Episode 6)

Air date: 1954-10-10

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The tale of Hippocrates, the father of medicine is dramatized.

The Yankee Roadblocks (Episode 7)

Air date: 1954-10-17

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: An all-male cast set in the Revolutionary War days, the story tells how a hero exposed the plot of Benedict Arnold and save General Washington from being captured by the British.

The Lady in the Wings (Episode 8)

Air date: 1954-10-24

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The widow of the great composer, Edward MacDowell, remembering her happy past, wishes to create a place where artists from all quarters can work in solitude.

The Path to Peace (Episode 9)

Air date: 1954-10-31

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Horace Greeley's fight for peace is dramatized.

A Matter of Principal (Episode 10)

Air date: 1954-11-14

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: An incident in the life of John Adams, second President of the United States and his defense of an English Officer who was charged with the deaths of five American patriots in Boston.

President for a Day (Episode 11)

Air date: 1954-11-21

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of the man who was President of the United States for one day is told. David Rice Atchison as President of the Senate automatically became President for 24 hours when Zachary Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.

Macbeth (Episode 12) 3.0

Air date: 1954-11-28

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: A dramatization of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Deadlock (Episode 13)

Air date: 1954-12-05

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of the Burr–Hamilton duel arose from a long-standing political and personal rivalry that had developed between both men over a course of several years.

The Province of Man (Episode 14)

Air date: 1954-12-12

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of how William Harvey used King John of England as a guinea pig to test his theory of the circulatory system.

Amahl and the Night Visitors (Episode 15)

Air date: 1954-12-19

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The tale of a poor boy and his mother who journey to visit Christ's birth in Bethlehem.

The Joyful Tydings (Episode 16)

Air date: 1954-12-26

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of the stormy controversy during the reign of Henry the Eighth is dramatized.

William Tell (Episode 17)

Air date: 1955-01-02

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell is dramatized.

The First Mintmaster (Episode 18)

Writer: Meyer Dolinsky

Air date: 1955-01-09

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Story of John Hull, first mintmaster of Massachusetts Bay Colony, who was appointed to the post in 1650 as the culmination of his efforts to abolish barter and foreign coinage in favor of a stabilized currency.

Crusade for Freedom (Episode 19)

Writer: Peter Kortner

Air date: 1955-01-16

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: In the name of his brother, the editor of a Boston newspaper, Benjamin Franklin launches a crusade against Cotton Mather.

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley (Episode 20)

Air date: 1955-01-23

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Struggle of chemist Wiley to expose frauds in food and drug trade and in patent medicine. His efforts to prove the harmful effects of adulterated and falsely labeled food ultimately led to passage of the Food and Drug Act.

A Story About Henry Ford (Episode 21)

Air date: 1955-01-30

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Ford, unhappy with farm life, moves to Detroit where he begins to experiment with the gas engine, certain that it could be made to propel a vehicle.

Patrick Henry (Episode 22)

Air date: 1955-02-06

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Silver-tongued Patrick Henry studied law for only six weeks, but so impressed the board that they passed him. He was a successful Southern backwoods lawyer and reluctant to enter the Virginia House of Burgesses until the British introduced the Stamp Act.

The Shining Beacon (Episode 23)

Air date: 1955-02-13

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Tale of Alcuin, the great educator who taught Charlemagne to read and write.

Martha Custis Washington (Episode 24)

Air date: 1955-02-20

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The courtship of George Washington and Martha Custis, a widowed mother of two.

The Talking Wire (Episode 25)

Writer: George Bruce

Air date: 1955-02-27

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of Alexander Graham Bell and experiments that led to the electric hearing aid, and then the telephone.

The Adventures of Lt. Contee (Episode 26)

Air date: 1955-03-06

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Tribute to one of Commodore Perry's officers, whose personal efforts helped open Japan to foreign trade.

The Pirate and the Lawyer (Episode 27)

Writer: Helene Hanff

Air date: 1955-03-13

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Adventures of pirate Jean Laffite and lawyer Edward Livingston.

Soldier's Bride (Episode 28)

Writer: Helene Hanff

Air date: 1955-03-20

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Story of the love between Knox Taylor (daughter of Colonel Zachary Taylor) and Jefferson Davis.

The Finest Gift (Episode 29)

Air date: 1955-03-27

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of Lord Byron's efforts to liberate Greece.

The Green Mountain Boys (Episode 30)

Writer: George Bruce

Air date: 1955-04-03

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys.

Lydia (Episode 31)

Writer: DeWitt Bodeen

Air date: 1955-04-10

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Story of the pagan Greek Lydia, who lived in ancient Rome and saved the life of the Apostle Paul.

The Man Who Tore Down the Wall (Episode 32)

Air date: 1955-04-17

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Story from 1910 of Dr. James Ewing, who fought to break down the barriers erected against the investigation and treatment of cancer, and who almost single-handedly founded the Memorial Cancer Center in New York City.

Aimee de Rivery (Episode 33)

Air date: 1954-04-25

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Story of Aimée de Rivery, who brought reforms to Turkey.

The Touch of Steel (Episode 34)

Writer: Meyer Dolinsky

Air date: 1955-05-01

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of young army officer and law student Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 60th justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Cradle Song (Episode 35)

Air date: 1955-05-08

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Story of Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

The Promise (Episode 36)

Air date: 1955-05-15

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: A dramatization of the legend of Damon and Pythias.

The Man With a Camera (Episode 37)

Air date: 1955-05-22

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Story of George Eastman, and his development of the first camera to use film.

The Story of Paul Harris and the Founding of Rotary International (Episode 38)

Air date: 1955-05-29

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Tribute to Rotary International in commemoration of its golden anniversary. Includes speech by then Rotary president Herbert J. Taylor.

The Tempering of the Sword (Episode 39)

Writer: George Bruce

Air date: 1955-06-05

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben, founder of the American military system, who trained troops in the American Revolution.

Cadet Poe (Episode 40)

Writer: Peter Kortner

Air date: 1955-06-12

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: Recounts a "little-known incident" in the life of Edgar Allan Poe.

The Father Who Had No Sons (Episode 41)

Writer: George Bruce

Air date: 1955-06-19

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The inspiring story of Milton S. Hershey, who worked so hard to bring happiness to thousands of orphans.

The Farmer From Monticello (Episode 42)

Air date: 1955-06-26

Runtime: 120 min

Overview: The story of Thomas Jefferson's return to politics in 1773.