Hallmark Hall of Fame(1951–)

Amahl and the Night Visitors

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

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

Love Story

Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.

The Big Build-Up

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

The Story of Roger Williams

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

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

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

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

Mistress of the White House

The story of Dolley Madison.

Prelude

The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.

Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

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

Constitution Island

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

The story of America's first woman aviator.

The Vision of Father Flanagan

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

Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.

Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

Story of America's first woman author.

Miracle in May

Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.

The Face of Spain

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

A Woman for the Ages

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

Reign of Terror

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

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

The King's Author

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

Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

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

Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

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

Forgotten Children

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

Our Sister Emily

The story of the Bronte sisters.

The Legend of Josiah Blow

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

The Real Glory

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

Salvage

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

21-Plus

Story of the importance of one vote in an election.

The Carlson Legend

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

The Last Command

I Lift Up My Lamp

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

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

A Smile for Damger

A woman poses as an agent in the East.

Of Time and the River

Adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's "Of Time and the River", the deathbed scene.

A Queen's Way

This is the biographical drama of Catherine Parr, one of the wives of Henry VIII.

McCoy of Abilene

The story of Joseph Geiting McCoy, American pioneer cattleman.

Never kick a man upstairs

The story highlights the early career of "T.R." until the time he became President. It shows how, during those years, Roosevelt was a colorful, forceful, imaginative man who overcame many obstacles, both personal and political, on his rise to the Presidency.

The Imaginary Invalid

Moliere's rollicking satire tells the story of a wealthy fop, Argan, who fancies himself the victim of dozens of ailments. He accordingly becomes the dupe of the absurd 17th Century doctors, who fill him with worthless medicine and extract valuable fees in return. Argan's saucy maid Toinette, realizing the ridiculous situation of her gullible master, devises a plan that makes him come to his senses.

The Lonely Way

The moving story of John C. Fremont, one of the great American explorers of the last century is dramatized. Fremont whose explorations helped open a large part of the far West, played a conspicuous part in the winning of California territory from Mexico. An army lieutenant-colonel at the time, he was later court-martialed for insubordination to his superior officer. Disillusioned by this occurance, in which he felt himself blameless, he resigned his commission and once again headed West. After many trying experiences, during which the bulwark of his faith was the enduring love of his wife, Jessie, Fremont struck gold and remade his fortune. He eventually became the first Senator from California.

Of Time and the River (II)

The story takes place during the hours just before Gant's demise. The remarkable man and his family are the long suffering wife who finds joy in hearing a compliment about her cooking; Gant's daughter who wants freedom from her father's overwhelming personality and young Eugene Gant who seeks the true meaning og the father-son relationship. The old man, laughing in the face of death, towers about all in what has been acclaimed as a great modern American novel.

The Courtship of Miles Standish

The struggles of the early Pilgrims at Plymouth rock is dramatized. Beset by illness, food shortage and Indian marauders, the colonists relied almost on courage alone in the realization of a haven that promised them freedom they had long sought. Against this background unfolded the love story of Priscilla and John Alden, including the famous line "Speak for yourself, John" which occurs when Alden asks the maid to give her hand to his friend, Captain Miles Standish.

The Last Voyage

The story of Benjamin Franklin's famous trip to Paris during the Revolutionary War and its importance for the American cause is dramatized. In Paris Franklin meets the beautiful Mme. Brillon who helps him establish important acquaintances. But he faced opposition from his fellow American hot-tempered Arthur Lee, and had to use the utmost patience and tact to resolve a most dangerous situation.

Asop and Rhodope

Slave and story teller Aesop is smitten with slave girl Rhodope.

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl, a crippled boy, and his poor mother are visited by the Three Wise Men, who stay the night, and are entertained by the villagers. During the night, Amahl's mother tries to steal their jewels, but is caught by the page. Amahl begs for her release, and is rewarded for his pains by being healed. He then leaves with the Three Wise Men.

Blaze of Darkness

About the mid-seventeenth century John Milton used his fiery pen to espouse the cause of Oliver Cromwell against the throne, since he believed that Cromwell would make England the World's first true democracy. Milton worked hard in this cause and though he was warned that continued eye-strain might cause him to lose his sight. Cromwell's advent to power plunged England into a strict dictatorship to Milton's disillusionment. Milton once again took up the pen to denounce Cromwell and, before long, overwork led to the poet's, total blindness. His personal star continued in descent when Charles II, after his restoration, had the poet imprisoned as a traitor. Despite these overwhelming setbacks, Milton lived to write the immortal "Paradise Lost."

John Marshall and the Burr Case

The story of Chief Justice John Marshall and his dignity and impartiality during the trial of Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

Crusade to Liberty

James Edward Oglethorpe fought a single-handed battle against the debtor prisons of England. In 1732, Oglethorpe fights a losing battle for the freedom of all unfortunate Englishmen rotting in jail because they owe money. Oglethorpe conceives a plan of starting a colony, to be made up of freed debtors, in the new world. Eventually, a boatload of debtors arrives at what Is later to become Georgia, but warlike Indians imperil the beleaguered band. When his fiancee, Anne Dabney, is murdered by the Indians, Oglethorpe swears vengeance. However, calmer advice prevails, the colony is rebuilt and Oglethorpe becomes Georgia's first governor, outlawing jail terms for men in debt.

The St. Cloud Storm

Jane Grey Swisshelm, pioneer newspaper woman, who in 1857 heeded her boss Horace Greeley's advice and headed Westward to the town of St. Cloud, Minnesota, where she attempted to expose the local boss. Her presses were destroyed and she almost lost her life.

King Richard II

The story of the King who believed he ruled by divine right and was completely heedless of his personal responsibility to his people and his Kingdom. Deposed by insurgent nobles who rebelled at his excesses, Richard ultimately found dignity and true nobility in the tragedy of his ultimate ruin.

Lone Star

Houston goes to Mexican Territory at the suggestion of his friend, President Andrew Jackson. He soon becomes involved in the cause of Texas independence, but in opposition to Stephen Austin, who believes Texas can gain autonomy under Mexican rule. After Austin is imprisoned by the Mexicans, Houston is appointed commander-in-chief of the Texas forces in their fight for freedom. When Houston's orders are ignored, the Alamo falls. However, he rallies his forces and engages a much larger Mexican force under the wily Santa Ana, in a battle in which he employs brilliant military strategy.

The Hands of Clara Schumann

Clara Weick's father strongly objected to her marrying a penniless young composer named Schumann. The law in Vienna then permitted fathers to choose their daughters' mates, and Clara felt obliged to sue in the courts to Rain the right to marry the man of her choice. After a lengthy and humiliating public trial, Clara was victorious and soon married Schumann. They made a triumphal tour of Europe—Schumann composing and Clara playing the concert piano.

Crusader Against Cruelty

The true story of Henry Bergh and his fight against cruelty to children and animals is dramatized.

Miss Tracy of Mt. Vernon

Miss Tracy's story is told in order to preserve Washington's home as a national shrine in Mt. Vernon, neutral during the Civil War.

The Turbulent Air

he story of the co-discoverer of oxygen Lavoisier is dramatized.

The Good Samaritan

Story about a man who lives for almost 2,000 years in many nations at many times, attempting to imbue civilization with the meaning and spirit of mercy through the ages. The drama will cover a space in time from the days of Christ to the formation of the Red Cross.

The Road to Tara

Christian Patricius escapes from pagen Eire and returns in story of St. Patrick.

Out of Jules Verne

The program salutes the achievement of the father of science fiction. Despite his ardent desire to become a successful writer, Verne failed as a playwright. He abandoned writing for the stage when he married a young widow and started a business in the Stock Exchange at which he also failed. His wife and a friend Nadar the pioneer balloonist encouraged him to write again and his first book, a fantasy about balloon ascension to the planets, became a sensational success when its publication coincided with Nadar's balloon flight over Paris. Verne was also launched on his career as a successful author of science fiction.

The Ordeal of Thomas Jefferson

A period of history when Jefferson's enemies branded him as a traitor, spy and believer in "government by rabble". Alien and sedition laws were passed, making it a crime to criticize the United States; newspapers were destroyed and non-conforming Congressmen were jailed. But Jefferson fought for the right of this nation's citizens to be free in the right to disagree with one another.

Young William Penn

The story of a young privileged son who was greatly affected by the preaching of Quaker minister Thomas Loe.

The Liberator

The story of Simon Bolivar who freed Venezuela from the tyranny of Spain.

The Story of Ruth

Ruth a childless widow and foreigner was helped by an older woman Naomi to overcome the many difficulties she faced.

Lafayette for Freedom

Petticoat Revolution

Story of Aimee Rivery, who brought reforms to Turkey.

Portrait by Whistler

The drama describes the struggle of the famed artist to gain recognition and depicts the time that the sheriff almost takes away his famous "Arrangement in Black and Gray" the world acclaimed picture of his mother. However, a friend steps in to pay off the artist's many debts.

Moby Dick

A sea captain seeks vengeance upon a whale.

Serra and San Francisco

The story of the Catholic missionary Father Junipera Serra, who founded over 18 missions along the West Coast in the 1770's. His efforts helped to prevent the Russians from invading the U.S. through Alaska.

The Armour-Bearer

The moving story behind the founding of temple University in Philadelphia is told. The drama will relate how Russell Con well, founder of the university, abandoned a lucrative law practice to become a minister and a great humanitarian, as a result of the death of his armour-bearer in the Civil war. Conwell was a Union army officer when his armour-bearer, a young lad named Johnny Ring, died. Since the boy had hoped to become a minister and preacher after the war, Conwell decided to devote his own life to these objectives, as a testimonial to the boy's, high moral spirit.

A Reckless Youth

The little known and humorous story of how Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) won his wife Olivia Langdon. Clemens manages to wangle an invitation as houseguest at the Langdon home in order to court the girl of his dreams. Her stern father disapproves.

Come to the Window

Completely exhausted after a concert tour of the United Slates under the driving managership of P.T. Barnum, Jenny Lind decides to abandon her theatrical career, marry an English suitor and retire in England. However, Otto Goldschmidt, her devoted accompanist, realizes the beautiful coloratura could never be happy as a housewife. He loves Jenny, and believes her voice is a gift to the world. It remains for the famed showman, P.T. Barnum, to solve her problem.

Flight from Cathay

Chinese princess, Kukachin, is befriended by the adventurous Marco Polo. Young Polo, his father and uncle, although respected advisors to Kubla Khan, are h e l d virtually as prisoners in the Emperor's palace. They desperately wish to return to Venice and hit upon a scheme — to escort the Princess Kukachin W Persia, where she will marry the Shah. From there they plan to escape to their home.

Wife unto Caesar

The story unfolds as Calpurnia visits her husband on the battlefield and is ordered back to Rome and there learns of a plot against Caesar. She obtains the details and makes a desperate attempt to get the news to Caesar.

Alice in Wonderland

Adaptation of the stage version devised by Le Gallienne and Friebus of the children's classic by Lewis Carroll.

The Devil's Disciple

An Americanization of the play by George Bernard Shaw: Dick Dudgeon is the local scapegrace in the New Hampshire community of Yankees where he lives. Even his own mother becomes fed up with the way he flouts the cardinal rules of good sense, good manners and good religion, and throws him out of the house. Judith, Parson Anderson's pretty wife, also has a low opinion of Dick. But Shaw proves Dick's heart is in the right place for he's kind to a poor, belabored servant girl, and, it being the time of the American Revolution, he shortly becomes a Yankee hero.

Dream Girl

Adaptation of the Broadway play by Elmer Rice. A fashionable young woman escapes her dull life and demanding mother by dwelling in a world of outrageous daydreams.

The Corn is Green

Adaptation of the play by Emlyn Williams. A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius.

The Good Fairy

Theatre usherette Lu thinks of herself as a ""good fairy"" attempting to bring happiness to all she meets.

The Taming of the Shrew

Adaptation of the Shakespeare play.

The Green Pastures

African-American tales of spirituality and oral black storytelling through a collection of vignettes on various Biblical stories and figures.

On Borrowed Time

Suggested by Roark Bradford's ""Ol' Man Adam an' his chillun,"" based on the novel of the same name by Lawrence Edward Watkin.

Twelfth Night

A shipwreck separates Viola from her twin brother Sebastian. Disguised as a boy, Viola becomes a page to Duke Orsino. Orsino is sighing over his unrequited love for the fair Olivia; but Olivia becomes infatuated with Viola, believing her a boy.

Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

The children's story of the boy who wants to win a skating cotest in order to pay for an operation for his blind father.

Little Moon of Alban

t is 1919 in Ireland. Brigid Mary and her mother fiercely oppose her fiance's rebel activities, for Brigid Mary's father and brother both died at the hands of the British, and the two women want no more grief. But before long, in her desperation, Brigid Mary is drawn into a religious order.

Born Yesterday

Adaptation of Kanin's Broadway comedy.

Man and Superman

A 90-minute condensation of George Bernard Shaw's epic play.

The Little Foxes

Adaptation of Hellmann's Broadway melodrama.

The Lark

Adaptation of the Anouilh play, as adapted for Broadway by Lillian Hellmann.

There Shall Be No Night

Dutch Treat

Traces New York City's crooked Broadway Street back to its origins in 1720, when the street plan was changed to avoid cutting down a cherry tree.

Dynamite

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Yankee Roadblocks

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

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

Horace Greeley's fight for peace is dramatized.

A Matter of Principal

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

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

A dramatization of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Deadlock

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

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

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

The Joyful Tydings

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

William Tell

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

The First Mintmaster

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

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

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley

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

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

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

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

Martha Custis Washington

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

The Talking Wire

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

The Adventures of Lt. Contee

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

The Pirate and the Lawyer

Adventures of pirate Jean Laffite and lawyer Edward Livingston.

Soldier's Bride

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

The Finest Gift

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

The Green Mountain Boys

The story of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys.

Lydia

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

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

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

The Touch of Steel

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

Cradle Song

Story of Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

The Promise

A dramatization of the legend of Damon and Pythias.

The Man With a Camera

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

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

The Tempering of the Sword

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

Cadet Poe

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

The Father Who Had No Sons

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

Johnny Belinda

Kiss Me, Kate

Backstager musical loosely based on Shakespeare's ""The Taming of the Shrew,"" music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

The Gift of the Magi

A 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.

The Christmas Tree

Berkeley Square

His 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.

Winterset

Hallowe'en adaptation of the stage play by Maxwell Anderson; includes a tribute to Maxwell Anderson by Helen Hayes.

A Doll's House

Adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen.

The Hallmark Christmas Festival

Four Christmas-themed segements: an ice-sakting version of the ballet ""The Ice Princess""; a performance of Christmas songs by the Obernkirchen Chidlren's Choir; an adaptation of Ludwig Bemelmans' ""The Borrowed Christmas,"" about a wealthy man given one last chance to redeem himself; and a Nativity reading by actress Judith Anderson.

The Tempest

A Valentine's Day production of the Shakespeare play.

Captain Brassbound's Conversion

An Englishman, a former judge, arrives in the Near East, where a man he had sentenced to jail many years before plans revenge.

The Fantasticks

Television adaptation of the remarkably long-running off-Broadway musical.

The Other World of Winston Churchill

""Based on the book Painting as a pastime by Winston S. Churchill.""

Amahl and the Night Visitors

First segment is the play of Amahl and the Three Kings who come to visit the newborn child in Bethlehem. Roddy McDowall hosts a delightful 10 minute special in which Christmas trees are decorated by celebrities are seen. Julie Harris explains why she has brownies on her tree and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale talks about his old-fashioned tree. Other celebrity trees on view are from Dick Van Dyke, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Helena Rubenstein, Cecil Beaton and Maurice Evans.

The Magnificent Yankee

The Magnificent Yankee is a 1965 biographical film in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television anthology series. The film was adapted by Robert Hartung from the Emmet Lavery play of the same title, which was in-turn adapted from the book Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle. The story examines the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne won Emmy Awards for their performances. Noel Taylor received an Emmy Award nomination for his costume design, and Warren Clymer received an Emmy for scenic design.

Teahouse of the August Moon

Adaptation of the Putlizer Prize-winning comedy by John Patrick, based on the novel by Vern Sneider. A US Army captain is sent to teach the fundamentals of democracy and industry to the resident of a small village in occupied Japan. The first reconstructed local industry turns out to be a teahouse staffed with traditional geishas.

Cyrano de Bergerac

An adaptation of Rostand's classic play in which a man who believes himself disfigured by a large nose instructs another man in how to court the woman he loves.

Pygmalion

This production of Bernard Shaw's play came close on the heels of its triumphant Broadwas musical incarnation as ""My Fair Lady.""

Victoria Regina

Adaptation of the Broadway play by Housman, chronicling Queen Victoria's 50 years on the English throne.

A Bell for Adano

Based on the novel by John Hersey and the play by Paul Osborn. ""Gratefully dedicated to all veterans of all wars""

St. Joan

Adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play which introduced Québec actress Genevieve Bujold to American television.

Elizabeth the Queen

Adaptation of the Broadway play by Maxwell Anderson about the stormy relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex.

Eagle in a Cage

Napoleon's last days of exile on the barren island of St. Helena.

Inherit the Wind

Adaptation of the Broadway play by Lawrence and Lee. A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl, a crippled boy, and his poor mother are visited by the Three Wise Men, who stay the night, and are entertained by the villagers. During the night, Amahl's mother tries to steal their jewels, but is caught by the page. Amahl begs for her release, and is rewarded for his pains by being healed. He then leaves with the Three Wise Men.

The Patriots

Adaptation of Kingsley's Broadway play. During the post-Revolutionary War period of the 1790s, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson clash over the precarious economic and military positions of the new republic.

Barefoot in Athens

Adaptation of Anderson's Broadway play about the philosopher Socrates' clash with authority.

Blithe Spirit

Noel Coward's classic comedy about a playwright researching the supernatural who inadvertently summons the ghost of his ex-wife.

Anastasia

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.

A Punt, a Pass, and a Prayer

Despite a severe on-the-field injury, an aging quarterback refuses to give up his dream of returning to professional football.

Pinocchio

Pinocchio is a 90-minute musical adaptation of Carlo Collodi's classic story. It aired on NBC on December 8, 1968 as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series. Peter Noone, lead singer of Herman's Hermits, played Pinocchio and Burl Ives was cast as Mister Geppetto. Walter Marks wrote the songs, and the script was adapted by Ernest Kinoy.

The Snow Goose

On the coast of North England, a shot, wounded snow goose creates a close relationship between a lonely man and a young woman when they take care of the helpless bird.

All The Way Home

Love! Love! Love!

A Valentine's Day special interweaving sequences of young couples with concert footage of Bread, Helen Reddy, and Mac Davis performing at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.

The Hands of Cormac Joyce

The Hands of Cormac Joyce is a 1972 telemovie.

The Man Who Came to Dinner

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

A live comedy revue in which "Charles Schulz's little people philosophize on everything from Charlie Brown's disastrous baseball team to Snoopy's suppertime revels.

Shangri-La

A musical adaptation of James Hilton's novel ""Lost Horizon,"" in which a plane crash in the Himalayas leads a group of survivors to the hidden society of Shangri-La and its closely guarded secret of longevity.

Macbeth

Adaptation of the stage tragedy by William Shakespeare.

Golden Child

An original comic opera for Christmas. Libretto by Paul Engle; music by Philip Bezanson.

Time Remembered

Adaptation of the stage play by Anouilh: A flighty duchess plays matchmaker in the drawing rooms of the aristocracy.

Give Us Barabbas!

An Easter biblical production of the story of the Crucifixion.

The Disappearance of Aimee

The story of famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, who in 1926 vanished from a California beach, setting off an extensive police search. Six weeks later she turned up in Mexico, claiming she had been kidnaped. But many, including her mother and the police, suspected Aimee staged her disappearance to conceal a tryst with a married man.

Beauty and the Beast

A beautiful girl agrees to marry a hideous, deformed beast and live in his castle in order to save her father's life.

Peter Pan

Musical adaptation of the story of the boy who refuses to grow up.

Hamlet

In 1969, Richard Chamberlain became the first American to play Hamlet in England since John Barrymore. This production is lavishly costumed in the style of Europe in the early 1800s, as well as being filmed at England's 600-year-old Raby Castle.

The Price

Two brothers, Victor and Walter, one was a doctor, one was a policeman, and they confront one another about the choices they made that have brought them to where they are. Men in middle age taking stock and facing life-long illusions, they speak intensely and finally, with honesty, about their motivations.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Aunt Mary

A disabled woman living in Baltimore who set up a baseball team of street kids to save them from juvenile delinquency.

Brief Encounter

A middle-aged man and a married woman meet by chance and have a brief affair.

The Gathering Storm

Based on Winston Churchill's memoirs, this historical drama documents the British leader's efforts to oppose the rising forces of Nazi Germany.

The File on Devlin

Adaptation of the Cold War thriller by Catherine Gaskin. Sally Devlin struggles to locate her father, an eminent author who has vanished near the Iron Curtain.

The Littlest Angel

A Storm in Summer

A Storm in Summer is a 1970 tv fim directed by Buzz Kulik.

Witness for the Prosecution

A television version of the screenplay by Wilder and Kurnitz, adapted by Marcus, based on Agatha Christie's stage play. A phlegmatic London barrister defends one Leonard Vole, a ""nice, harmless chap"" who's on trial for the murder of a widow who had taken a shine to him. The circumstantial evidence against Vole is strong, especially since he's unemployed and stands to inherit a considerable sum from the victim. And to further complicate the defense, the only person who can provide an alibi is Vole's wife Christine, who has agreed to be a witness for the prosecution.

Return Engagement

Two loners on campus, an ancient history professor and her student, help each other emerge from their shells.

Fame

Return of the Native

Adaptation of the classic novel by Thomas Hardy. Eustacia Vye is a willful, passionate enchantress whose desire to escape her lonely rustic life thrusts her into two doomed relationships.

The Piano Lesson

Adaptation of the stage play by August Wilson. Set in 1936 Pittsburgh, the story centers on an ornately carved 80-year-old upright piano, a family heirloom co-owned by a proud widow and her forceful brother, Boy Willie. Boy Willie's determination to trade the piano for Mississippi farmland triggers an emotional battle.

A Dog Named Christmas

On a Kansas farm a developmentally challenged young man has a close attachment with animals. When the local shelter is looking for a foster family to look after a dog, he eagerly signs up.

Lisa, Bright and Dark

Adaptation of the novel by John Neufeld. Popular and intelligent teeenager Lisa Schilling succumbs to inexplicable and severe depression.

The Borrowers

The Country Girl

Adaptation of the Odets stage play. Story of a washed-up middle-aged actor who gets a big break to star in a play, and the relationship between the director of the play and the actor's wife.

Crown Matrimonial

Crown Matrimonia is a 1974 film written by Audrey Maas and Royce Ryton and directed by Alan Bridges.

One Against the Wind

Mary Lindell, an enobled Englishwoman estranged from her French husband but still living in Paris, maintains a regal lifestyle even after the invading German army takes over the city in 1940. Initially blasé about the occupation, Lindell is propelled out of her malaise by the plight of a downed British flier whom she secretly shelters, nurses back to health, then helps to escape. As word of her deed spreads, Lindell becomes a beacon that draws other entrapped Allies, as well as the Gestapo.

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden is the 1987 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film adaptation of the novel The Secret Garden, aired on CBS November 30, 1987 and produced by Rosemont Productions Limited, who also produced Back to the Secret Garden. The movie starred Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Jadrien Steele, Billie Whitelaw, Derek Jacobi.

Foxfire

Foxfire is a 1987 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie starring Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, and John Denver, based on the play of the same name. The movie aired on CBS on December 13, 1987. Tandy won an Emmy Award for her performance.

Stones for Ibarra

Adaptation of the novel by Harriet Doerr. A young American couple struggles to reopen the family copper mine in Mexico, and in so doing, shares a ""companionship with death"" with the inhabitants of a rural Mexican village.

Decoration Day

Decoration Day is a 1990 film based on a novel by John William Corrington of the same title. The award-winning made-for-TV movie was directed by Robert Markowitz and filmed on location in Georgia.

An American Story

World War II veterans unite against a corrupt mayor and his cronies as they fight to take back their Texas hometown.

Skylark

Sequel to ""Sarah, Plain and Tall"": In 1912 Kansas, drought plagues Jacob and Sarah Witting and Jacob's children by his first marriage. As conditions worsen, the family suffers a calamity that marks a turning point for Sarah, who's harboring a secret from Jacob.

The Marva Collins Story

In 1975, after 14 frustrating years teaching in public schools, Marva Collins opened the Westside Preparatory School — in her own home — on Chicago's depressed West Side. Hoping to create an educational environment where the basics came first (and frivolity was banished altogether), Collins faced problems from the outset: low enrollment, high bills, bureaucratic snafus, and, most daunting, the skepticism of her charges' parents. This presentation recounts the story of the school's trying first year, and along the way, profiles a singular teacher who tempers old-fashioned strictness with praise, patience, and inspiration.

A Salute to the 25th Anniversary of the Hallmark Hall of Fame

Documents a tribute to Mr. Joyce C. Hall, Chairman, Hallmark Cards, Inc., and to the Hallmark hall of fame on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. Includes clips from eight Emmy award-winning Hallmark hall of fame programs (Little Moon of Alban, The Magnificent Yankee, The Snow Goose, Eagle in a Cage, Teacher, Teacher, Macbeth, Elizabeth the Queen, and A Storm in Summer).

Eric

A dramatization of the last years of a young man dying of leukemia.

Valley Forge

Adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's stage play about the plight of the Continental Army in the winter of 1776-77.

The Rivalry

Adaptation of the stage play by Norman Corwin which dramatizes the 1858 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.

Caesar and Cleopatra

Julius Caesar (Alec Guinness) arrives in Egypt and attempts to settle the dispute over who should rule Egypt, Cleopatra (Genevieve Bujold) or her brother Ptolemy (Jolyon Bates), by having them rule jointly but the ambitious Cleopatra has other ideas. This adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play lacks the lavishness of the better known 1945 film version. But the lack of pageantry allows more attention to Shaw's text without the distraction of spectacle. The director, James Cellan Jones, lets the story unfold simply so that the political maneuvers are at the forefront. Guinness plays Caesar with an air of resignation rather than power and his chemistry with Bujold is good. Bujold makes for a cunning, sexy Cleopatra with her impish, wicked grin. Though much of Shaw's play has been severely edited, it still makes for a satisfying production.

Front of the Class

The story of a young man who overcomes the odds and being diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome to become a teacher.

Loving Leah

Loving Leah is a television movie that aired on CBS as a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie on January 25, 2009. The film is directed by Jeff Bleckner and stars Adam Kaufman as an unobservant Jewish bachelor who feels compelled to marry his observant rabbi brother's widow, Leah to honor him via the ancient Jewish custom of yibbum. Loving Leah began as a play by Pnenah Goldstein and was brought to Hallmark by Ricki Lake, who also appears in a minor role in the film. Goldstein also wrote the screenplay and "saw it in a way like Moonstruck or Crossing Delancey. To prepare for her role of widow in the Hasidic community, lead actress Lauren Ambrose spent time with women of the close-knit community.

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Story of a twelve year old foster child who has been to so many homes she longs for a family of her own. She winds up at the home of a retired schoolteacher who opens her heart and home to Hollis and the two share a Christmas adventure and learns that miracles do happen.

The Russell Girl

A small-town girl takes a job in Chicago to escape memories of a tragic accident she blames herself for. She goes home to try and heal but her secrets continue to haunt her. Sarah decides to withhold the true reason for her homecoming after an old conflict resurfaces during an uncomfortable encounter with Lorraine Morrisey.

Mister Lincoln

A one-man show spanning the lifetime of Abraham Lincoln, from his turning against slavery as a young man through his reading of the Gettysburg Address.

Dear Liar

Adaptation of the two-person stage play based on the correspondence between George Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell. Playwright George Bernard Shaw and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell began exchanging letters in 1899, when Shaw was beginning to have success as a playwright and ""Mrs. Pat"" reigned in the English theater. Taken by her beauty and talent, the married Shaw ""fell head over heels in love"" and, in 1911, wrote ""Pygmalion"" with her in mind as Eliza Doolittle. Their preparations and heated rehearsals for that play dominate Act I of this one, which finds Mrs. Pat apprehensive about playing a teen-age flower girl and picky about her costar. ""If you attempt this play on the one-star system,"" retorts Shaw, ""nothing, not even my genius, can save you."" In the concluding act, their letters touch on World War I; their quarrels over her intention to publish the correspondence; and their disparate fortunes during the 1930s.

Calm at Sunset

Based on the novel ""Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn"" by Paul Watkins: James Pfeiffer disappoints his parents when he drops out of college to pursue his dream of becoming a fisherman, following in the footsteps of his dad and grandfather. James gets his chance when he saves the life of a seaman and the pair decide to become partners. But it's hardly smooth sailing; James must weather a tragedy, deal with a shocking secret about his father, and make a decision that might compromise his values.

The Lost Child

Based on the book ""Looking for Lost Bird"" by Yvette Melanson with Claire Safran: After the death of her adoptive parents, a woman raised in a Jewish family discovers that she is a Navajo Indian and journeys west to discover her blood relatives. She is warmly received, but dismayed when the tribe rejects her husband and children as outsiders.

Camille

Adaptation of La dame aux camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils. The story of the ill-fated love affair between the famous Parisian courtesan, Marguerite Gautier, and her young admirer, Armand Duval.