Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 4

TV Show

Season 4 Episodes

1. Dynamite

September 5th, 19542 hr

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.

2. Do Not Cry For Me

September 12th, 19542 hr

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.

3. A Man of Many Ideas

September 19th, 19542 hr

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.

4. The Reluctant Redeemer

September 26th, 19542 hr

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.

5. The Story of Johann Sebastian Bach

October 3rd, 19542 hr

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.

6. The Immortal Oath

October 10th, 19542 hr

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

7. The Yankee Roadblocks

October 17th, 19542 hr

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.

8. The Lady in the Wings

October 24th, 19542 hr

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.

9. The Path to Peace

October 31st, 19542 hr

Horace Greeley's fight for peace is dramatized.

10. A Matter of Principal

November 14th, 19542 hr

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.

11. President for a Day

November 21st, 19542 hr

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.

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12. Macbeth

November 28th, 19542 hr

A dramatization of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

13. Deadlock

December 5th, 19542 hr

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.

14. The Province of Man

December 12th, 19542 hr

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

15. Amahl and the Night Visitors

December 19th, 19542 hr

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

16. The Joyful Tydings

December 26th, 19542 hr

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

17. William Tell

January 2nd, 19552 hr

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

18. The First Mintmaster

January 9th, 19552 hr

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.

19. Crusade for Freedom

January 16th, 19552 hr

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

20. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley

January 23rd, 19552 hr

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.

21. A Story About Henry Ford

January 30th, 19552 hr

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.

22. Patrick Henry

February 6th, 19552 hr

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.

23. The Shining Beacon

February 13th, 19552 hr

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

24. Martha Custis Washington

February 20th, 19552 hr

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

25. The Talking Wire

February 27th, 19552 hr

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

26. The Adventures of Lt. Contee

March 6th, 19552 hr

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

27. The Pirate and the Lawyer

March 13th, 19552 hr

Adventures of pirate Jean Laffite and lawyer Edward Livingston.

28. Soldier's Bride

March 20th, 19552 hr

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

29. The Finest Gift

March 27th, 19552 hr

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

30. The Green Mountain Boys

April 3rd, 19552 hr

The story of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys.

31. Lydia

April 10th, 19552 hr

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

32. The Man Who Tore Down the Wall

April 17th, 19552 hr

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.

33. Aimee de Rivery

April 25th, 19542 hr

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

34. The Touch of Steel

May 1st, 19552 hr

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

35. Cradle Song

May 8th, 19552 hr

Story of Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

36. The Promise

May 15th, 19552 hr

A dramatization of the legend of Damon and Pythias.

37. The Man With a Camera

May 22nd, 19552 hr

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

38. The Story of Paul Harris and the Founding of Rotary International

May 29th, 19552 hr

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

39. The Tempering of the Sword

June 5th, 19552 hr

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

40. Cadet Poe

June 12th, 19552 hr

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

41. The Father Who Had No Sons

June 19th, 19552 hr

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

42. The Farmer From Monticello

June 26th, 19552 hr

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

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