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Season 1

1951 · 35 episodes · 70h 0m in all · 9.5/10

Episodes

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    1. Amahl and the Night Visitors

    24 Dec 1951 · 120 min

    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.

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    2. Doctor Serocold

    6 Jan 1952 · 120 min · 10.0/10

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

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    3. Love Story

    13 Jan 1952 · 120 min

    Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.

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    4. The Big Build-Up

    20 Jan 1952 · 120 min

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

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    5. The Story of Roger Williams

    27 Jan 1952 · 120 min

    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.

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    6. Florence Nightingale

    3 Feb 1952 · 120 min

    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.

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    7. Woman with a Sword

    10 Feb 1952 · 120 min

    Story of Anna Ella Carroll, prominent member of a Maryland family who served as unofficial but close advisor and special representative to President Lincoln.

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    8. The Plot to Kidnap General Washington

    17 Feb 1952 · 120 min

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

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    9. Mistress of the White House

    24 Feb 1952 · 120 min

    The story of Dolley Madison.

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    10. Prelude

    2 Mar 1952 · 120 min

    The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.

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    11. Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

    9 Mar 1952 · 120 min

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

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    12. Constitution Island

    16 Mar 1952 · 120 min

    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.

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    13. Harriet Quimby

    23 Mar 1952 · 120 min

    The story of America's first woman aviator.

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    14. The Vision of Father Flanagan

    30 Mar 1952 · 120 min

    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.

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    15. Ordeal by White House

    6 Apr 1952 · 120 min

    Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.

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    16. Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

    20 Apr 1952 · 120 min

    Story of America's first woman author.

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    17. Miracle in May

    27 Apr 1952 · 120 min

    Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.

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    18. The Face of Spain

    4 May 1952 · 120 min

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

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    19. A Woman for the Ages

    11 May 1952 · 120 min

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

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    20. Reign of Terror

    18 May 1952 · 120 min

    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.

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    21. The Magnificent Failure

    25 May 1952 · 120 min

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

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    22. The King's Author

    1 Jun 1952 · 120 min

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

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    23. Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

    8 Jun 1952 · 120 min

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

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    24. Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

    15 Jun 1952 · 120 min

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

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    25. Forgotten Children

    22 Jun 1952 · 120 min

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

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    26. Our Sister Emily

    29 Jun 1952 · 120 min

    The story of the Bronte sisters.

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    27. The Legend of Josiah Blow

    6 Jul 1952 · 120 min

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

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    28. The Real Glory

    13 Jul 1952 · 120 min

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

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    29. Salvage

    20 Jul 1952 · 120 min

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

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    30. 21-Plus

    27 Jul 1952 · 120 min

    Story of the importance of one vote in an election.

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    31. The Carlson Legend

    3 Aug 1952 · 120 min

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

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    32. The Last Command

    10 Aug 1952 · 120 min

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    33. I Lift Up My Lamp

    17 Aug 1952 · 120 min

    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.

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    34. Crabapple Saint

    24 Aug 1952 · 120 min

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

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    35. Refresher Course

    31 Aug 1952 · 120 min

    Story of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon, and in so doing, regain their love for each other.

Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 1: quick answers

How many episodes are in Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 1?

Season 1 of Hallmark Hall of Fame has 35 episodes, about 70 hours in total.

When did Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 1 come out?

Season 1 premiered on 24 Dec 1951.

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