Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 4

Hallmark Hall of Fame - Season 4

1954 • 42 episodes

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42 episodes
Sep 05, 1954

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42 episodes
Dynamite
Episode 1

Dynamite

Episode 1 • Sep 05, 1954

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.

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Do Not Cry For Me
Episode 2

Do Not Cry For Me

Episode 2 • Sep 12, 1954

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.

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A Man of Many Ideas
Episode 3

A Man of Many Ideas

Episode 3 • Sep 19, 1954

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.

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The Reluctant Redeemer
Episode 4

The Reluctant Redeemer

Episode 4 • Sep 26, 1954

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.

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The Story of Johann Sebastian Bach
Episode 5

The Story of Johann Sebastian Bach

Episode 5 • Oct 03, 1954

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.

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The Immortal Oath
Episode 6

The Immortal Oath

Episode 6 • Oct 10, 1954

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

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The Yankee Roadblocks
Episode 7

The Yankee Roadblocks

Episode 7 • Oct 17, 1954

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.

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The Lady in the Wings
Episode 8

The Lady in the Wings

Episode 8 • Oct 24, 1954

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.

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The Path to Peace
Episode 9

The Path to Peace

Episode 9 • Oct 31, 1954

Horace Greeley's fight for peace is dramatized.

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A Matter of Principal
Episode 10

A Matter of Principal

Episode 10 • Nov 14, 1954

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.

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President for a Day
Episode 11

President for a Day

Episode 11 • Nov 21, 1954

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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Macbeth
Episode 12

Macbeth

Episode 12 • Nov 28, 1954

A dramatization of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

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Deadlock
Episode 13

Deadlock

Episode 13 • Dec 05, 1954

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.

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The Province of Man
Episode 14

The Province of Man

Episode 14 • Dec 12, 1954

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

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Amahl and the Night Visitors
Episode 15

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Episode 15 • Dec 19, 1954

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

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The Joyful Tydings
Episode 16

The Joyful Tydings

Episode 16 • Dec 26, 1954

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

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William Tell
Episode 17

William Tell

Episode 17 • Jan 02, 1955

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

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The First Mintmaster
Episode 18

The First Mintmaster

Episode 18 • Jan 09, 1955

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.

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Crusade for Freedom
Episode 19

Crusade for Freedom

Episode 19 • Jan 16, 1955

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

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Dr. Harvey W. Wiley
Episode 20

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley

Episode 20 • Jan 23, 1955

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.

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A Story About Henry Ford
Episode 21

A Story About Henry Ford

Episode 21 • Jan 30, 1955

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.

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Patrick Henry
Episode 22

Patrick Henry

Episode 22 • Feb 06, 1955

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.

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The Shining Beacon
Episode 23

The Shining Beacon

Episode 23 • Feb 13, 1955

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

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Martha Custis Washington
Episode 24

Martha Custis Washington

Episode 24 • Feb 20, 1955

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

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The Talking Wire
Episode 25

The Talking Wire

Episode 25 • Feb 27, 1955

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

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The Adventures of Lt. Contee
Episode 26

The Adventures of Lt. Contee

Episode 26 • Mar 06, 1955

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

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The Pirate and the Lawyer
Episode 27

The Pirate and the Lawyer

Episode 27 • Mar 13, 1955

Adventures of pirate Jean Laffite and lawyer Edward Livingston.

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Soldier's Bride
Episode 28

Soldier's Bride

Episode 28 • Mar 20, 1955

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

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The Finest Gift
Episode 29

The Finest Gift

Episode 29 • Mar 27, 1955

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

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The Green Mountain Boys
Episode 30

The Green Mountain Boys

Episode 30 • Apr 03, 1955

The story of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys.

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Lydia
Episode 31

Lydia

Episode 31 • Apr 10, 1955

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

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The Man Who Tore Down the Wall
Episode 32

The Man Who Tore Down the Wall

Episode 32 • Apr 17, 1955

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.

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Aimee de Rivery
Episode 33

Aimee de Rivery

Episode 33 • Apr 25, 1954

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

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The Touch of Steel
Episode 34

The Touch of Steel

Episode 34 • May 01, 1955

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

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Cradle Song
Episode 35

Cradle Song

Episode 35 • May 08, 1955

Story of Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

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The Promise
Episode 36

The Promise

Episode 36 • May 15, 1955

A dramatization of the legend of Damon and Pythias.

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The Man With a Camera
Episode 37

The Man With a Camera

Episode 37 • May 22, 1955

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

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

The Story of Paul Harris and the Founding of Rotary International

Episode 38 • May 29, 1955

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

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The Tempering of the Sword
Episode 39

The Tempering of the Sword

Episode 39 • Jun 05, 1955

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

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Cadet Poe
Episode 40

Cadet Poe

Episode 40 • Jun 12, 1955

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

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The Father Who Had No Sons
Episode 41

The Father Who Had No Sons

Episode 41 • Jun 19, 1955

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

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The Farmer From Monticello
Episode 42

The Farmer From Monticello

Episode 42 • Jun 26, 1955

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

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