Hallmark Hall of Fame

Season 2 (40 Episodes)

61 Seasons 1952 NR 8.2

Probably the longest-running anthology series on television, the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" has been presenting television dramatizations of famous plays and books, as well as original programs especially written for the series, since 1951.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 2 Doctor Serocold

2. Doctor Serocold

Aired: Sep 14, 1952

A girl unearths a paper making her the recipient of an unusual tribute.

Episode 3 Love Story

3. Love Story

Aired: Sep 21, 1952

In 1874, citizens of Sympathy Ridge, Virginia wish to build a war monument, b...

Episode 4 The Big Build Up

4. The Big Build Up

Aired: Sep 28, 1952

A Hollywood press agent is assigned to promote a starlet with whom he was onc...

Episode 6 Florence Nightingale

6. Florence Nightingale

Aired: Oct 19, 1952

Biography of Florence Nightingale: her determination to build hospitals and t...

Episode 7 Woman with a Sword

7. Woman with a Sword

Aired: Oct 26, 1952

Based on the true story of Anna Ella Carroll, a Maryland native, who freed he...

Episode 10 Prelude

10. Prelude

Aired: Nov 16, 1952

Traces the origins of the Travelers Aid Society to a cholera epidemic in mid-...

Episode 17 Miracle in May

17. Miracle in May

Aired: Jan 4, 1953

The story of Fanny Stevenson, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Episode 18 The Face of Spain

18. The Face of Spain

Aired: Jan 11, 1953

The story of John and Washington Roebling, designers of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Episode 19 A Woman for the Ages

19. A Woman for the Ages

Aired: Jan 18, 1953

A tale concerning the Bible used by General George Washington at his first in...

Episode 20 Reign of Terror

20. Reign of Terror

Aired: Jan 25, 1953

When Socrates is imprisoned because of his teachings, his wife pleads for his...

Episode 22 The King's Author

22. The King's Author

Aired: Feb 8, 1953

Adapted from the book by Hertha Pauli. The story surrounding 11-year-old Gra...

Episode 24 Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

24. Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

Aired: Feb 22, 1953

Mercy Disborough's efforts to end American witchhunts; set in Fairfield Count...

Episode 25 Forgotten Children

25. Forgotten Children

Aired: Mar 1, 1953

The story of Martha Berry, who brought education to the impoverished children...

Episode 28 The Real Glory

28. The Real Glory

Aired: Mar 22, 1953

The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.

Episode 29 Salvage

29. Salvage

Aired: Mar 29, 1953

The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.

Episode 33 I Lift Up My Lamp

33. I Lift Up My Lamp

Aired: Apr 26, 1953

A young Czech girl in the U.S. is faced with the choice of returning to her f...

Episode 34 Crabapple Saint

34. Crabapple Saint

Aired: May 3, 1953

Story of Frederick Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, from the time the sculptor ...

Episode 36 Dutch Treat

36. Dutch Treat

Aired: May 17, 1953

The origins of Broadway, Manhattan's most famous thoroughfare, is traced to t...

Episode 40 Scott's Castle

40. Scott's Castle

Aired: Jun 14, 1953

The life of Sir Walter Scott, including family, literary career, bankruptcy, ...


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Network: ABC

Genres: Comedy, Drama