Synopsis
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Episodes
1E1Amahl and the Night VisitorsBroadcast live from New York, Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas story was the first opera commissioned for television, and was repeated in several subsequent telecasts.120m2E2Doctor SerocoldA Hollywood press agent is assigned to promote a starlet with whom he was once in love.120m3E3Love StoryAdaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.120m4E4The Big Build-UpDramatization of the love affair between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.120m5E5The Story of Roger WilliamsIn 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.120m6E6Florence NightingaleBiography 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.120m7E7Woman with a SwordStory of Anna Ella Carroll, prominent member of a Maryland family who served as unofficial but close advisor and special representative to President Lincoln.120m8E8The Plot to Kidnap General WashingtonIrish-American tailor Hercules Mulligan's contribution to the American Revolution.120m9E9Mistress of the White HouseThe story of Dolley Madison.120m10E10PreludeThe meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.120m11E11Juliette Low and the Girl ScoutsThe founding of the Girl Scouts, presented on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.120m12E12Constitution IslandA 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 1907.120m13E13Harriet QuimbyThe story of America's first woman aviator.120m14E14The Vision of Father FlanaganThe 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.120m15E15Ordeal by White HouseLittle-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.120m16E16Anne Bradstreet, Puritan PoetessStory of America's first woman author.120m17E17Miracle in MayDr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.120m18E18The Face of SpainThe life of Francisco Goya; set in Spain, 1786.120m19E19A Woman for the AgesThe story of Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams.120m20E20Reign of TerrorEliza 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.120m21E21The Magnificent FailureA biography of Louisa May Alcott, ending with her writing of ""Little Women"" in 1860.120m22E22The King's AuthorBiography of Ben Jonson, covering the writing of Eastward ho; set in London, 1606.120m23E23Nefretiti, Queen of EgyptBiography of Nefretiti, illustrating her life with the Pharoah and her influence on Egyptian history and culture.120m24E24Mr. and Mrs. FreedomThe story of Anna and John Peter Zenger and their fight for freedom of the press.120m25E25Forgotten ChildrenA dramatization honouring American educator Martha Berry, founder of Mt. Berry, a Georgia home for mountain people.120m26E26Our Sister EmilyThe story of the Bronte sisters.120m27E27The Legend of Josiah BlowAn infantryman in the American Revolution lights a firecracker and gets blown into another generation.120m28E28The Real GloryStory of a town in U.S. taken over by corrupt men due to the neglect of the citizenry.120m29E29SalvageAn aging man thinks his usefulness to society is at an end.120m30E3021-PlusStory of the importance of one vote in an election.120m31E31The Carlson LegendA young state senator runs into a moral problem while conducting a cleanup campaign.120m32E32The Last Command120m33E33I Lift Up My LampA 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.120m34E34Crabapple SaintStory of Johnny Appleseed, the wanderer who planted trees as he traveled.120m35E35Refresher CourseStory of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon, and in so doing, regain their love for each other.120m
