About this season
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 (5)
1. The Fantasticks
Aired 18 October 1964 • 120 min
Television adaptation of the remarkably long-running off-Broadway musical.
2. The Other World of Winston Churchill
Aired 30 November 1964 • 120 min
""Based on the book Painting as a pastime by Winston S. Churchill.""
3. Amahl and the Night Visitors
Aired 20 December 1964 • 120 min
First segment is the play of Amahl and the Three Kings who come to visit the newborn child in Bethlehem. Roddy McDowall hosts a delightful 10 minute special in which Christmas trees are decorated by celebrities are seen. Julie Harris explains why she has brownies on her tree and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale talks about his old-fashioned tree. Other celebrity trees on view are from Dick Van Dyke, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Helena Rubenstein, Cecil Beaton and Maurice Evans.
4. The Magnificent Yankee
9.0Aired 28 January 1965 • 120 min
The Magnificent Yankee is a 1965 biographical film in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television anthology series. The film was adapted by Robert Hartung from the Emmet Lavery play of the same title, which was in-turn adapted from the book Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle. The story examines the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne won Emmy Awards for their performances. Noel Taylor received an Emmy Award nomination for his costume design, and Warren Clymer received an Emmy for scenic design.
5. The Holy Terror
Aired 7 April 1965 • 120 min
Biography of the pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale.