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 (6)
1. The Green Pastures
Aired 17 October 1957 • 120 min
African-American tales of spirituality and oral black storytelling through a collection of vignettes on various Biblical stories and figures.
2. On Borrowed Time
Aired 17 November 1957 • 120 min
Suggested by Roark Bradford's ""Ol' Man Adam an' his chillun,"" based on the novel of the same name by Lawrence Edward Watkin.
3. Twelfth Night
Aired 15 December 1957 • 120 min
A shipwreck separates Viola from her twin brother Sebastian. Disguised as a boy, Viola becomes a page to Duke Orsino. Orsino is sighing over his unrequited love for the fair Olivia; but Olivia becomes infatuated with Viola, believing her a boy.
4. Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Aired 9 February 1958 • 120 min
The children's story of the boy who wants to win a skating cotest in order to pay for an operation for his blind father.
5. Little Moon of Alban
Aired 24 March 1958 • 120 min
t is 1919 in Ireland. Brigid Mary and her mother fiercely oppose her fiance's rebel activities, for Brigid Mary's father and brother both died at the hands of the British, and the two women want no more grief. But before long, in her desperation, Brigid Mary is drawn into a religious order.
6. Dial M for Murder
Aired 25 April 1958 • 120 min
A woman who slowly comes to realize that her husband is trying to murder her for her money.