Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952) Season 2
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.
01 Traces New York City's crooked Broadway Street back to its origins in 1720, when the street plan was changed to avoid cutting down a cherry tree.
9/7/1952
02 A girl unearths a paper making her the recipient of an unusual tribute.
9/14/1952
03 In 1874, citizens of Sympathy Ridge, Virginia wish to build a war monument, but the federal government wants them to replace a bridge destroyed in the war.
9/21/1952
04 An elder daughter working in the city brings her fiancé back to the country.
9/28/1952
The Bachelor and the Ballot 05 A young suffragist tries to gain the support of a lawyer in charge of the polls, while he tries on a bet to romance her.
10/12/1952
Faith Is a Nine-Letter Word 06 Distressed by the state of world affairs and fearing her boyfriend will be sent off to war, a young woman refuses to marry until a friend convinces her to have faith in democracy.
10/19/1952
08 False arrest of a man in a totalitarian country.
11/2/1952
09 The story of Christopher Ludwick, philanthropist and superintendent of bakers in the Continental Army.
11/9/1952
10 Traces the origins of the Travelers Aid Society to a cholera epidemic in mid-19th century St. Louis.
11/16/1952
11 Story of a woman's fight to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
11/23/1952
12 Recounts an incident from the life of Nathaniel Currier.
11/30/1952
14 Kate Smith narrates a Christmas story about an unwanted donkey.
12/14/1952
15 A whimsical tale of Norman Rockwell's tribulations upon his move to a small town in Vermont. At the end of the program, Sarah Churchill, on behalf of Hallmark, presents a medallion to Mr. Rockwell.
12/21/1952
16 The story of blacksmith Daniel Jean Richard, founder of the watch industry in the Neuch|catel district of Switzerland.
12/28/1952
17 The story of Fanny Stevenson, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson.
1/4/1953
18 The story of John and Washington Roebling, designers of the Brooklyn Bridge.
1/11/1953
19 A tale concerning the Bible used by General George Washington at his first inauguration in New York City.
1/18/1953
20 When Socrates is imprisoned because of his teachings, his wife pleads for his release and helps to plan his escape.
1/25/1953
21 A musical celebration of the traditions of Valentine's Day.
2/1/1953
Lincoln's Little Correspondent 22 Adapted from the book by Hertha Pauli.
The story surrounding 11-year-old Grace Bedell's letter to Abraham Lincoln suggesting that he grow a beard.
2/8/1953
23 Incident from the life of General George Washington, in which Phoebe Fraunces, daughter of Fraunces Tavern's proprietor, showed her loyalty to Washington and his cause. Phoebe was in love with a member of Washington's personal staff who was involved in a plot to kill him.
2/15/1953
24 Mercy Disborough's efforts to end American witchhunts; set in Fairfield County, Connecticut in 1692.
2/22/1953
25 Mann's work towards education for all regardless of race, creed, or color.
3/1/1953
26 The story of poet Thomas Moore (1779-1852).
3/8/1953
27 Mathew Brady's Civil War photography.
3/15/1953
28 The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.
3/22/1953
29 The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.
3/29/1953
31 The story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.
4/12/1953
32 The story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.
4/19/1953
33 The story of poet and minister John Donne, and his relationship with his wife and her father, Sir George Moore.
4/26/1953
34 Story of Frederick Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, from the time the sculptor received the commission in 1774 until Pulitzer provided funding for the base ten years later.
5/3/1953
35 Life of General Robert E. Lee after the Civil War.
5/10/1953
36 Sarah Bernhardt gives up her love to continue her acting career.
5/17/1953
37 Sarah Bernhardt gives up her love to continue her acting career.
5/24/1953
38 Story of Josiah Wedgwood.
5/31/1953
39 The story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed the use of ether as an anesthetic.
6/7/1953
40 The life of Sir Walter Scott, including family, literary career, bankruptcy, and the death of his wife.
6/14/1953
41 The story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed the use of ether as an anesthetic.
6/21/1953
42 An incident in the life of naturalist artist John James Audubon; set in New Orleans in 1824.
6/28/1953
