Hallmark Hall of Fame is a long running anthology program on American television. It has had a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and still continuing today. The most recent TV movie seen is Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness, the 350th, which aired on April 22, 2007. This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

The series debuted on December 24, 1951, on NBC with Amahl and the Night Visitors, an original opera by Gian Carlo Menotti. It was the first time a major corporation developed a television project specifically as a means of promoting its products to the viewing public. December 24 is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Amahl and the Night Visitors is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti on an original English libretto by the composer. ... Gian Carlo Menotti, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Gian Carlo Menotti (born July 7, 1911, Cadegliano-Viconago, Italy) is an Italian-born American composer and librettist. ...

Early productions were highly classical in nature, and included Shakespeare's Hamlet, Richard II, Macbeth, and The Tempest. Biographical subjects were very eclectic, ranging from Florence Nightingale to Father Flanagan to Joan of Arc. Popular Broadway plays such as Harvey, Dial M for Murder, and Kiss Me, Kate were made available to a mass audience. Noted actors such as Richard Burton, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Maurice Evans, Julie Harris, Laurence Olivier, and Peter Ustinov all made what were then extremely rare television appearances in these plays. Shakespeare redirects here. ... Hamlet and Horatio in the cemetery by Eugène Delacroix For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... Title page of Richard II, from the fifth quarto, published in 1615. ... Macbeth and Banquo meeting the witches on the heath by Théodore Chassériau. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as The Lady with the Lamp, was a pioneer of modern nursing and a noted statistician. ... Image:Edwardjflanagan. ... Joan of Arc, also known as Jeanne dArc,[1] (1412 - May 30, 1431)[2] is a 15th century national heroine of France. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Harvey is an English surname and place-name, derived from a personal name meaning soldier or man-at-arms. It is thought to have come to England with the Breton mercenaries of William the Conqueror as Hervé. It is also used as a given name. ... Dial M for Murder is a 1954 Warner Brothers film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland as a married couple. ... Kiss Me, Kate is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Samuel and Bella Spewack and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... This article is about the 20th-century actor. ... Alfred Lunt photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Alfred Lunt (August 12, 1892–August 3, 1977) was an American actor. ... Lynn Fontanne (December 6, 1887 – July 30, 1983) was an Emmy Award winning actress who was a major stage star for over 40 years and who with her husband Alfred Lunt was part of the most acclaimed acting team in the history of the American theater. ... Maurice Evans (1901 - 1989) was an English actor. ... Actress Julie Harris photo taken by Carl Van Vechten 1952 Julie Harris (born Julia Ann Harris on December 2, 1925 in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan) is an American actress. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Ustinov at Large (book cover) Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning British-born actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, German, Russian and Ethiopian ancestry. ...

After a few decades the series began to offer original material, such as Aunt Mary (1979) and Thursday's Child (1983). Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...

American novelist Anne Tyler's works have been a popular source of material for the series. Three of her books - Breathing Lessons, Saint Maybe, and Back When We Were Grownups - have been adapted for the small screen. Anne Tyler (born on October 25, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. ... Breathing Lessons is a 1988 novel by American author Anne Tyler. ... Saint Maybe is a 1991 novel by American author Anne Tyler. ... Back When We Were Grownups is a novel written by Anne Tyler in 2001, in memory of her husband who had died in 1997. ...

In total, the series has received seventy-eight Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. An Emmy Award. ... The Christopher Award (established 1949) are presented to the producers, directors and writers of books, motion pictures and television specials which affirm the highest values of the human spirit. ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly referred to as the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Humanitas Prize is an award for film and TV writing deemed to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. ...

Not surprisingly, Hall of Fame frequently airs prior to major holidays in order to spur greeting card and related product sales. It also traditionally airs during sweeps, a period in which ratings are used to determine advertising rates. In the United States the sweeps period determines local advertising rates. ...

For many decades, the series ran on NBC, but after the network's declining ratings dictated the series could not continue on the Peacock network, it moved from network to network (from PBS to ABC). Since the early 1990s it airs on CBS. Many of the films are perennial Top Ten rated programs. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ...

Many recent Hall of Fame movies repeat on the company's Hallmark Channel, and are available on home video under the Hallmark Entertainment banner, often distributed through Hallmark Gold Crown Stores. The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts in over 100 countries. ... Hallmark Cards, a privately owned company based in Kansas City, Missouri, is the largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

List of Hallmark Movies

• Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness (2007)
• Cupid & Cate
• Decoration Day
• In Love And War
• Locket, The
• Love Letter, The
• Magic of Ordinary Days, The (2005)
• Mystery Woman: Sing Me A Murder
• Mystery Woman: Snapshot
• One Against the Wind
• Runaway, The
• Sarah Plain & Tall
• Season for Miracles, A
• Seventh Stream, The
• Straight From the Heart
• Summer of Ben Tyler, The
• What the Deaf Man Heard

Relatives and others traditionally place flags near veterans headstones on Memorial Day Memorial Day is a United States public holiday that takes place on the last Monday of May. ... The Magic of Ordinary Days was a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation based on a novel of the same name by Ann Howard Creel and adapted as a teleplay by Camille Thomasson. ... Straight From The Heart is a popular album by Soul singer Patrice Rushen. ... What the Deaf Man Heard was a 1997 Hallmark TV movie about a boy who pretends to be deaf, when really he can hear perfectly well. ...

External links

• Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie List
• Hallmark Hall of Fame at the Internet Movie Database
• 50 Years of Hallmark Hall of Fame (UCLA Film and Television Archive)