The Best Episodes of Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 3
Every episode of Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 3!
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Season 3 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Hallmark Hall of Fame" season 3 is "A Smile for Damger", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "A Smile for Damger" aired on 9/27/1953 and is rated NaN point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Of Time and the River".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - A Smile for Damger
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1953
A woman poses as an agent in the East.
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#2 - Of Time and the River
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1953
Adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's "Of Time and the River", the deathbed scene.
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#3 - A Queen's Way
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1953
This is the biographical drama of Catherine Parr, one of the wives of Henry VIII.
Director: Albert McCleery
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#4 - McCoy of Abilene
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1953
The story of Joseph Geiting McCoy, American pioneer cattleman.
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#5 - Never kick a man upstairs
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1953
The story highlights the early career of "T.R." until the time he became President. It shows how, during those years, Roosevelt was a colorful, forceful, imaginative man who overcame many obstacles, both personal and political, on his rise to the Presidency.
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#6 - The Imaginary Invalid
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1953
Moliere's rollicking satire tells the story of a wealthy fop, Argan, who fancies himself the victim of dozens of ailments. He accordingly becomes the dupe of the absurd 17th Century doctors, who fill him with worthless medicine and extract valuable fees in return. Argan's saucy maid Toinette, realizing the ridiculous situation of her gullible master, devises a plan that makes him come to his senses.
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#7 - The Lonely Way
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1953
The moving story of John C. Fremont, one of the great American explorers of the last century is dramatized. Fremont whose explorations helped open a large part of the far West, played a conspicuous part in the winning of California territory from Mexico. An army lieutenant-colonel at the time, he was later court-martialed for insubordination to his superior officer. Disillusioned by this occurance, in which he felt himself blameless, he resigned his commission and once again headed West. After many trying experiences, during which the bulwark of his faith was the enduring love of his wife, Jessie, Fremont struck gold and remade his fortune. He eventually became the first Senator from California.
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#8 - Of Time and the River (II)
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1953
The story takes place during the hours just before Gant's demise. The remarkable man and his family are the long suffering wife who finds joy in hearing a compliment about her cooking; Gant's daughter who wants freedom from her father's overwhelming personality and young Eugene Gant who seeks the true meaning og the father-son relationship. The old man, laughing in the face of death, towers about all in what has been acclaimed as a great modern American novel.
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#9 - The Courtship of Miles Standish
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1953
The struggles of the early Pilgrims at Plymouth rock is dramatized. Beset by illness, food shortage and Indian marauders, the colonists relied almost on courage alone in the realization of a haven that promised them freedom they had long sought. Against this background unfolded the love story of Priscilla and John Alden, including the famous line "Speak for yourself, John" which occurs when Alden asks the maid to give her hand to his friend, Captain Miles Standish.
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#10 - The Last Voyage
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1953
The story of Benjamin Franklin's famous trip to Paris during the Revolutionary War and its importance for the American cause is dramatized. In Paris Franklin meets the beautiful Mme. Brillon who helps him establish important acquaintances. But he faced opposition from his fellow American hot-tempered Arthur Lee, and had to use the utmost patience and tact to resolve a most dangerous situation.
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#11 - Asop and Rhodope
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1953
Slave and story teller Aesop is smitten with slave girl Rhodope.
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#12 - Amahl and the Night Visitors
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1953
Amahl, a crippled boy, and his poor mother are visited by the Three Wise Men, who stay the night, and are entertained by the villagers. During the night, Amahl's mother tries to steal their jewels, but is caught by the page. Amahl begs for her release, and is rewarded for his pains by being healed. He then leaves with the Three Wise Men.
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#13 - Blaze of Darkness
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/1953
About the mid-seventeenth century John Milton used his fiery pen to espouse the cause of Oliver Cromwell against the throne, since he believed that Cromwell would make England the World's first true democracy. Milton worked hard in this cause and though he was warned that continued eye-strain might cause him to lose his sight. Cromwell's advent to power plunged England into a strict dictatorship to Milton's disillusionment. Milton once again took up the pen to denounce Cromwell and, before long, overwork led to the poet's, total blindness. His personal star continued in descent when Charles II, after his restoration, had the poet imprisoned as a traitor. Despite these overwhelming setbacks, Milton lived to write the immortal "Paradise Lost."
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#14 - John Marshall and the Burr Case
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1954
The story of Chief Justice John Marshall and his dignity and impartiality during the trial of Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
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#15 - Crusade to Liberty
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1954
James Edward Oglethorpe fought a single-handed battle against the debtor prisons of England. In 1732, Oglethorpe fights a losing battle for the freedom of all unfortunate Englishmen rotting in jail because they owe money. Oglethorpe conceives a plan of starting a colony, to be made up of freed debtors, in the new world. Eventually, a boatload of debtors arrives at what Is later to become Georgia, but warlike Indians imperil the beleaguered band. When his fiancee, Anne Dabney, is murdered by the Indians, Oglethorpe swears vengeance. However, calmer advice prevails, the colony is rebuilt and Oglethorpe becomes Georgia's first governor, outlawing jail terms for men in debt.
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#16 - The St. Cloud Storm
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/17/1954
Jane Grey Swisshelm, pioneer newspaper woman, who in 1857 heeded her boss Horace Greeley's advice and headed Westward to the town of St. Cloud, Minnesota, where she attempted to expose the local boss. Her presses were destroyed and she almost lost her life.
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#17 - King Richard II
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/24/1954
The story of the King who believed he ruled by divine right and was completely heedless of his personal responsibility to his people and his Kingdom. Deposed by insurgent nobles who rebelled at his excesses, Richard ultimately found dignity and true nobility in the tragedy of his ultimate ruin.
Director: George Schaefer, Kirk Browning
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#18 - Lone Star
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/31/1954
Houston goes to Mexican Territory at the suggestion of his friend, President Andrew Jackson. He soon becomes involved in the cause of Texas independence, but in opposition to Stephen Austin, who believes Texas can gain autonomy under Mexican rule. After Austin is imprisoned by the Mexicans, Houston is appointed commander-in-chief of the Texas forces in their fight for freedom. When Houston's orders are ignored, the Alamo falls. However, he rallies his forces and engages a much larger Mexican force under the wily Santa Ana, in a battle in which he employs brilliant military strategy.
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#19 - The Hands of Clara Schumann
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/7/1954
Clara Weick's father strongly objected to her marrying a penniless young composer named Schumann. The law in Vienna then permitted fathers to choose their daughters' mates, and Clara felt obliged to sue in the courts to Rain the right to marry the man of her choice. After a lengthy and humiliating public trial, Clara was victorious and soon married Schumann. They made a triumphal tour of Europe—Schumann composing and Clara playing the concert piano.
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#20 - Crusader Against Cruelty
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/14/1954
The true story of Henry Bergh and his fight against cruelty to children and animals is dramatized.
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#21 - Miss Tracy of Mt. Vernon
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1954
Miss Tracy's story is told in order to preserve Washington's home as a national shrine in Mt. Vernon, neutral during the Civil War.
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#22 - The Turbulent Air
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/28/1954
he story of the co-discoverer of oxygen Lavoisier is dramatized.
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#23 - The Good Samaritan
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/7/1954
Story about a man who lives for almost 2,000 years in many nations at many times, attempting to imbue civilization with the meaning and spirit of mercy through the ages. The drama will cover a space in time from the days of Christ to the formation of the Red Cross.
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#24 - The Road to Tara
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/14/1954
Christian Patricius escapes from pagen Eire and returns in story of St. Patrick.
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#25 - Out of Jules Verne
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/21/1954
The program salutes the achievement of the father of science fiction. Despite his ardent desire to become a successful writer, Verne failed as a playwright. He abandoned writing for the stage when he married a young widow and started a business in the Stock Exchange at which he also failed. His wife and a friend Nadar the pioneer balloonist encouraged him to write again and his first book, a fantasy about balloon ascension to the planets, became a sensational success when its publication coincided with Nadar's balloon flight over Paris. Verne was also launched on his career as a successful author of science fiction.
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