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The Best Episodes of Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 4

Every episode of Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hallmark Hall of Fame Season 4!

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Dynamite" is the best rated episode of "Hallmark Hall of Fame" season 4. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/5/1954. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Do Not Cry For Me".

  • Dynamite
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    #1 - Dynamite

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/1954

    The Swedish-American inventor of dynamite, established before his death the Nobel Prize to be awarded annually for the best work in the field of physics, medicine and chemistry.

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  • Do Not Cry For Me
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    #2 - Do Not Cry For Me

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1954

    Tells the story of the early life of the American composer Stephen Foster. Relates the difficulties Foster encountered when he tried to have his first song performed.

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  • A Man of Many Ideas
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    #3 - A Man of Many Ideas

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1954

    The story of John Nelson Wanamaker the 35th United States Postmaster General who was known for buying an abandoned railroad depot and converting it into a department story called "The Grand Depot" which was considered the first department store in Philadelphia.

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  • The Reluctant Redeemer
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    #4 - The Reluctant Redeemer

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1954

    The story tells of Moses' upbringing by an Egyptian pharaoh, his killing of a cruel overseer and the flight to Media where he marries. When the voice of God comes from the burning bush he returns to Egypt to free his people. Natalie Wood will be featured as the beloved ot Moses when he was a young man.

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  • The Story of Johann Sebastian Bach
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    #5 - The Story of Johann Sebastian Bach

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1954

    From court appointed organist to his triumphant position as Kantor at the Thomasschule his story unfolds as his music was given to the world almost a century after he died after being rediscovered by Felix Mendelssohn.

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  • The Immortal Oath
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    #6 - The Immortal Oath

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1954

    The tale of Hippocrates, the father of medicine is dramatized.

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  • The Yankee Roadblocks
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    #7 - The Yankee Roadblocks

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1954

    An all-male cast set in the Revolutionary War days, the story tells how a hero exposed the plot of Benedict Arnold and save General Washington from being captured by the British.

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  • The Lady in the Wings
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    #8 - The Lady in the Wings

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/1954

    The widow of the great composer, Edward MacDowell, remembering her happy past, wishes to create a place where artists from all quarters can work in solitude.

    Director: Albert McCleery

    Writer: N/A

  • The Path to Peace
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    #9 - The Path to Peace

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/1954

    Horace Greeley's fight for peace is dramatized.

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  • A Matter of Principal
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    #10 - A Matter of Principal

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1954

    An incident in the life of John Adams, second President of the United States and his defense of an English Officer who was charged with the deaths of five American patriots in Boston.

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  • President for a Day
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    #11 - President for a Day

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1954

    The story of the man who was President of the United States for one day is told. David Rice Atchison as President of the Senate automatically became President for 24 hours when Zachary Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.

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  • Macbeth
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    #12 - Macbeth

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1954

    A dramatization of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

    Director: George Schaefer

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadlock
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    #13 - Deadlock

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1954

    The story of the Burr–Hamilton duel arose from a long-standing political and personal rivalry that had developed between both men over a course of several years.

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  • The Province of Man
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    #14 - The Province of Man

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/12/1954

    The story of how William Harvey used King John of England as a guinea pig to test his theory of the circulatory system.

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  • Amahl and the Night Visitors
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    #15 - Amahl and the Night Visitors

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/19/1954

    The tale of a poor boy and his mother who journey to visit Christ's birth in Bethlehem.

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  • The Joyful Tydings
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    #16 - The Joyful Tydings

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 12/26/1954

    The story of the stormy controversy during the reign of Henry the Eighth is dramatized.

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  • William Tell
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    #17 - William Tell

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/2/1955

    The story of the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell is dramatized.

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  • The First Mintmaster
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    #18 - The First Mintmaster

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/9/1955

    Story of John Hull, first mintmaster of Massachusetts Bay Colony, who was appointed to the post in 1650 as the culmination of his efforts to abolish barter and foreign coinage in favor of a stabilized currency.

    Director: Albert McCleery

    Writer: Meyer Dolinsky

  • Crusade for Freedom
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    #19 - Crusade for Freedom

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1/16/1955

    In the name of his brother, the editor of a Boston newspaper, Benjamin Franklin launches a crusade against Cotton Mather.

    Director: Albert McCleery

    Writer: Peter Kortner

  • Dr. Harvey W. Wiley
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    #20 - Dr. Harvey W. Wiley

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1/23/1955

    Struggle of chemist Wiley to expose frauds in food and drug trade and in patent medicine. His efforts to prove the harmful effects of adulterated and falsely labeled food ultimately led to passage of the Food and Drug Act.

    Director: Albert McCleery

    Writer: N/A

  • A Story About Henry Ford
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    #21 - A Story About Henry Ford

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 1/30/1955

    Ford, unhappy with farm life, moves to Detroit where he begins to experiment with the gas engine, certain that it could be made to propel a vehicle.

    Director: Albert McCleery

    Writer: N/A

  • Patrick Henry
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    #22 - Patrick Henry

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/6/1955

    Silver-tongued Patrick Henry studied law for only six weeks, but so impressed the board that they passed him. He was a successful Southern backwoods lawyer and reluctant to enter the Virginia House of Burgesses until the British introduced the Stamp Act.

    Director: Albert McCleery

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shining Beacon
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    #23 - The Shining Beacon

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/13/1955

    Tale of Alcuin, the great educator who taught Charlemagne to read and write.

    Director: Albert McCleery

    Writer: N/A

  • Martha Custis Washington
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    #24 - Martha Custis Washington

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 2/20/1955

    The courtship of George Washington and Martha Custis, a widowed mother of two.

    Director: Albert McCleery

    Writer: N/A

  • The Talking Wire
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    #25 - The Talking Wire

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 2/27/1955

    The story of Alexander Graham Bell and experiments that led to the electric hearing aid, and then the telephone.

    Director: Albert McCleery

    Writer: George Bruce