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8.8(8)|1951-12-24|61 seasons, 364 episodes

Drama

Overview

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

S3E1 · 1953-09-27 · 120m

A Smile for Damger

A woman poses as an agent in the East.

S3E2 · 1953-10-04 · 120m

Of Time and the River

Adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's "Of Time and the River", the deathbed scene.

S3E3 · 1953-10-11 · 120m

A Queen's Way

This is the biographical drama of Catherine Parr, one of the wives of Henry VIII.

S3E4 · 1953-10-18 · 120m

McCoy of Abilene

The story of Joseph Geiting McCoy, American pioneer cattleman.

S3E5 · 1953-10-25 · 120m

Never kick a man upstairs

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.

S3E6 · 1953-11-01 · 120m

The Imaginary Invalid

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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