Hallmark Playhouse

_____________________________________ THE HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE was heard over CBS stations Thursday evenings. This drama anthology of 30-minute shows was sponsored by, of course, Hallmark Greeting Cards. It was preceded by the RADIO READER'S DIGEST, which ran from September 13, 1942 thorugh June 3, 1948. Hallmark sponsored the RADIO READER'S DIGEST from January 13, 1946 to it's end. On Feb. 8, 1953, the series name and format was changed. It was now called THE HALLMARK HALL OF FAME and presented biographal sketches of famous persons, past and present. The new format was used until the end of the 1955 season. The exception to the new format was the broadcast each Christmas season of "A Christmas Carol". Like other dramatic series of this time, this one made use of major screen actors in the productions. James Hilton, author of "Random Harvest", "Lost Horizon" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" plus others, served as host and Narrator. Dee Engelbach produced and directed the shows. Jean Holloway was the writer. Sound Effects were by Harry Essman and Gene Twombly. Musical conductor was Lyn Murray. The show's theme was "Dream of Olwne" by Charles Williams. 48/06/10 1 The Devil and Daniel Webster - (John McIntire, Alan Reed) 48/06/17 2 Mrs Union Station - (Mary Jane Croft, Elliott Lewis, Frank Nelson) 48/06/24 3 Unless Love Is Music - Joan Banks, Bea Benaderet, William Johnstone, Alan Ordley 48/07/01 4 Penny Serenade - Gerald Mohr, Frank Lovejoy, Margaret MacDonald, Ed Begley 48/07/08 5 Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen (author), James Hilton (host) 48/07/15 6 Girls Are Like Boats - (Lois Corbett, Joseph Kearns, Gerald Mohr) 48/07/22 7 The Citadel - (James Hilton (host)) 48/08/05 9 Afterward - Lurene Tuttle, Joseph Kearns, Willard Waterman, Robert Bruce, Eric Snowden 48/08/12 10 The Old Nest - Jane Morgan, Earle Ross, William Johnstone 48/08/19 11 Drums Along the Mohawk - Lurene Tuttle, Jeff Chandler, Myra Marsh, William Conrad, Ed Begley 48/09/02 13 To Mary, with Love 48/09/09 14 Cimarron - Edna Ferber (author), Irene Dunne 48/09/16 15 Goodbye, Mr Chips - Ronald Colman, James Hilton (author, host) 48/09/23 16 Captain January - Lionel Barrymore, Luana Patten 48/10/07 18 Elmer the Great - Ring Lardner (author), Bob Hope, Jeff Chandler 48/10/14 19 Arrowsmith - Sinclair Lewis (author), John Lund 48/10/21 20 Mrs Parkinson - Rosalind Russell 48/10/28 21 O'Halloran's Luck - Edmond O'Brien, Dan O'Herlihy, Stephen Vincent Benet 48/11/04 22 My Friend Flicka - Claude Jarman. 48/11/11 23 Wild Swans - Hans Christian Andersen (author), Jean Hersholt 48/11/18 24 My Financial Career - Jack Benny. Jack Kirkwood 48/11/25 25 Free Land - Martha Scott, Jack Kirkwood. 48/12/02 26 Old Man Minnick - Edna Ferber (author), Victor Moore, Verna Felton, Howard McNear, Parley Baer. 48/12/09 27 Woman with a Sword - Ida Lupino, Gerald Mohr. 48/12/16 28 The Desert Shall Rejoice - John Hodiak. 48/12/23 29 Silent Night - James Hilton (narrator) 48/12/30 30 Lost Horizon - Herbert Marshall, Howard McNear. 49/01/06 31 McCloud's Folly - Robert Young. 49/01/13 32 Clay Shuttered Doors - Jane Wyman 49/01/20 33 Parnassus on Wheels - Christopher Morley (author), Ruth Hussey, Ed Begley, Howard McNear 49/01/27 34 The Failure - Ward Bond, Jeff Chandler 49/02/03 35 The Abe Lincoln Prairie Years - (Carl Sandburg (writer), Gregory Peck, Howard McNear) 49/02/10 36 Smilin' Through - Lew Ayres, James Hilton (host), Peggy Webber, Parley Baer. 49/02/17 37 Random Harvest - Joan Fontaine 49/02/24 38 So Big - Edna Ferber (writer), Virginia Bruce, Jeff Chandler, Howard McNear 49/03/03 39 Berkeley Square - David Niven, Lurene Tuttle, Frances Robinson 49/03/10 40 And There I Stood with My Piccolo - Meredith Willson, Jeff Chandler, James Hilton (host), Lyn 49/03/17 41 Our Own Kind - Barry Fitzgerald 49/03/24 42 Wyatt Earp - (Richard Conte, Gerald Mohr, Lurene Tuttle) 49/03/31 43 Immortal Wife - Loretta Young, Paul McVey 49/04/07 44 Morning Glory - Elizabeth Taylor, Gerald Mohr, Tony Barrett. 49/04/14 45 One Foot in Heaven - George Brent. 49/04/21 46 Kitty Foyle - June Allyson (guest, wife of Dick Powell), Ken Peters, Whitfield Connor. 49/04/28 47 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - James Dunn, Connie Marshall 49/05/05 48 Mother - (Linda Darnell, Verna Felton) 49/05/12 49 You Could Look It Up - James Thurber (writer), William Frawley, Gerald Mohr, Jerry Austin 49/05/19 50 The Enchanted Cottage - Richard Widmark, Lurene Tuttle, Gerald Mohr 49/05/26 51 The Barker - Charles Bickford, Gloria Blondell, Lurene Tuttle, William Tracy. 49/06/02 52 I Like It Here - Paul Lukas, Howard McNear 49/09/08 53 Yankee from Olympus 49/09/29 56 August Heat - Fred MacMurray, Ed Begley 49/10/06 57 National Velvet - Roddy McDowall, Anne Whitfield. 49/10/13 58 The Virginian - (MacDonald Carey) 49/10/20 59 Let the Hurricane Roar 49/10/27 60 The Story of Dr Sericold - Edmund Gwenn, Verna Felton 49/11/03 61 Col Effingsham's Raid - Charles Coburn, Gerald Mokr 49/11/10 62 Bride of Fortune - John McIntire, Irene Dunne 49/11/17 63 Letter to Mr Priest - Lew Ayres. 49/11/24 64 The Courtship of Miles Standish - David Niven, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (author), William Conrad, Frances Robinson 49/12/01 65 Cheers for Miss Bishop - Martha Scott. 49/12/15 67 Wedding Morning - Robert Walker. 49/12/22 68 Silent Night - Lyn Murray 49/12/29 69 Father Flanagan - Dana Andrews. 50/01/05 70 The Egg and I 50/01/12 71 The Way West 50/01/19 72 Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne (author), Ronald Colman. 50/02/02 74 Wine of Youth - Hans Conried, Ida Lupino, 50/02/09 75 Lincoln and the Baltimore Plot 50/02/16 76 April 25th, as Usual - Ethel Barrymore, Tom Tully, Edna Ferber (author). 50/02/23 77 Autobiography of Will Rogers 50/03/02 78 The Indestructible Julia 50/03/09 79 Home to the Hermitage 50/03/30 82 Pioneer Preacher - Charles Bickford 50/04/06 83 The Arbutus Bonnet - Ann Blyth 50/04/13 84 Appassionata - Charles Boyer 50/04/20 85 My Sister Eileen - Rosalind Russell 50/04/27 86 They Came to a River - Jeanne Crain 50/05/25 90 Knee Pants - Bobby Driscoll 50/06/01 91 The Story Of Kansas City - Jane Wyman, Robert Young, 50/11/23 103 Home For Thanksgiving 50/11/30 104 Decatur 50/12/07 105 The Third Ingredient 50/12/14 106 The Promise 50/12/28 108 Patrick Calls Me Mother 51/01/04 109 The Life of Theodore Roosevelt 51/01/11 110 Farmer in the Dell 51/01/18 111 Old Soldiers Never Die 51/01/25 112 The Golden Horde 51/02/01 113 Goodbye, Mr Chips 51/02/08 114 Abraham Lincoln - A Man for the Ages 51/02/15 115 Cinderella - Judy Garland 51/02/22 116 Valley Forge 51/03/01 117 Monsieur Beaucaire 51/03/08 118 Deepwood 51/03/15 119 The Long Winter 51/03/22 120 The Long Love 51/03/29 121 Elizabeth, Captive Princess 51/04/05 122 Rest and Be Thankful 51/04/12 123 Joy Street 51/04/19 124 F.O.B. America 51/04/26 125 Two Years Before the Mast 51/05/03 126 A Breath of Air 51/05/10 127 A Man's Mother - Ethel Barrymore, Ted de Corsia, Margaret Brayton, Parley Baer. 51/05/17 128 Benjamin Franklin 51/05/24 129 Scudda Hoo, Scudda Hay - Barbara Eiler, William Conrad, Earl Lee, Virginia Gregg, Ted de Corsia. 51/05/31 130 The Story Of Johnny Appleseed - Lew Ayres, Lurene Tuttle, Parley Baer, Gerald Mohr, Ted de Corsia 51/09/13 145 Francis Scott Key 51/09/20 146 The Prisoner of Zenda 51/09/27 147 Web of Destiny 51/10/04 148 Country Lawyer 51/10/11 149 Wild Orchard 51/10/18 150 Cashel Byron's Profession 51/10/25 151 John Adams - Van Heflin, Lurene Tuttle, Ted Osborne, Gerald Mohr, Ted de Corsia, William Johnstone, Parley Baer. 51/11/01 152 Evangeline 51/11/29 156 Salad Days 51/12/06 157 The Night of the Hayride - Loretta Young, Ted de Corsia, Margaret Brayton, Anne Whitfield, Frank Martin. 52/01/31 165 Westward Ho! 52/02/07 166 Persuasion 52/03/13 171 This Pleasant Leave 52/03/20 172 Time Remembered 52/12/28 198 A Man Called Peter - (Joseph Cotten, Lurene Tuttle, Lionel Barrymore (host)) 53/01/04 199 Wave High the Banner 53/01/11 200 January Thaw 53/01/18 201 Forty Odd 53/01/25 202 Big Family 53/02/01 203 Trenton '76 _____________________________________