Hallmark Hall of Fame - Season 25

First aired: 10/20/1975 6 episodes

Episodes

1. A Salute to the 25th Anniversary of the Hallmark Hall of Fame

Aired: 10/20/1975

Documents a tribute to Mr. Joyce C. Hall, Chairman, Hallmark Cards, Inc., and to the Hallmark hall of fame on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. Includes clips from eight Emmy award-winning Hallmark hall of fame programs (Little Moon of Alban, The Magnificent Yankee, The Snow Goose, Eagle in a Cage, Teacher, Teacher, Macbeth, Elizabeth the Queen, and A Storm in Summer).

2. Eric

Aired: 11/10/1975

A dramatization of the last years of a young man dying of leukemia.

3. Valley Forge

Aired: 12/3/1975

Adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's stage play about the plight of the Continental Army in the winter of 1776-77.

4. The Rivalry

Aired: 12/12/1975

Adaptation of the stage play by Norman Corwin which dramatizes the 1858 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.

5. Caesar and Cleopatra

Aired: 2/1/1976

Julius Caesar (Alec Guinness) arrives in Egypt and attempts to settle the dispute over who should rule Egypt, Cleopatra (Genevieve Bujold) or her brother Ptolemy (Jolyon Bates), by having them rule jointly but the ambitious Cleopatra has other ideas. This adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play lacks the lavishness of the better known 1945 film version. But the lack of pageantry allows more attention to Shaw's text without the distraction of spectacle. The director, James Cellan Jones, lets the story unfold simply so that the political maneuvers are at the forefront. Guinness plays Caesar with an air of resignation rather than power and his chemistry with Bujold is good. Bujold makes for a cunning, sexy Cleopatra with her impish, wicked grin. Though much of Shaw's play has been severely edited, it still makes for a satisfying production.

6. Truman at Potsdam

Aired: 4/8/1976

Documentary-style dramatization of the Potsdam Conference, based on the book Meeting at Potsdam by Charles L. Mee, Jr.