Hallmark Hall of Fame - Season 52

First aired: 12/8/2002 3 episodes

Episodes

1. The Locket

Aired: 12/8/2002

Adaptation of the novel by Richard Paul Evans: Michael Keddington has had more than his share of tough breaks. Just when he's about to turn his life around, he could lose the love of his life, Faye, who is about to head across the country to medical school. It's then that Michael meets the prickly but deeply caring Esther where he works. The two slowly earn each other's friendship and trust. By sharing with Michael her own story of thwarted love, Esther teaches her young friend an invaluable lesson about not giving up easily in the quest for both real love and a fulfilling life.

2. Brush With Fate

Aired: 2/2/2003

Adaptation of the novel ""Girl in Hyacinth Blue"" by Susan Vreeland. For generations, a lost Vermeer painting has passed between owners, changing the fate of all who have possessed it...whether bought in passion, sold in desperation or stolen in greed. An eccentric school teacher, who secretly possesses the painting today, has devoted her life to researching its history. When she decides to share the story of the painting with a fellow teacher, this 300-year-old mystery begins to unravel.

3. A Painted House

Aired: 4/27/2003

Adaptation of the semi-autobigraphical novel by John Grisham, who narrates. The 1950s are seen through the eyes of a young boy who is part of a struggling extended-family of cotton farmers during an especially trying harvest season in the Arkansas Delta. Ten-year-old Luke Chandler has happily lived his life with his grandfather, Pappy Chandler, his grandmother, Gran, his father, Jesse, and his mother, Kathleen, in a small farmhouse in the cotton fields. This particular harvest season ends up becoming a defining time for Luke and his loving family, as they try to earn their meager annual income while attempting to co-exist with their sometimes hot-headed migrant worker boarders. (CBS)