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+Hallmark Playhouse first aired in 1948, and was hosted by distinguished author & writer James Hilton. Hallmark, meaning Hallmark Greeting Cards, was serious about producing radio drama at the highest level. And they certainly delivered! Using scripts or stories that were for the most part already known to the public, the got the best actors, scripters, and used the highest production values to produce this series. Each episode lasted 30 minutes, and again they used quality material to begin with, such as "A Man Called Peter" and "Around The World in 80 Days". After a few years the narration job fell to someone you may have heard of before....Lionel Barrymore. It was rumored that the sponsors felt that too many of the literary works of James Hilton were used in the show. In the early 1950s came out, TV carried on with the show, running it as "Hallmark Hall Of Fame", which turned out to be very popular, long running, and the first color TV show to be broadcast. Hallmark Playhouse used a good variety of genres for it's scripts, making this a show you can listen to for hours. Click here to read more about Hallmark Playhouse

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
02.24.1949	so big	+ "So Big". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A woman's life on the farms of the Midwest during the las...
02.10.1949	smilin through	+ "Smilin' Through". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A warm Irish love story, that only occasionally ...
12.22.1949	silent night	+ KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri aircheck. "The Story Of Silent Night". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. ...
04.05.1951	rest and be thankful	+ KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri aircheck. "Rest and Be Thankful". Sponsored by: Hallmark.
02.17.1949	random harvest	+ "Random Harvest". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A well-written love story involving an amnesiac. ...
07.08.1948	pride and prejudice	+ KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri aircheck. "Pride and Prejudice". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. The cl...
03.30.1950	pioneer preacher	+ KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri aircheck. "Pioneer Preacher". Sponsored by: Hallmark. Pioneer Preache...
07.01.1948	penny serenade	+ KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri aircheck. "Penny Serenade". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A weepy mel...
01.20.1949	parnassus on wheels	+ "Parnassus On Wheels". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. the popular novel of the strange wandering B...
03.17.1949	our own kind	+ "Our Own Kind". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A wonderful Irish story of an old man who cannot re...
04.14.1949	one foot in heaven	+ "One Foot In Heaven". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A pastor arrives in a rural parsonage filled ...
12.02.1948	old man minick	+ "Old Man Mannick". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A heart-warming, well-acted story about an aged ...
10.28.1948	ohallorans luck	+ "O'Halloran's Luck". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. Charming, well-written story about a railroad ...
10.06.1949	national velvet	+ KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri aircheck. "National Velvet". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. The famous...
11.04.1948	my friend flicka	+ "My Friend Flicka". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. The well-known story of a young boy's love for ...
11.18.1948	my financial career	+ "My Financial Career". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A story about a man who hated banks...obviou...
06.17.1948	mrs union station	+ KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri aircheck. "Mrs. Union Station". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A comed...
10.21.1948	mrs parkington	+ "Mrs. Parkington". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A woman rises from poverty in Nevada to a positi...
05.05.1949	mother	+ "Mother". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. There is unusually fine acting in this well-written story...
04.07.1949	morning glory	+ "Morning Glory". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A kooky girl from Vermont arrives on Broadway to b...
03.01.1951	monsieur beaucaire	+ KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri aircheck. "Monsieur Beaucaire". Sponsored by: Hallmark. Do you someti...
01.06.1949	mcclouds folly	+ "MacLeod's Folly". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A wandering ex-newspaperman breaks a boss' grip ...
11.17.1949	letter to mr priest	+ KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri aircheck. "A Letter To Mr. Priest". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. The...
04.21.1949	kitty foyle	+ "Kitty Foyle". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. The story of the-girl-from-Philadelphia's wrong side...
04.12.1951	joy street	+ KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri aircheck. "Joy Street". Sponsored by: Hallmark. In 1951 Joy Street w...

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Featuring the second series sponsored by Hallmark Greeting Cards. This series was broadcast by CBS from 1948 to 1954. For the first series sponsored by Hallmark, see Radio Reader's Digest which is in this catalog.

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