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HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: THE INVINCIBLE MR. DISRAELI (TV)

Summary

One in this series of dramatic specials presented by Hallmark. This docudrama is a portrait of the private and professional life of Benjamin Disraeli -- novelist, philosopher, statesman, and one of Queen Victoria's prime ministers -- and centers around Disraeli's warm and poignant relationship with his wife. After he is widowed, Disraeli convinces Queen Victoria to buy a controlling share in the Suez Canal. In gratitude for his long public service, Victoria makes Disraeli the First Earl of Beaconsfield. Commercials deleted.

("Hallmark Hall of Fame" aired on NBC from 1952 to 1978; network affiliation varies after 1978.)

(Beginning with the live telecast of the opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" on December 24, 1951, Hallmark has sponsored a series of dramatic specials which, since 1952, has aired under the title "Hallmark Hall of Fame." From 1952 to 1955 Hallmark also presented "Hallmark Hall of Fame," a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology series hosted by Sarah Churchill. The first program, "Dr. Serocold," was televised in January 1952 under the title "Hallmark Television Theatre." This series also ran under the title "Hallmark Summer Theatre" in July and August 1952.)

Details

  • NETWORK: NBC
  • DATE: April 4, 1963 8:30 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 1:18:16
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T80:0169
  • GENRE: Docudrama; Specials
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Biography; Docudrama
  • SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1951-1978
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • George Schaefer … Producer, Director
  • Robert Hartung … Associate Producer
  • James Lee … Writer
  • Trevor Howard … Cast, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Greer Garson … Cast, Mary Anne Disraeli
  • Eric Berry … Cast, Sir Robert Peel
  • Denholm Elliott … Cast, Montague Corry
  • Hurd Hatfield … Cast, Lionel Rothschild
  • Geoffrey Keen … Cast, William Gladstone
  • Kate Reid … Cast, Queen Victoria
  • Frederic Worlock … Cast, Lord Derby
  • Joan White … Cast, Mrs. Gladstone
  • Norman Barrs … Cast, Speaker of the House
  • C.M. Gampel … Cast, Colonel Peel
  • Hugh Franklin … Cast, Dr. Jenner
  • Peter Von Zerneck … Cast, Prince Bismarck
  • Frederic Tozere … Cast, Mr. Malloy
  • Robinson Stone … Cast, Rothchild's Butler