HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: THE GREEN PASTURES (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramatic specials presented by Hallmark. Marc Connolly adapted his Pulitzer Prize-winning play -- a folk fable recounting Old Testament stories as seen through the eyes of black schoolchildren -- which was first presented on Broadway in 1930. Dramatized are the children's conceptions of heaven, Adam and Eve, Noah and the flood, the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, Moses on Mt. Sinai, and other biblical events. Includes commercials for Hallmark. (This is a black-and-white copy of a color telecast.)
("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 or hour-long dramatic anthology series, usually 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: October 17, 1957 Thursday 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:28:48
- COLOR/B&W: B&W copy of a color telecast
- CATALOG ID: T78:0252
- GENRE: Drama; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Bible stories; Drama; She Made It Collection (Mildred Freed Alberg)
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1951-1978
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Hallmark
CREDITS
- Mildred Freed Alberg … Executive Producer
- George Schaefer … Producer, Director
- Robert Hartung … Associate Producer
- Marc Connelly … Writer
- Roark Bradford … Suggested by the book by
- William Warfield … Cast, The Lord
- Eddie "Rochester" Anderson … Cast, Noah
- Earle Hyman … Cast, Adam / Hezdrel
- Frederick O'Neal … Cast, Moses
- Terry Carter … Cast, Gabriel
- William Dillard … Cast, King of Babylon
- Avon Long … Cast, First Gambler
- Estelle Hemsley … Cast, Mrs. Deshee
- Richard Ward … Cast, Pharoah
- Rosetta Le Noire … Cast, Noah's Wife
- Sheila Guyse … Cast, Zeba
- Muriel Rahn … Cast, Zipporah
- Helen Dowdy … Cast, Stout Angel
- John Marriott … Cast, Isaac
- Dotts Johnson … Cast, Corporal