Hallmark Hall of Fame
Details
The moving story behind the founding of temple University in Philadelphia is told. The drama will relate how Russell Con well, founder of the university, abandoned a lucrative law practice to become a minister and a great humanitarian, as a result of the death of his armour-bearer in the Civil war. Conwell was a Union army officer when his armour-bearer, a young lad named Johnny Ring, died. Since the boy had hoped to become a minister and preacher after the war, Conwell decided to devote his own life to these objectives, as a testimonial to the boy's, high moral spirit.
- Genres: Drama
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Cast:
- Creator:
- Producer: Diane Walsh, Warren Lockhart, Cathleen Young, George Lefferts, Frank O'Connor, Lee Guthrie, Bruce Savin, David Susskind
