(xxx) Dr Hall’s Reappointment
While the Ivy board debates President Hall's reappointment, objections to Victoria's former stage career complicate the decision and remind the Halls how they first met.
Benita Hume co-starred with her husband Ronald Colman as Victoria Hall in The Halls of Ivy. Her warmth, intelligence and playful rapport with Colman gave the campus comedy much of its emotional balance.
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While the Ivy board debates President Hall's reappointment, objections to Victoria's former stage career complicate the decision and remind the Halls how they first met.
A shorter audition version follows Hall's anxious reappointment hearing, with Victoria's theatrical past challenged before the board ultimately recognizes her value to Ivy.
President Hall's new term is threatened by a conservative governor's objections to Victoria's acting background, forcing the board to weigh tradition against the Halls' record at Ivy.
A provocative student editorial creates a campus uproar until President Hall uncovers who actually wrote it and steers the dispute toward a fair resolution.
A questionable benefactor offers money for Ivy's gym while his son struggles socially, leaving Hall to confront the donation's implications and help the young man find acceptance.
Hall and Victoria juggle Charter Day preparations while a board member's mysterious trouble with his nose becomes an unexpected comic complication.
A celebrated Shakespeare scholar makes his appointment depend on an odd question about the playwright, and Victoria unexpectedly helps Hall supply the answer.
Hall worries that he has become distant from Ivy's students when no snowman appears outside his home, until a later discovery restores his confidence in their affection.
After an all-night stretch at Ivy, campus policeman Grogan makes his rounds while several students pursue their own late-night mathematical experiment and Dr. Hall works at his desk until morning, setting up…
After prejudice drives a promising Chinese student away from campus, President Hall challenges the attitudes behind the incident and works to bring the student back.
A student is accused of theft at Ivy, and the Halls investigate the circumstances until an unlikely clue helps clear the young person's name.
A brilliant student develops an awkward infatuation with Victoria, forcing the Halls to handle the crush with tact and humor.
Victoria is tempted by an old theatrical associate's offer to return to the stage, raising the question of whether she truly wants to leave her life at Ivy.
A corrupt local politician threatens Ivy's standing, but Hall finds an obscure legal provision that lets him turn the man's own tactics against him.
Rumors of a faculty romance send Hall investigating Professor Gerhardt, only for the supposed scandal to conceal a much warmer secret.
Hall wants to join a new faculty chamber-music club, but a string of misunderstandings leaves him feeling excluded before fellowship wins out.
Hall tries to skip his presidential duties for a picnic with Victoria, but repeated encounters with colleagues make playing hooky nearly impossible.
A hoped-for college donation is sidetracked when the Halls become involved in finding a wealthy woman's missing dog.
Victoria's simple trip to the drugstore turns into an encounter with traffic trouble and the police, leaving Hall increasingly worried while he waits for her return.
Hall anxiously awaits word about his book and the prestigious Scofield Prize, only to encounter an unexpected twist involving the honor.
Victoria is accused of improperly influencing a student actress, forcing her to demonstrate that her guidance serves the student's education rather than her own theatrical ambitions.
A major donor wants Ivy to accept an unattractive statue as part of her gift, putting Hall's integrity and the college's dependence on donations in conflict.
Hall mediates between a successful student and the student's proud father when a generous gift threatens to become a source of family tension.
A talented medical student is tempted by the money and fame of professional boxing, and Hall quietly helps him choose between the ring and a medical career.
On the evening Ivy expects an important donation, the Halls are unexpectedly saddled with a childcare problem that grows into a warm misunderstanding.
A student wants a future in agriculture while his father insists on law, so Hall uses a clever demonstration to help both men reconsider what the student should pursue.
A rare first edition disappears from Ivy's library, and Victoria's innocent purchase of the same book puts an unsuspecting student under suspicion.
The Halls discover a family of nine living on college property, and the household unexpectedly becomes important to the town's census count.
When a beloved professor faces blindness and early retirement, Ivy's senior class creates an unconventional farewell that honors what he has meant to them.
Hall dreads his annual poetry reading, but a student's romantic problem and a forgotten note remind him how much quiet encouragement can matter.