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John Randolph was definitely staid but that's one of the reasons I liked him. Not everyone needs to be dynamic to work as a character.
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4 hours ago, DRW50 said:
Sad to hear. It's too bad most of his work is gone. It seems like Lemay took a hammer to the character in later years but I'd still say killing John off was short-sighted.
Lemay did destroy John. He made him really stupid in regard to his involvement with Olive (Jennifer Leak). At least John went out a hero by trying to save Alice from the fire. I always liked him and hated to see him killed off though.
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Michael M. Ryan (John Randolph) has died.
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11 hours ago, slick jones said:
Christmas came early for some 1973 actor info from Carol Follett Waffel, a friend that captions The Doctors for Retro. Thanks, Carol, for these names...
THE DOCTORS
Harry Auger...George Guidall Laurie's manager 73-75
Jimmy Kerrigan...David Perkins
...Temp...Michael McPhillips
Mr, Kerrigan,,,James Hilbrandt
Lt. Lawford... Tom Brennan 73 Penny returns story
Jester... Henry Gardner 73 Penny returns
We can thank Carol for this one!
Haha---I'll have to thank her!
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Slick, this is from a May 7, 1973, newspaper. I'm wondering whether they meant David Elliott, instead of David Perkins? Guess we'll find out in a few months.
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January 1964 article about the offspring/relatives of well-known entertainers getting their break on The Doctors, including Mia Farrow. She appeared in the 5-part story, "The Stone Maiden," which aired the week of August 5, 1963.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7901659/detroit_free_press/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7901503/detroit_free_press/
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16 minutes ago, Nothin'ButAttitude said:
Oh OK. Wasn't Marland headwriter then?
He was there around that time period but I'm not 100% certain that he was writing when LH was let go.
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2 hours ago, Nothin'ButAttitude said:
Doesn't Liz Hubbard take another break from the show real soon?
I don't know about taking any other breaks but she was let go in 1977, and then returned in 1981.
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Thanks! Always nice to see a Somerset episode pop up. That was Pamela Toll, who previously appeared in Somerset, in the Duz commercial at the end. Of course, she's probably better known as Liz Wilson on The Doctors.
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"Pat's" full name was "Patricia Andrews". Kathy Dunn was also Julie Olson #2 on Days of Our Lives for a few months in 1967.
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danfling, Michael Strong played Sgt. Clark, per IMDb.
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danfling, I haven't found any information regarding Dorothy Peterson's role.
This is a summary of the very brief synopses I found on newspapers.com.
- The story of Lisa Hughes' (Eileen Fulton) new search for life. Having left her home town, Oakdale, Lisa tries to forget the problems of the past, as she begins to work in the admitting room of Chicago's University Hospital. Lisa finds that she has quite a few things in common with Eve Eldredge (Julienne Marie).
- The Eldredge and Robinson households are thrown into turmoil when Eve and Brad Robinson (Robert Drivas) announce their plans to marry.
- Eve and Lisa have a long talk about Eve's upcoming marriage to Brad.
- Lisa receives a shocking visit from Eve, who pleads for aid and advice.
- Dr. Tony Larson (David O'Brien) seeks the reason for Eve's incredible action (crack-up) at Lisa's apartment.
- Helen Eldredge (Geraldine Fitzgerald) has a serious talk with her daughter, Eve.
- Sandy Larson (Sandra Smith) questions the decision of her husband Tony in turning down a medical position at another hospital.
- Helen probes the source of the gulf between her and Eve.
- Helen confronts Eve about a mutual dilemma.
- Eve and Franny Martin (Pamela Murphy) have a long talk about Brad.
- Brad is the subject of a heated conversation between Eve and Franny.
- Sandy questions Tony's decision to stay in Chicago.
- Some unexpected bad news interrupts the planning for Brad and Eve's wedding.
- Controversy still lingers over the impending marriage of Eve and Brad.
- Eve and Brad face fears on their wedding day.
- Brad and Eve are married at the Eldredge home.
- Eve and Brad's wedding night is spoiled by an unwelcome visitor (fear).
- John Eldredge (Nicholas Coster) finds himself attracted to Lisa---the woman his younger brother, Tom (Sam Groom), wants to marry.
- John begins to have doubts about Lisa's past.
- Eve and Brad have troubles.
- Tony confronts Lisa with an astonishing knowledge of her past --- a past she has tried hard to forget.
- John has Lisa's past investigated.
- Lisa plans a trip to Oakdale, and her beau Tom wants to know the reason for her sudden journey back home.
- Lisa's ex-brother-in-law, Don Hughes (Peter Brandon) brings ominous news when he pays her a surprise visit.
- Lisa tries to settle on a course of action after a surprise visit from her former brother-in-law.
- Nurse Sylvia Hill (Millette Alexander) travels to Chicago to visit her old friend, Sandy Larson, and reveals some interesting details about Lisa Hughes' past.
- Sandy wants to find out why her husband is seeing Eve Robinson so often. The first person she questions is Lisa.
- Sandy demands to know what Lisa knows about Sandy's husband, Tony.
- Sandy demands to know why Lisa is seeing Tony so often.
- Lisa tells John about her past life, a story she had hoped would never have to be told to anybody.
- Lisa continues to confess her dark past to keep Tom from wooing her.
- Lisa tells Tom why she can never marry him.
- Eve refuses to accept a generous gift from Brad's parents.
- Eve is concerned about the future of her marriage.
- Eve pleads with her husband to agree to an annulment of their marriage because she can never love him, because she loves Tony.
- Brad faces a difficult decision following Eve's request for an annulment.
- Brad tries to save his marriage.
- John starts cursing the day he decided to dig up Lisa's past.
- Two unexpected visitors make a mysterious visit to Tony's office.
- After a freak accident, Tony is rushed to the hospital, where he hovers between life and death.
- Tony's injury is investigated, and the police determine that his injuries were not caused by an accident.
- Police arrest Brad after evidence shows he might have some connection with the assault on Tony.
- Brad tells John he has an alibi for his whereabouts at the time of the attack on Tony, but refuses to reveal it to the police.
- Tony is rushed into surgery.
- Brad is arrested and booked for the almost fatal beating of Tony, while Sandy sweats out the life-or-death operation.
- Questioned by police, Sandy denies that her husband ever asked for a divorce. She also learns from doctors that Tony's chances for survival are slim.
- Tony fights for his life while an unexpected turn of events leads police to reconsider the assault charges against Brad.
- Tony may not recover.
- Dr. Taylor's unexpected diagnosis causes Sandy to look at her husband's death in a different light. At the same time, the police release Brad.
- Lisa reveals Sandy's secret to John. Sgt. Clark tracks a new suspect in Tony's murder.
- When Lisa spills the beans to police about Sandy's husband, they go after her secret admirer (John).
- Sandy Larson is booked for the murder of her husband. John and Lisa plan their future.
- Sandy prepares to stand trial for murder.
- Sgt. Clark questions Lisa about her neighbor, and a confession to the attack of Tony Larson is taken at police headquarters.
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You're welcome! I have some very brief synopses I'm trying to compile in some order. I noticed that the characters played by Groom and Fitzgerald were mentioned less (if at all) as the series went along. The focus changed to a murder mystery involving the Larsons (David O'Brien and Sandra Smith). I did come across a letter that a viewer wrote complaining about the series ending without resolution to several hanging stories.
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Madelyn Sherwood, who appeared on The Secret Storm in the 1970s, has passed away at the age of 92.
I don't remember her from The Secret Storm but I certainly remember her in The Flying Nun and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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On a completely different subject of GL, a couple of days ago I was watching an episode supposedly from December 25, 1955 - the day after Joe Roberts died of cancer. Does anyone know why they killed the character of Joe off? Did Herb Nelson decline to return? I know Irna had a knack for killing off characters when the actors decided not to continue on the show (Reverend Ruthledge, etc.), but it just seemed out of the blue for Joe to discover he had cancer and die not too long afterwards. I've always wondered why she also decided to kill off Joe's daughter, Kathy (Roberts) Holden, just three years later.
This was the official explanation for killing off Kathy Holden at the time it occurred.
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"Is there any character in all of daytime television that is more remarkable than Julie Olson? [She’s] sort of super-woman whose weaknesses of character mix well with the strength of her sensuality, whose unwitting villainy never keeps us from sympathizing with her deep-down sincerity and need for love. She is the ultimate sexual pawn of fate. Susan Seaforth, the bombshell who plays her, has so much animal magnetism, so much female gutsiness, that in her scenes it’s hard to take one’s eyes off her for a second."
I had to quote this from the review Carl posted because I agree with every word. And to think DAYS threw the character (and the actress) down the toilet just a few years later, turning her into a grandmother in her early 30s and then sidelining her into dreary, cliched mother-daughter conflict with the newly aged Hope. DAYS has made more boneheaded mistakes than any soap in history -- the 1980 reboot was a big one -- but for me, the mishandling of Julie (and Susan Hayes) ranks #1.
I completely agree, Teplin. I admit I'm biased because Julie is my all-time favorite soap character but I'll never understand it. I know NBC was going for youth but Susan was only 40 when she left in 1984 (and obviously still stunning and a good actress). I think Susan may have been too outspoken for her own good. She has kind of said that herself. That's one of the things I love about her (and Julie) though.
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Thanks for the pictures and the article. I did see some of their story when it aired. Too bad more of it isn't available today.
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I have some articles that I'll try to find too.
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Tracey Bregman advised that Toni Bua has died.
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I read that David Russell based his soap within a movie (Joy) on The Secret Storm. You can tell it in this clip.
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This is a 1977 column by Jon-Michael Reed about the David/Valerie and Sharon Duvall stories.
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Another World
in DTS: Cancelled Soaps
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From 1969: