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I was reading the SOD synopses of the show's final months. When David Grant returned in the form of Phillip MacHale in the summer of 1976, David mentions that Lyling has run off with the baby and they are in China. So I think its safe to say that Bridgett Duffy's David is David and Lyling's child.

I imagine the untold story behind "Loving" was more interesting than most of what appeared onscreen. I don't doubt Geraldine Court was told they wanted to go with an unknown, but it seems like there was a lot of butting heads backstage between Marland and Nixon. Given how little Ann had in the beginning, I could understand why they would want to invest money elsewhere. One would have to assume had the Merrill - Roger story continued that Ann would have had to gain some prominence in the story. Court probably lucked out given the rocky beginning years, but I think she would have solid opposite Shana Keith and Anthony Herrera once Ann's story really kicked off.

Marcella Martin's character Flo was involved in Missy's Chicago storyline. I believe she killed Danny Fargo. Her sister was Madge, played by Doris Belack.

Rocky/Amelia was sick when she was little. Trucker said she was a fighter like the boxer.

The switch with Murphy did occur around the time of Willifred's death. Murphy stated her first scenes involved killing he husband or him dying in front of her in a newspaper article from that time period.

Paul, maybe I just inferred, but I thought Maggie miscarried Alec's child in the February 1964 car accident that took Alec's life. I may be wrong about that. All the information from Barbara Morgenroth has been very interesting. Years ago, Hilary Bailey Smith said the plague was used as a contract negotiation ploy, but this seems more deliberate on the network's end. Very interesting.

I think Frances Fuller's Aunt Carrie was Tess and Mickey Kraukeur's aunt. In Max Wylie's book "Writing for Television," he includes a June 1969 script where John Randolph tells Bruce Sterling Tess was moving back in with Aunt Carrie. In the storyline projection, it states that Aunt Carrie worked for Mickey at one point. Also, Carrie ran the Potting Shed with Sarah Dale.

Carol Irwin died while the show was still on the air. Initially, Doris Quinlan acted as an interim producer before permanently replacing Irwin. If Irwin did work on other soaps, it would have had to be prior to Doctor Malone.

I believe the Five Points to Selby Flats transition had to do with a law suit filed by Emmon Carlson, a writer for the show, who claimed he was an equal creator. The original "Guiding Light" series ended in 1946. In 1947, a new "Guiding Light" aired using a couple of the same characters. It was then that show introduced the Selby Flats setting. It's entirely possible at the same time that the show moved to Hollywood.

Is this the article that details Pickard and Provo's relationship? They met in the late 1930s when John Pickard arrived in California from Australia. When he arrived, Pickard crashed with Carleton Morse, creator of "One Man's Family." Morse and Pickard probably knew each other because Pickard was involved in the Australian production of "One Man's Family." Anyway, upon arrival, Pickard ended up with a broken leg or some other injury and was stuck at Morse's for the recovery period. He met Frank Provo, who I think appeared on "One Man's Family" as an in-law or potential in-law. Later, Provo and Pickard left for New York City together. They were very much a couple. They listed themselves as partners on the 1940 census. By the late 1940s/early 1950s, they bought a property in Massachusetts, which was pretty much the inspiration for "From These Roots." The home they lived in is now a bed and breakfast.

I don't think there was another Todd Jones, but I guess it's possible. Regarding the Hilary Clinton clip, Curtis was in Dunellyn the local psychiatric facility at the time. The clip shows Trucker and Elizabeth Mitchell's Dinahlee visiting. The previous year, Curtis had tried to break Dinahlee and Trucker up by pretending Trisha was alive, even though he and the rest of Corinth believed she was dead. In reality, Trisha was in Rome living with Jeff Hartman. This is towards the end of Trucker's run as he exhumes Trisha's body, learns she alive, and leaves Corinth when she won't reunite with him. Anyway, I'm sure the Hilary Clinton impersonator was intended to make Curtis look completely insane, even though he was more aware than he was given credit for. I think Gilbert impersonating Jeremy had convinced the family to lock Curtis up or maybe Curtis was locked up because of what he had regarding Trisha.

The Daytime Diary section is always a treat to read. The "Portia Faces Life" article was intriguing, but I've never been overly fond of legal predicaments. I love the pics from "Right to Happiness." Thanks

I had forgotten I had saved these. These are cast lists from a couple of the episodes that ended up on youtube. July 1983 Catherine Catlin Mary Santacroce T.J. Catlin J Don Ferguson Annabelle Catlin Muriel Moore Matthew Catlin Daniel Albright Maggie Catlin Julie Ridley Jonathan Catlin Jerry Homan Jennifer Catlin Nancy Kennedy Beau Catlin Larry Jordan Lauren Woodward Christina Reguli Eleanor Catlin Marilyn Martin Powell Jackson Richard Fagan Roger Brown Kent Whipple Medgar Quinn Danny Nelson Seth Quinn Brett Rice Crissy Catlin Candy Howard Gary Hopkins Fred Covington Priscilla Wendy M Owens Bryce Draper Charles Honce Memphis Justine Thielman Judge Wendall Jay McMillan Darryl Chambers Darryl Cohen Bobby Catlin Timothy Hill Billy Braxton Benji Wilhoitte Faith Braxton Marion Guyot July 1984 Catherine Catlin MN Santacroce TJ Catlin Michael Forrest Annabelle Catlin Pamela Burrell Maggie Catlin Julie Ridley Williams Jonathan Catlin Jerry Homan Jennifer Catlin Jennifer Anglin Beau Catlin Peter Boynton Jacqui Miller Alice Barrett Woody Thorpe Charles Hill Dirk Stack Joe Ranier Staci Manning Kay McClelland Andrea Smith Iris L. Roberts Medgar Quinn Danny Nelson Seth Quinn Brett Rice Cullen Quinn McLinn Crowell Truck Larsen Jerry Campbell Babe Chalifoux Angie Boling Memphis Morgan Justine Thielemann

Are these the episodes from the German DVD set?

I've seen Barbara Becker listed in radio books as Jocelyn. I only questioned it because the same text overlook Becker as Sybil. Then again, you could be absolutely right about Becker filling in. I hadn't considered the possibility that she had filled in before taking the role of Sybil. Teichman's another who has been listed in radio books, but I questioned it because he was a writer. It's entirely possible he, too, filled in or even briefly played the role. When "Road of Life" moved from Chicago to New York, the show had to re-cast the entire show. Vinton Hayworth and Maybelle Prindaville played Dr. Jim and Carol Brent when the show started in New York. Both were re-cast within the year with Matt Crowley (who originated the role in Chicago) and Marion Shockley. Shockley was married to one of the show's directors George Zachary. Shockley had initially auditioned for the show in Chicago, but Zachary didn't think she was right. I think Teichman replaced Irna Phillips as writer for "Road of Life." Randy Ogden was played by Ernest Graves. One book I read says Alan Hewitt played the role as well. The same book states Sybil was married to Randy Ogden and to a third husband. Sybil was around until the show ended, but I'm not sure if Barbara Becker was there until the end.

Thanks! Bernard Grant was listed as a late run Frank Dana (March 1958). Sally Barnett was married to Dr. Ralph Thompson. Dick Post played Clifford Foster. I have him listed playing him during the time period I've seen "Dick Foster" listed. I think Foster is a typo. Post was also a recast. Paul Potter was the original actor to play Gordon Fuller. He appeared no later than January 1951. He may or may not have been the only actor in the role. Some things I've seen, but I've questioned. I don't think Barbara Becker played Jocelyn, but Anne Sargent definitely did. Howard Teichman wrote the show in the late 1940s. I've also seen him listed as Dr. Brent, but I'm not sure if that is accurate. Charles Dingle played Conrad on the television version. I don't think he played his son, Hugh. Doug Parkinhurst was in the role at least five years. David Ellis is listed as both Jim Brent and Butch Brent. I don't think he played Jim, but I could be wrong. I do think Jack Lemmon played Butch Brent in the early 1950s. I'll add more later.

This fills in some blanks about names and story details about some of the show's early plots: Movie and Radio Guide (February 21, 1941) The First Families of Radio “Right to Happiness”

Never heard of it. All I could find was the one article you probably stumbled upon about it being about a visually impaired woman. If you ever find that folder, feel free to post information on the radio soaps. I've spent the past weekend looking up some and was surprised what is showing up in the past few months. I was trying to piece together a cast list for "Road of Life" and came across tons of names I haven't seen listed in books for the lead roles. What was most surprising was that Patricia Wheel, who was the lead on "Doctor's Wife" not only originated the role of Jocelyn MacLeod Brent, but Wheel returned to the show in its finals days to resume the role.

Don Ettlinger was the show's first (only?) head writer. What seems to be overlooked is this show seems to be a test run for the ultimately much more successful "Love is a Many Splendored Thing." After Irna Phillips departed "Love Is...," Joe Hardy and Don Etllinger take over in the spring/early summer 1968. Phillips, Ettlinger, and Hardy were all involved with "Flame in the Wind." Also, both series featured two sisters in love with the same man. The Farrell/Reynolds clan seems to be a precursor to the Garrison clan of "Love Is..." with an older man (Jason/Chandler) married to a much younger woman (Leslie/Jean) and a troubled marriage a generation lower (Spence/Nancy and Craig/Roxanne). I do wonder if it was Irna Phillips who suggested the Skerbas become the Driscolls when she turned around and made the Donnelly clan Irish Catholic.

According to an article from "Radio-TV Mirror," Mooch was played by Frank Behrens. Teri Keane was on the radio version of "Road of Life" in the late 1950s as Jocelyn McLeod Brent. She may also have appeared on the television version, but I don't know for sure. I think Gordon Fuller was dead prior to the show premiering on television. I'll look again. In the television version, the main plot was the complicated love affair between Sybil Fuller, Jim Brent, Jocelyn Brent, and Armand Monet. Sybil was attempting to have Jocelyn sent back to Samoa, where she had been living prior to arriving in Merrimac. Jim and Jocelyn plotted to convince Sybil that Jocelyn was in love with Armand Monet. The hope was that Sybil would reveal her role in the scheme if she felt Jocelyn was no longer a threat. Complications to the scheme included Lil Monet, Armand's estranged wife, and Jocelyn's pregnancy. Later, Sybil was involved with Randy Ogden, a financier, but that was when the show was radio only.

I've purchased a subscription to newspapers.com and found them in various local papers. In Phoenix, Arizona, they carried daily summaries for some of the shows in either a TV Guide style listing or in ad space bought up by the local affiliate. These listings seem to be the same listings that can be found in the TV Guides in 1965. I don't know how long TV Guide carried soap listings, but I've seen information that suggests this happened from at least February until November 1965 for certain shows (mainly ABC and NBC serials). I don't remember off the top of my head which papers have the earlier synopses for "The Doctors." I know a Florida paper (out of Daytona BEach I think) occasionally had dailies listed for "Ben Jerrod," "General Hospital," and "The Doctors" for April, May, and June 1963. I haven't copied those down though. No idea on who played Webster and the wife. I do have some cast information for the anthology days, but not much else in terms of new info. UPDATE: The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) is where I got the summaries for "The Doctors." I believe they also covered daily episodes of "The Brighter Day" for a good portion of 1957. Regarding Webster and Wife, From the December 13, 1964 Bridgeport Post:

I'd lean towards 1966. I've not seen reference to Nick in the summaries I've found for 1964 or 1965 online. From what I've gathered, Elizabeth Hubbard joined the show the week of August 10, 1964 as the summary reads "A strange pattern behind the machinations of hospital administrator Carl Webster emerges as an attractive woman doctor joins the staff of Hope Hospital in episodes of THE DOCTORS this week on NBC. " If she isn't the attractive woman doctor, Althea still appears no later than September 1964. The summary for the week of September 21st reads: "Dr. Althea Davis tries to solve her problems with courage. Dr. Matt Powers gets copious advice from his friends and Carl Webster continues his unsavory plot against his wife in the episodes of THE DOCTORS this week on NBC at 2:30" The next major reference I have for Althea is May 1965 where Gloria Davis arrives (on the 17th). In one of the psychiatric sessions, Althea mentioned that Gloria was Dave's second wife. Anyone know who played Gloria? Then, Althea befriends new arrival Kate Bartok in the summer of 1965 and by early fall, after Ann Williams has been gone several months and Maggie has married Kurt, Kate begins to tease Althea about her 'admiration' for Dr. Matt Powers. I would suspect they played the Althea/Matt angle for a couple of months leading into Maggie's return in November in the form of Bethel Leslie. Nick was probably introduced afterwards.

I think the Shaw siblings departed in late June or early July 1981. I think its safe to say this promo highlighted what was to come to Nola afterwards. Catherine and Kevin Shaw kidnapped Mona and then Jason Aldrich died saving his mother from the kidnapping. That episode is available for viewing at the Paley Center in New York. It is a strike episode. Nola was kidnapped about the same time (or maybe both she and Mona had been kidnapped) and that was when Kevin raped her and forced her "to marry" him. Again, this was the strike so I don't remember reading much about the fallout of all of this. I think they quickly had Nola play the merry widow, purchase the newspaper, and hire Billy Aldrich to write sensational stories for her new venture. Someone feel free to correct me if this is wrong.

Thanks jam! DR, I also saw shadows. By the sounds of it, Karen Werner hadn't been on the scene very long. Regarding Bethel Leslie's billing, I think Ann Williams had a rather significant following by NBC standards and the show might have valued Maggie as the lead role despite Jim Pritchett's longevity. In looking at the newspapers from the time, there was quite a fuss made in TV columns by viewers about when Maggie would return to the story. If I'm remember correctly, Williams left the show around June 1965 and the show brought on Ellen Burstyn as Kate Bartok to replace Williams as the female lead. In the episode previews for the summer of 1965, there is a lot of talk about Maggie even though she wasn't present in the story. At the same time, Roy Thinnes had departed GH for "The Long, Hot Summer," and Phil was absent, but often mentioned in the episode previews. Anyway, when Leslie arrived in November 1965 as Maggie, there was a fair deal of press considering it was a soap opera.

There is a script on page 32 from February 1968 that seems to take place shortly after Althea loses the baby. Any thoughts on when these episodes might have aired in 1967?