Paul Raven

Jane Wyman Dreft Star Playhouse'Bachelor Mother' Polly Parrish Sharon Grainger Bachelors Children Marjorie Carroll Thunder Over Paradise Sunda Love Manhattan Mother Gwen Ma Perkins 1941

John Clarke (Mickey) was 34 when he started on Days in 65 and Edward Mallory (Bill) was 36 but I believe Mickey and Bill were supposed to be younger. Really the characters should have been 10 years younger when the show started. Neither actor looked particularly youthful and didn't age well so by the 70's they weren't really leading man material.

Alan Bunce David Harum Dr Kenneth Stuart

Wow -that Tammy story has never been referenced,I've seen that Tammy was on till 1970 and always wondered what place she had on the canvas all those years.

Remember that Betty Corday had really only ever worked with Bill Bell and PF Smith, so having a new headwriter with her own style and agenda may have been a little difficult on both sides, more so than expected. There was also some backstage rumblings when Susan's mom became headwriter - she addressed rumors in SOD that Julie would be favored - denied of course, but the Julie burn and Doug/Julie breakup wew penned by her mother and she was front burner.

Never seen Dick DeCoit as Mile before.He looks older than Wesley Eure. Wonder if that's why they decided to drop him?

Marion Brash Love of Life pre 1968 Augusta Dabney Aunt Jenny 1945 Whispering streets 1955 Jose Ferrer Woman of America Emilio Prieto Rex Ingram My Son and I Richard Kollmar A Woman's Life Michael West (retitled Bright Horizon) Pretty Kitty Kelly Dennis Pierce

Virginia Payne Woman in White Miss Morton/Mrs Henehan Paul Potter Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters 1946 Shepherd Strudwick Betty and Bob 1939 James Van Dyk Pretty Kitty Kelly Gink (henchman) Central City Livingston the banker Big Sister Judge Vernon 1939 Portia Faces Life 1946 Janet Logan Romance of Helen Trent Clare Brake Trouble with Marriage Linda Sargent

Had they got George R to return then maybe the story might have worked,Jacquie was popular at OLTL so wouldn't return but at least having 2 of the triangle long standing players would have been better. Tina Sloan would have been a better Alice than Linda Borgeson. Alas, it was not to be.

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Great idea!

James Van Dyk Manhattan Mother Michael Chandler The O'Neills Portia Faces Life 1946 Woman of America 1946

Francis X Bushman Story of Mary Marlin Michael Dorn Second Mrs Burton Gale Gordon Glorious One was one of the Irene Rich dramas. Second Mrs Burton Career of Alice Blair 1940 William Johnstone 'The Woman From Nowhere' Irene Rich Dramas Eric Wolfe 1944

Philip Lord Road of Life Big Bill Wiley 1944 Bachelor's Children Mr Beacham

Patsy Campbell Front Page Farrell 1944 David Harum 1944 Right to Happiness 1945 Perry Mason 1945 When A Girl Marries 1947 The Brighter day Liz Dennis (temp for Margaret Draper) 1948 My True Story 1955 Whispering Streets 1955

i remember an Afternoon TV critique commenting on how Blaine had been thrown into so many stories with different leading men over a short space of time and that despite changes in characterization and motivation Laura Malone had managed to keep some integrity and interest in Blaine throughout.

Bill Bouchey Springtime and Harvest 1940

Julie Stevens This Life is Mine Eden Channing (temp replacement for Gertrude Warner ) 1946 Just Plain Bill Barbara Kane 1951

Frank Lovejoy Your Family and Mine Steve Morgan

Seemed a mistake to drop Donna in the great wipe out of 1980. Donna was like Nikki on Y&R, a magnet for trouble. She would have provided extra story for Don and Marlena and could have got involved with the new characters eg Tod Chandler.

Even long after the official change, announcers/press releases etc would still call it THE Guiding Light so if TPTB didn't get the change, why should anyone else? Thanks for all your posts Vetsoapfan!

Arline Blackburn By Kathleen Norris 'The Black Fleming' Sylvia Fleming By Kathleen Norris 'Woman in Love ' Tamara (Woman in Love was a separate serial to this) Second Husband Rich Mans Darling Frank Pacelli Road of Life Junior Stephenson Midstream 1940 Affairs of Anthony 1940

Eloise Kummer Dear Mom Jane Road of Life Carol Evans (temp replacement for Louise Fitch) 1941 Romance of Helen Trent 1940 Alice Reinhart Editor's Daughter 1938 Wheatena Playhouse 'Bachelor Mother' Road of Life Lucia Standish (temp replacement for vacationing Elspeth Eric) Nona from Nowhere 1951 Front Page Farrell Laverne Rollins 1951 Laurene Tuttle The Guiding Light 1948 Man Named Jordan 1945 (west coast soap) Alice Yourman David Harum Front Page Farrell Edna Beckman 1945 Story of Bess Johnson Mrs Holt Martha Webster Marianne Miller 1941 Helpmate Mrs Hulberg 1942

July 1944 Top Day Show: "Integrated" By Author Marking another step toward welding "The Guiding Light," "Today's Children" and "Woman in White" more closely into a single presentation, Ed Prentiss, popular network announcer and actor, has been installed as master of ceremonies of the dramatic portion of the General Mills Hour (NBC, five -a -week, 1 p. m., WOW). Presentation of an m.c. to air -boss the serials follows the recent inauguration of a new drama device by Irna Phillips, author of the three programs, in which characters from one show are moved through one or both of the other broadcasts. Prentiss' narrations are blended into the format of the 45- minute period as a dramatic bridge between the respective serials. Franklyn MacCormack continues as narrator -m.c. of "Hymns of All Churches," which fills the fourth portion of the hour, 11 a. m., Tuesdays through Fridays, on WOW. Miss Phillips points out the m.c. was added "to give the listener an enlarged perspective into the dramas and their characters." She adds that the narrator also opens the way to another programming technique under contemplation in which each of the three shows will he scheduled for 10 to 20 minutes, depending on plot development, rather than the traditional 15 minutes. The conjunction of several basic facts conspire to make this situation unique. There is only one author for the three dramas, one sponsor, one producing unit and one network involved. Besides that, all three plots are contemporary, urban portraits. Experiments In bringing the technique into full play, the prolific authoress pointed out that she has experimented with the character transfer to a small degree during past years. Miss Phillips also noted that one of her first major experiments was attempted in 1938, when, in terminating "Today's Children," she had the cast tune in a radio serial titled "Woman in White," the program's successor, in a script that called for the participation of both casts. "I think there are at least two good reasons why the same per- sons should be heard in more than one program," she said. "In the first place, each of us, as individuals, lives much more than 15 minutes a day. And so it seems logical that we should get more than a quarter -hour glimpse into the daily lives of radio characters. "Secondly, I believe that listener interest will be enhanced if the audience can hear its favorite artists in more than one program." The innovation in serial- casting already is under way. Listeners to "The Guiding Light" and "Today's Children" are well acquainted with the character of Pete Manno, portrayed by Michael Romano, not only a real life lawyer, but also an attorney in the serials. Dr. Paul Burton (Ken Griffin), leading character in the forthcoming "Woman in White" serial, already has made his appearance in "The Guiding Light," and other characters slated to make the rounds of the serials in the near future are Mrs. O'Hearn (Helen Behmillor) and Dr. Jonathan McNeill (Sidney Breese) in "The Guiding Light" and "Woman in White," and Dr. Richard Gaylord (John Barclay), who will appear in all three serials from time to time.

The aging up of Mike and David did more harm than good. Bill/Mickey/Maggie/Laura and Julie had enough drama in their lives without teen kids. I think a slight SORASING would have been OK ,David and Mike were both born in 68 I think so making them 10 by 75 wouldn't have been a stretch. A good child actor of that age could be a vital part of family drama. Then later Mike and David become teens and provide story for their parents who by that time age and story wise would be more appropriate as strong supporting. Days had Steve and Sandy in the wings to come on as younger Hortons. And/or give Maggie a younger brother or Tommy a long lost child etc to have teens in the family sphere.