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Feb 1955 A proposed TV version of the long running radio serial. It would be years before ABC got into the soap business, John L. Clark is casting this week at Trans -American in New York for several roles for his Life Can Be Beautiful pilots (5 quarter-hours) for ABC. Bill Marceau will direct the scripts by Carl Bixby. Roles to be set include "ChiChi," a petite young girl, uncultured as the story opens; "Papa David," her father; "Stephen," a young cripple, 28-30, living with Papa David, "Mendoza," a hard character, in his late 30's and "Toby," about 25.

I think you are thinking of John Aniston who appeared at that time. Joe Mascolo was on Where The Heart Is in the late 60's.

Some 1997 dates Mar 4 Lewis Arlt last date as Judge Shaw - Lily's trial April 12 Anjelica Torn debuts as Kit (Lily's prison inmate)

Re Rena Sofer Her first soap role was one day stint on The Bold and The Beautiful.

Yes I meant a replacement in the sense that Georgia took on Jessie's lines , not the role itself.

A mini hospital story to give GH employees something to do.Where was Steve during that crisis? I read that Georgia was cast as a replacement for Jessie when EM was unable to work, but here they are in the same ep. Maybe it was later on that Georgia took over from Jessie?

i double checked and it is in fact Patricia Bosworth in those two roles.

July 7 1995 Margaret Reed's final appearance as Shannon

I found a premption for Y&R that may apply to ATWT June 11 2004 Ronald Reagan's funeral coverage

Is that the first adult Jamie (Tim Holcomb)? Never seen a pic before.

To summarize - man becomes a parent...

Somewhere along the line Douglass added that extra s to his name... Live TV - love that moment when the stagehand appears on set and a pair of arms grabs him out of camera range. Thanks for sharing!

Wasn't the comparison GL vAL and SFT v OLTL? Over his tenure Marland slowly dropped a lot of the Dobson's characters. Elizabeth, Rita, Holly, Lucille, Diane, Roger, Sara, Steve, Adam, Barbara. Some of these were the actor's choice or network dictates. He did have a dilemma with some of the older characters as Barbara, Steve and Adam had no family left on the show so it was difficult to include them and they were probably drawing hefty salaries due to vet status. Marland would probably been happy to weave them in somehow but was overruled. But he kept Alan, Hope, Ben,Amanda, Jackie, Eve, Ross in the mix so the show didn't seem overrun with newbies. The big mistake was dropping Mike, Hope, Ben, Amanda, Hilary, Floyd,Eve, Katie, Morgan, Kelly etc fairly suddenly and turning the show over to Reva, etc. Marland had set up the Reardons as the complimentary long term family to the Bauers but they began dropping like flies also. And the succeeding teams then began chipping away at those newish characters and those from previous regimes until there was mismash of chracters and fragmented families.

Helene Dumas (Vivian Carlson) and Gene Pellegrine (Link Porter)

Re Bonnie Burroughs Add As The World Turns - Bev All My Children - Celia

Re The Verdict is Yours Add Richard X Slattery - Police captain

Courtney left Search in late 78, when the Corringtons became headwriters. Peter had already vacated the role of Scott (maybe a year before?) and Peter Ratray played the role until the Phillips left Henderson.

More requests Cynthia Sykes Michael Fox Richard Eden Gail Strickland Joan Bennett Jan Farrand Gloria DeHaven John Shearin played an an anasthesiologist on Fa[con Crest in Season 3 ep 15

A Woman's Diary December 1955 Variety reported that B movie actress Virginia Bruce would star in this proposed series ( a soaper in their parlance) as 'a femme who operates a woman's hotel in a big metropolitan city'. Pilot was directed by Herschel Daugherty. Variety stated pilot would be shown on anthology series 'Studio 57'

Some more info on Verdict Is Yours. Premiere Story The kidnapping of a six year old child by the natural mother from the couple with whom it had been left 5 years earlier. Cast Real life lawyers Spencer Pinkham Abraham Harkavy Real life judge Arthur P McNulty Actors Florence Stanley - housemaid of foster parents Eugene wood - doctor friend of foster family Lenka Patterson - natural mother of child Don Briggs Douglas Fletcher Rogers Katherine Balfour Actress Mari Lynn appeared Set 58.

TV Guide summaries Week beginning Nov 23 1964 Mon - Chaplain Schaffer offers advice to Steve regarding Judy Tues - Maggie makes holiday plans Wed - Matt sees Valerie Shaw as an answer to his loneliness Thurs - Pre-empted for Football Fri - Maggie learns the truth about Kurt from Matt

TV Guide Nov 1964 Hollywood - In the early planning stages here is a series a la Peyton Place - a TV version of The Chapman Report, Irving Wallace's best selling novel about the sexual behavior of American women. No cast has been set.

Julian McMahon (Ian AW)is the son of former Australian Prime Minister Sir William McMahon. Georganne Lapiere (Heather #1 GH) is Cher's sister.

CBS could have moved EON back to 4pm in 75, rather than letting it go to ABC. Viewers would have been more likely to watch it later in the day on the same station than have to find it and follow it on another network.

Couldn't see Robert Conrad as part of an ensemble...