Paul Raven

We Love Soaps has Forest Whitaker listed as one of the actors that played Nathan Hastings.I assume this was early in the piece when Nathan was just 'Kong' the henchman. Can anyone verify this?

I think that by the time Jada took over the character of Carolee had changed.It will be interesting to see how CC plays all the trauma coming up courtesy of the Pollocks. I was thinking how it would have ben a good move for Soap Opera Digest to provide summaries of the show and run a few features on the show.It would be great publicity for Retro TV and increase viewership as well as giving SOD something else to offer.

Had Mac's family ever been referenced? I think when Alfred and Vivian turned up in 1986 they had never been mentioned before? Maybe Miranda could have been the sister of Mac's first wife,Iris mother/stepmother? What was her name?

Feb 85 Erwin Nicolson becomes exec producer after cancellation of Edge of Night,which he was longtime exec producer.

For the record,Joanna Lee became exec producer in Jan 83, replacing Fred Bartholomew.

Variety Sept 21st 1982. Jacklyn Zeman,who quit General Hospital last year will return to the ABC soap Nov 16 in a deal that will earn her more than $300,000 per year.Deal reportedly makes her the highest paid personality on the soaps.

In it's second week on air Loving dropped from a 4.9/18 share to a 3.9/10

May 1982 Gerald Staub new exec producer. That's lovely news about Eileen.

Jim Baffico took over from Doris Quinlan as exec producer in October 1980.He had been a director at Another World.

Re the ratings. I think the numbers did go up during the climax of the clone story so it was regarded as a success from that point of view.But overall the ratings for the year were down.

I think so. Irving Vendig left to headwrite Edge of Night.

Robert's 1980 return was a result of a writers' strike. There was nothing happening in Hollywood for primetime or movies so Nicolas Coster agreed to reprise the role to be working during that time. The character of Olivia was always something of a mystery as there was never a strong story for that character. I think Cory Ewing could have come back as teen to stay with 'grandma' Ada.Maybe Robert dies and Cory inherits a lot of money or he has been clashing with Larry and Ada has to sort him out...

Variety Oct 9th 1957 Milton Geiger takes over as headwriter from Charles Gussman.

Add Dinnie Smith to Hotel Cosmopolitan cast

Sort of one step removed from soaps but you might find it interesting.re Dino Narizzano's (Len Whiting) wife Aileen. Of Scottish heritage, Aileen Malcolm Narizano was born near Wimbledon, London, England. Her father was killed during the Second World War, and she was brought up for several years in Guildford, Surrey, to the south of London. She later continued her education in Wimbledon and later at Parliament Hill School before leaving school at sixteen years old. She also spent some time in the Chelsea School of Art, which eventually became part of the University of the Arts London. By this time, however, Aileen was in North America. In the late 1950s she moved briefly to New York City, USA, and then on to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she worked for the Toronto Daily Star newspaper. She also attended the Ontario College of Art and Design where she met her husband. They returned to New York City (NYC) in 1962 to pursue their careers as artists. She worked chiefly on the stage, but also became a writer, publishing seven books. After twenty-five years, the purchase of a floor (“loft”) of an old doll factory in SoHo, NYC, (which once had a view of the World Trade Centre), and having five children (three of whom were adopted), her husband died. Aileen later met somebody from Tortola, and moved to the British Virgin Islands to be with him in 1990. She lived near Hog’s Valley Point (between Fish Bay and Brandywine Bay) for some ten years, but after the relationship broke up in 2000 she moved to Tobacco Wharf, Roadtown, where she now lives “in an apartment she loves”. A well-known BVI artist, many of Aileen’s art works are displayed at The Gallery, on Main Street. “Her use of vibrant colours, detailed textures & patterns, and comical scenes from the British Virgin Islands are fascinating and entertaining” (http://www.thegallerybvi.com/Aileen_Malcolm_Gallery.htm). However, Aileen still depends upon the rent of her NYC loft as her art sales – as is the case for many artists on Tortola - “only pay for her art supplies”. Until recently Aileen sold mostly to people on the islands, but The Gallery website has now broadened this base ( http://www.thegallerybvi.com/). As soon as she had arrived on Tortola twenty years ago Aileen knew she had done the right thing and come to the right island. It was small – which she liked. It had good light – important for an artist. It had good people whose habit of saying “good morning” when you first met calmed you down and got you in a good frame of mind. Two decades have led to numerous changes in Tortola although they haven’t affected Aileen very much. But it seems like for every gain there is a loss. There are many more people. The buildings are bigger and there are more of them. Too few have car-parking facilities – this is true even many of the newly built structures. The traffic, especially the “rush hour” traffic has increased, along with the number of vehicles. The number of parking spots has not kept up. Perhaps Tortola should try a “Park and Ride” system like many overseas cities. Also on the down side there are the ongoing water and sewage problems that may or may not be solved by the new water contracts. The High School is having challenges and this is a problem as education is so important for the country. Maybe a few smaller high schools (in West End, East End etc.) would have been better than one large one. Aileen would like to see a greater encouragement of poetry in the BVI and of local artists. She wishes there had been more artistic progress and less business and building progress in recent years. The place has become very “North American” concerned too much with “acquisition”. However, Aileen has also noticed a change in the local women. They look after their bodies better, are more professional, and better turned out – they will soon be overtaking the men. The medical facilities are also much improved and continue to get better. The new movie theatre is particularly good for kids and families, providing a service that Roadtown did not have before. Aileen has tried to “give back” to the BVI over the years by teaching drawing, and swimming. She is well known for contributing her prints for charity raffles. She also believes that her appreciation for the islands and the people is a positive factor. Aileen is very happy with the way her last ten years have worked out - although less pleased with the first decade. She wishes she could have “found herself sooner”, but “everything is for a reason”. She is now, she feels, more tolerant and a better painter. The future for Aileen will be more of the same in the BVI. Tortola has “a magic: you can’t say what it is”. Aileen is happy with who she is and happy with where she is. She enjoys being a single person who doesn’t have to constantly please others. She still travels to NYC every year to see her children, and hopes to travel up the Amazon River to see Peru in the near future. But her home will remain at Tobacco Wharf. Draft of April 20th, 2010 of interview of April 20th, 2010 AND THIS FROM 2015 On Tuesday 10th March, the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College received a generous donation of boxes filled with collectible music on compact disks from the estate of the late Aileen Malcolm, a long time resident of Tortola. The extensive collection spans over two decades of music and captures a unique transition of music from the classical and romantic eras to the rhythm and blues, dance, and pop eras of some of the best selling artists of all time. The outstanding voice and melodies comprise of music genres from Opera, Pop, Rock and Roll, Jazz, R&B, Country, Gospel, Reggae, and even Soca that were once cherished by the late Aileen, now passed down by her daughter Ravenna Narizzano through local friends and residents Ms. Bobbi Fawcett and Lisa Gray to a new home at the College. . Students as well as the general public will have the opportunity to come and listen to collections of the Beach Boys, Kenny G, Ray Charles, Culture Club, Beethoven, Elton John, Ottis Redding, Nat King Cole, The Brubeck Quartet, Rolling Stones, Mozart, Dizzy Gillespie, Gloria Estefan, Celine Dion, Bob Marley, Basie, and Toni Braxton just to name a few. Ms. Joan Lindsay Acting Director of the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) expressed her sincere gratitude on behalf of the College, to the donor's representatives as the collection is a tremendous addition to the existing music collection maintained by the LRC particularly to be donated by one individual. The late Aileen Malcolm was a painter, romance novelist, poet and songwriter who had strong beliefs of using art as a vehicle of expression, education and activism.Music is an art in many ways and given her mother's strong beliefs, Ravenna thought twice about discarding the collection. Instead, she strongly felt that her mother would be proud to know that her collection is at the College where it may one day inspire creative ambitions artistically in some way to an individual. "Despite travelling the world, Tortola was my mom's favorite and it became her home for 25 years," Ravenna exclaimed. Aileen's passion for Tortola can be seen through her meticulous artwork. One of her paintings is currently on display at the Old Government House Museum, and other paintings can be found at Images Custom Framing and Gallery, or at www.aileenmalcolm.com.

Re Best of Everything.James Karen played a character called Fred,who was the brother of Gale Sondergaard's character Amanda. I guess this is the Fred Shalimar character you have listed. James Karen was the first Linc Tyler on AMC but was dropped after 13 weeks,which left him available for BOE which began March 30th 1970

Those summaries were amazing.So detailed and mentioning characters and stories that only were given a passing nod (if mentioned at all) in other summaries. John Kelly Genovese seems to have vanished.Wouldn't it be great is somehow all his articles and other info were available?

More great work Slick! I have never seen Lee Kurty or Jean Beacham listed as Patti.I'm assuming they might have been temps. Same with Brooke Bundy.I have always seen Nancy Pinkerton listed as appearing in 61.

According to soapcentral James Madden 1963 Jerry Schaffer 1964 Frankie Michaels January 1965 to April 1966 Richard Thomas May 1966 to February 1967 Paul O'Keefe March 1967 to March 1968 Peter Link 1969 Peter Galman 1969 to 1974 C. David Colson 1973 to December 1978 Tom Tammi January 1979 to July 1980 Justin Deas December 1980 to April 13, 1984 Jason Kincaid August 1984 to November 1984 Gregg Marx December 3, 1984 to December 19, 1986 Scott Holmes July 3, 1987 to September 17, 2010

I have a couple of questions for you faithful watchers? Has the Mike/Liz relationship been alluded to? How long has Laryssa Lauret been off the show as of eps currently screening? Has Steve mentioned his family at all? eg to Karen telling his parents about their marriage.

No Ellen and David married in June 66.

Yes Al and Martha were married. They divorced maybe 65?

Bill Bell left to write Days in June 66. I agree,great episode. Nothing compares to seeing an actual episode. So many references eg Chris writing to his brother.I wonder if Irna made other references to John Hughes with the possibility of bringing him into the story at some point? That mention of Lisa coming to town - I don't think Eileen came back till 67 so either it happened offscreen or Lisa cancelled. Tom should have been about 4 at this time and Frankie Michaels was 9. I can forgive this sorasing as he was such a natural and talented actor.They should have let Tom age more slowly.Only a few years later he was off to Vietnam and then up on a murder charge. Sylvia and Al Suker did marry in 1966. Looks like they were hinting at a Sara/Don/Bob triangle,but that never happened.Sandy was around also she and Bob married in 66. Gloria DeHaven was 41 at this point but looked younger. Boy Nancy Hughes is a beyotch!! Constantly needling and interfering under the guise of 'caring' Great to see a cast list.Judy English,Claire's British niece is listed- she didn't stay long.Ellen was listed as Ellen Cole. I thought she always used Lowell as her surname.