Paul Raven

Fascinating to read over these posts again. Variety reported in Dec 64 that Jim Elward was leaving to concentrate on upcoming off Broadway staging of 3 of his one act plays. Also in April 65 it was reported a 'racially mixed' story was in the works.

1.Secret Storm CBS8.3 2. As the World Turns CBS 8.2 3.Search for Tomorrow CBS 8.1 4. House Party CBS 8.0 5. Edge of Night CBS 7.9 6. Dotto CBS 7.7 7. Guiding Light CBS 7.5 8. Verdict IsYours CBS 7.5 9. Tic Tac Dough NBC 7.5 10. Big Payoff CBS 7.4

June 1958 1. TEON ? 2. SFT 7.9 3 TPIR 7.8 4 TGL 7.6 5.ATWT 7.6 6 SS 7.1 7. Dotto 6.9 8. House Party 6.8 9.Tic Tac Dough 6.7 10 The Verdict is Yours ?

Variety reported various actors appearing in The Verdict is Yours April 58 Bill Tabbert Dec 58 Paul Tripp and Ruth Enders - married in real life play married couple March 59 Elaine Ellis August 1959 Patricia Barry set for 4th starring appearance on "The Verdict is Yours". March 60 Suzie Tripp aged 14 (daughter of above mentioned Paul and Ruth) October 1960 Helen Conrad March 1960 Marril E Joels June 1959 Maury Hill Nov 59 Art Alliance Nov 60 Margaret Hayes Feb 61 Patricia Huston May 61 Malcolm Atterbury July 61 Jane Manning Sept 61 James Farley September 61 Hope Summers July 62 Frances Helm Aug 62 Hugh Marlowe Laurene Tuttle

Woman With a Past Variety June 54 Bob Downing joins the cast.

Re Hotel Cosmopolitan. Chester Morris was the original narrator but was dropped before the show aired.

Bill Shipley was announcer for Portia Faces Life. Variety had Jack Ragotzy appearing in May 1954, Gene Sultan in September 1954 and Michael Dreyfuss appearing in Nov 1954.

Jason 47's page has DOOL pre-empted a total of 206 times up until 2000,so it would be safe to assume that a lot of those carried over to AW. Still doesn't account for all of them though.

I think Lee Sheldon was finding his feet writing daytime,rather like Michael Malone in his early OLTL days. It was all probably too late but if Edge had hired a new producer that got the show....

Carmen Duncan (Iris AW) back in Australia and appearing in her first musical at age 72. https://opera.org.au/aboutus/our_artists/principal_artists/carmen-duncan?gclid=Cj0KEQjw1duqBRDPlLKsuJCUiuABEiQAxgHwJ2x3D_U4dBVCOfOdekaIYB5l574PSIhKOIcS7WeGXeMaAufr8P8HAQ

Bev mentioned she was approached but didn't want to travel out to the Brooklyn studios.

Former headwriter Pam Long resurfaces next season NBC “COAT OF MANY COLORS” Based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton’s remarkable upbringing, this once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes us inside the tight-knit Parton family as they struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and discover the healing power of love, faith, and a raggedy patchwork coat that helped make Dolly who she is today. Pamela K. Long serves as writer. Sam Haskell and Dolly Parton will executive produce. “Coat of Many Colors” is produced by Magnolia Hill Entertainment and DP Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Thanks Carl,great finds! Re Soap World.This was one of several soap oriented magazine shows around that time.How many of them actually aired? Did they have access to footage from the networks ?

Rare shot of Margie Impert

Actualy a pretty bleak time for Days. Did the ratings improve at all during Nina Laemmle's run?

Quinn had so much story potential.In all the years she was on,she never was married,So a big romance/marriage story was waiting along with Thom's return after her marriage went kaput and you have two interesting women of color on the canvas with some history on the show.

I would have had Maisie hook up with Vince and play Vince/Mary/Maisie with Vince and Maisie marry and stay around after Denise Alexander left.They could be tentpole for the McKinnon children who should have stayed around longer than they did.

I think Holly's cellmate was was Clara,not Carla. Re Scott Conrad ,Iris and Rex they are already accounted for in The Doctors lists.

Like Clarice,Quinn was another character that lasted through several writing/producing regimes before getting the boot.

Michael Lundrum auditioned for the part of Alan Stewart on The Doctors,which went to Gil Gerard.He later played Mike Powers on TD

Still puzzled as to how and why Nicole/Laurie went nowhere. . .

Add Jerry Lewis to The Doctors list. He was on around 75/76.Don't know the details,but is pictured on set in an old soap mag from that time.

Can someone please fill me in on details of Mike Powers first marriage.I have seen mentions but that's it.Thanks.

Joe Stuart was OLTL exec producer from 77-83 which was the time frame that Arthur Burghardt was playing Jack Scott.

Liz(Julianna) should have definitely stayed on in the 80's and 90's to play off Jill and Katherine. Loved Peter Bergman's comments about Bill Bell's writing and how characters stayed on course.Interesting contrast to his positive spin on Chuck Pratt's nonsense.