Paul Raven

Variety November 65 Gloria DeHaven joins the cast. October 63 Ruth Warrick, who starred for many years on the daytime soaper, "As The World Turns," rejoins the pivgram next Tuesday for four days to celebrate the 70th birthday of the grandpa character.

Our Private World,the ATWT prime time spin off debuted in May 65 with a rating of 11.9/25,compared to 11.1 for ATWT in the daytime.

Variety October 73 Moreover, in daytime, where the financial payoff is greatest, ABC came through the summer No. 1 with an 8.6 average for the same eight-week Nielsen period against a 7.0 for CBS and a 6.8 for NBC.

Variety January 1971 The husband and wife team of Dick and Suzanne Holland, late of ABC* "All My Children," have been signed as the new headwriters of "Apart." So,Irna and her daughter Katherine lasted a year. I wonder whether they chose to leave or ABC had the power to push them out?

In her WLS interview Denise Alexander was wanted as the original Julie on Days,but she didn't want a contract role at that stage.She ended up there a few years later as Julie's rival Susan.

From Variety Dec71 1. ATWT 9.5 2. Family Affair 9.2 3 GH 9.2 4. DOOL 9.2 5. AW 9.1 6. SFT 9.0 7. TD 8.9 8. GL 8.9 9. LIAMST 8.9 10.Gomer Pyle ? Family Affair was a morning sitcom rerun on CBS but given the ratings and title,maybe CBS should have re-invented it as a soap!

Variety Feb 74 Jeff Pomerantz, of the just-cancelled "Secret Storm" cast, has joined CBS-TV's "Search for Tomorrow"

Variety May 5th 1971 Barbara Rodell switched from CBS-TV's "Secret Storm" soaper to same web's "Guiding Light" Nov 71 - Tudi Wiggins has joined the cast of "Guiding Light" on CBS-TV Never seen a mention of Tudi's character Karen in synopses.

Variety Oct 72 "Guiding Light" grad, Kathryn Hays, has switched to "As the World Turns."

Variety July 26th 1972 Victoria Wyndham has joined the cast of NBC-TV's "Another World".

Variety April 5th 72 Rita McLaughlin back into CBS' "As the World Turns.With the wedding held in July,Irna must have fast tracked the Carol/Tom romance.

Variety Feb 14th 73 .Geraldine Court, formerly of CBS-TV's "As the World Turns," has joined cost of NBC's "The Doctors" soaper.

Variety May 73 On Friday May 4th, when NBC-TV was celebrating the ninth anni of its "Another World" soaper, the Nielsen pocketpiece arrived with news that the series had passed CBS' "As the World Turns" in the ratings for the week ending April 20, 9.9 to 9.7

1972 -Variety reports that ATWT will shoot a wedding July 21st at Riverside Presbyterian Church, That was the marriage of Tom and Carol. 1973 Bobby Short, the supper club singer-pianist, will play himself in April 26 episode of "As the World Turns" Dec 72 British actress Judith McGilligan into "As the World Turns."

The hiring of Gillian Spencer coincided with Irna Phillips return in Jan 72.She was obviously not happy with Court in the role. Variety reports in the Dec 15th 1971 issue that Donna Wandrey had been cast as Barbara Ryan, She was another actor/character that Irna ditched in 72.

Variety May 1970 ABC averages a 19 share for the hour and a half from 11 a.m.At 12: 30,, CBS' soaper block takes over as "Search for Tomorrow" pulls a 43 share to the "Who, What, Where Game's" 28.CBS wins until 3: 30, when "Another World-Bay City," takes a 33 share to CBS' 29share for "Secret Storm."

Thanks for these casting updates for Storm and the other soaps.Always something new to discover!

Not sure if this cast photo has been already posted

Wendy Riche interview

Alan came on in late 77.When Doug Marland took over he said he couldn't quite work out where Alan and Monica were doing.They were involved in hospital business and always at odds and he wasn't sure if they liked or hated each other. So he had them go to bed together as a prelude to building the relationship.

Those 1973 figures explain why Irna was fired around that time.

Judith also landed a role on Bright Promise but I don't think she ever made it to air as it was soon cancelled. Someone needs to interview these actors who were around in the 70s.'

Jeanne was Mike Karr's secretary.

From the EON homepage: The genesis for Henry Slesar's Edge of Night novel The Seventh Mask actually occurred before Slesar ever became a soap writer. In the mid-1960's with daytime dramas at the height of their popularity, serial producer Procter and Gamble decided to offer tv tie-in novels as a premium for P&G consumers. The company hired prolific mystery writer Henry Slesar to devise a mystery novel utilizing Edge of Night characters. While the actual mystery involved completely original characters who never appeared on the show, several familiar names were present as peripheral characters: Mike and Nancy Karr, Phil and Louise Capice, Bill and Martha Marceau, Winston Grimsley, Laurie Ann Karr, Ken Emerson, and Jeanne Culpepper. After Slesar completed the novel as requested, P&G opted not to publish as sales for other P&G premiums ("As the World Turns" and "Search for Tomorrow") had not performed as well as expected. Not long after, Slesar mentioned The Seventh Mask to his publisher at Ace. Ace liked the idea and decided to publish the novel in 1969. Ironically, P&G suddenly became interested in the project again and demanded that Slesar return the option he'd been paid for writing the book. The Seventh Mask was planned to be the first in a series of Edge novels (ala the Dark Shadows series published by Paperback Library); however, due to negotiation problems between copyright owner P&G and publisher Ace, further novelizations never reached fruition. Although The Seventh Mask's narrative is rooted in events outside of The Edge Night's established storyline, the story and situations could have just as easily been a plotline from the show. In fact, the novel is classic Slesar: a "Daddy's girl" protagonist, a delightfully eccentric villain, abundant blue herrings, and of course, a Slesarian denouement. The Seventh Mask opens with wealthy, young socialite Adrienne Haven returning home from a party at Phil and Louise Capice's Orchard Hill home. Adrienne discovers the body of her older husband Walter, shot through the head in an apparent suicide. Fearing that she'll lose Walter's insurance money, Adrienne quickly burns the suicide note and arranges the death-scene to resemble a botched robbery attempt. Naturally, Adrienne's plan backfires. The police are immediately suspicious, and when a nosy insurance investigator arrives in Monticello, Adrienne's volatile lover Tony Jerrick is arrested on a charge of first-degree murder. Horrified, Adrienne confesses the truth about Walter's death only to find that no one believes her. At Louise's urging, Adrienne turns to attorney Mike Karr for help. As Mike investigates the crime, he learns that there's a great deal more to Walter's death than meets the eye, including idiosyncratic blackmailer Joachim Fry who holds a secret that threatens the Haven family. Despite such an unusual history, The Seventh Mask actually had a relatively long life. Six years after publication, a teleplay based on the novel appeared on ABC-TV. At the time, Henry Slesar was a consultant for the ABC Wide World Mystery, a late-night series of filmed and taped 90 minute mysteries. Slesar was assigned to work with two other writers, who had an idea for a story that was similar in nature to The Seventh Mask. Remembering the already written novel, Slesar and his associates simply changed the names of a few characters and adapted The Seventh Mask into a 90 minute teleplay entitled "Please Call It Murder". Ironically, The Edge of Night itself nearly became a permanent feature of the ABC Wide World Mystery eleven months later when Edge moved from CBS to ABC. ABC WIDE WORLD MYSTERY "Please Call It Murder" Airdate: Tuesday, January 21, 1975. 11:30pm - 1am ( Eastern Time). Format: 90 minutes. Color. Videotape. CAST: Lt. Danny Ianello... BRADFORD DILLMAN Joan Harper... KATHLEEN WIDDOES Susan Browning... JANET MARGOLIN Dr. Vincent... HENRY JONES Mickey Costigan... SIMON OAKLAND Sawyer... LOU TRIANO Joachim Fry... DEAN SANTORO Woodward... ERIC BROTHERSON