Members TVFAN1144 Posted October 10, 2021 Members Share Posted October 10, 2021 I think Mary Hartman Mary Hartman took several elements of this show. The opening was a windowsill, it featured a female heroine (not at all like Vanessa), and she had a sister with issues 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted October 10, 2021 Members Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) Here's a 1971 photo of Audrey Peters and Ron Tomme with SFT's Mary Stuart and Larry Haines. I'm guessing that they were celebrating the 20th anniversary of both shows (which debuted September 1951). Please register in order to view this content Edited October 10, 2021 by amybrickwallace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted October 10, 2021 Members Share Posted October 10, 2021 Love of Life went to air Set 24 1951 - a few weeks later. I guess close enough for them to celebrate together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted October 10, 2021 Members Share Posted October 10, 2021 OK, I'll change it. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchFan Posted January 5, 2022 Members Share Posted January 5, 2022 I noticed Joan Copeland, who recently died, was on Love of Life in the early 1960s’. Apparently, she played two characters : Maggie Porter and Kay Logan. Does anyone have information on thèse characters ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jam6242 Posted January 5, 2022 Members Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) I don't have any firsthand knowledge but I've read that Maggie appeared first, and was a "good" character. She was dying and wanted Van to marry her husband. After Maggie died, Kay came to town (Joan in a blonde wig) and was described as Maggie's "evil twin," who was trying to get Maggie's husband for herself, but failed. And I think the character Bonnie Bedelia played on LoL, Sandy Porter, was Maggie's daughter. Edited January 5, 2022 by jam6242 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 5, 2022 Members Share Posted January 5, 2022 Maggie was married to Link Porter. When Maggie died, Link married Tammy Forrest. (Tammy was an alcoholic who was going deaf!!) Then Kay turned up and tried to steal Link. Kay may have been blonde when she arrived in town, but at some point was brunette (a pic I've seen) Perhaps she ditched the blonde to more resemble her sister and attract Link. Link died in 66. Guess Sandy was Link and Maggie'.s child. I wonder if Kay was an afterthought who was brought on to disrupt Link/Tammy or always intended to come on? How much time elapse b/w Maggie's death and Kay's arrival? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchFan Posted January 6, 2022 Members Share Posted January 6, 2022 Thanks !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jam6242 Posted January 30, 2022 Members Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) Behind the scenes at Love of Life, from July 1972, Daylight TV Diary. Includes a few photos of Ja'net DuBois, who played nurse Loretta Allen. Please register in order to view this content Edited January 30, 2022 by jam6242 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted March 31, 2022 Members Share Posted March 31, 2022 Father and daughter? It was never resolved 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted March 31, 2022 Members Share Posted March 31, 2022 Thank you for the lovely article @jam6242 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members te. Posted April 6, 2022 Members Share Posted April 6, 2022 It's from a channel that specialises in collecting old television footage on 16/35mm film so this episode might be rare. Look at the styling on Meg! You can really tell that she's the evil hoe sister. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 7, 2022 Members Share Posted April 7, 2022 @te. Thanks for posting that. At first I thought it must be one of the two or three episodes from 1953 that have been floating around for years now but it doesn't match any of those I could find on Youtube and when I watched I did not really remember it. I'm always happy to see more of that time - Peggy McCay is excellent at making a good woman not seem saccharine or empty, and Jean McBride is fun as naughty Meg. I know McBride wanted to retire, but given that they had already recast Vanessa, I'm not sure why they waited so long to bring Meg back. I wonder, as we have seen so little of the '60s run of the show, if they even mentioned Meg during her decade away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted April 8, 2022 Members Share Posted April 8, 2022 What IS that on Meg's head? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 8, 2022 Members Share Posted April 8, 2022 I think she was living in her own version of the I Love Lucy potato sack episode, and a designer who thought she was a bitch gave her a doily to wear as the latest fashion from Paris. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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