Thanks @DRW50 for continuing to find these treasures.

Hildy Parks was Ellie. Bert Thorn as Alex. Interesting because @slick jones lists only Russell Thorson as Alex in 1953.

But if this is January obviously Alex was around in 1952 also. Or has there been some confusion between Thorn and Thorson?

I think Alex's secret was the existence of a previous wife Jill, although it appears Jill may be lying that they were married and is up to no good.

Edited October 27Oct 27 by Paul Raven

Thanks for this @DRW50. What a relic.

44 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

Thanks @DRW50 for continuing to find these treasures.

Hildy Parks was Ellie. Bert Thorn as Alex. Interesting because @slick jones lists only Russell Thorson as Alex in 1953.

But if this is January obviously Alex was around in 1952 also. Or has there been some confusion between Thorn and Thorson?

I think Alex's secret was the existence of a previous wife Jill, although it appears Jill may be lying that they were married and is up to no good.

Thanks @Paul Raven Thorson isn't even listed in IMDB but then they get so much wrong (if this is January 29th there are a number of actors listed who aren't in the episode). I can see Thorson more in the part than Thorn as Thorn seems a little more comedic, but then I have barely seen him so who am I to say. 

Very nice, @DRW50!

Thanks again @DRW50!

Thanks, @DRW50, for sharing that awesome episode with us!!

@DRW50Any opportunity to see more of a young Peggy McCay and her take on Van is always welcome  Thanks for letting us know!

Thanks @DRW50! I hope more classic LoL episodes pop up. Especially, something from the 70s, which seemed to be a golden age for this show. 

2 hours ago, NothinButAttitude said:

Thanks @DRW50! I hope more classic LoL episodes pop up. Especially, something from the 70s, which seemed to be a golden age for this show. 

I'd agree the early to mid-1970s were one of the golden ages of Love of Life. The early 70's which featured the love story of Tess and Bill really helped update the show's "old fashioned" reputation.  And Claire Labine's head-writing tenure in the mid-70s, although brief, should have won Emmys for best writing. Love of Life was nothing less than splendid, under Labine's pen.  Sadly, when Labine left to create Ryan's Hope, Love of Life's golden era ended abruptly and the show never recovered.   

1 hour ago, Tisy-Lish said:

I'd agree the early to mid-1970s were one of the golden ages of Love of Life. The early 70's which featured the love story of Tess and Bill really helped update the show's "old fashioned" reputation.  And Claire Labine's head-writing tenure in the mid-70s, although brief, should have won Emmys for best writing. Love of Life was nothing less than splendid, under Labine's pen.  Sadly, when Labine left to create Ryan's Hope, Love of Life's golden era ended abruptly and the show never recovered.   

From what I've read, I am not surprised. I'd love something from the episodes of Cal and Vanessa being locked in a meat locker (I think) popping up. Wasn't it Meg's husband (at the time) behind that? 

36 minutes ago, NothinButAttitude said:

From what I've read, I am not surprised. I'd love something from the episodes of Cal and Vanessa being locked in a meat locker (I think) popping up. Wasn't it Meg's husband (at the time) behind that? 

I was watching during the meat locker episodes. I was a sophomore in high school, so this must have taken place during summer break, or possibly Christmas break.  And yes, Meg's husband was involved.  If I remember correctly, a local public school was suspected of serving horse meat in the cafeteria.  So Van and Cal went to investigate -- not sure of their motivation, but perhaps one of them had been working as a newspaper reporter or something. They went into the meat locker and Van somehow recognized all the meat was horse meat. Somebody closed the door on them, so Van and Cal nearly froze to death.   Meg's new husband, Jeff Hart, was Rosehill's crooked mayor, and somehow involved in selling horse meat to the school.   Although this all sounds rather humorous -- it wasn't played with humor or camp.  It was played dead serious, as most soap operas did at that time.  It really was a great storyline, and was surrounded by other wonderful plots that Labine provided to the show.   

2 hours ago, Tisy-Lish said:

I was watching during the meat locker episodes. I was a sophomore in high school, so this must have taken place during summer break, or possibly Christmas break.  And yes, Meg's husband was involved.  If I remember correctly, a local public school was suspected of serving horse meat in the cafeteria.  So Van and Cal went to investigate -- not sure of their motivation, but perhaps one of them had been working as a newspaper reporter or something. They went into the meat locker and Van somehow recognized all the meat was horse meat. Somebody closed the door on them, so Van and Cal nearly froze to death.   Meg's new husband, Jeff Hart, was Rosehill's crooked mayor, and somehow involved in selling horse meat to the school.   Although this all sounds rather humorous -- it wasn't played with humor or camp.  It was played dead serious, as most soap operas did at that time.  It really was a great storyline, and was surrounded by other wonderful plots that Labine provided to the show.   

Oh if only footage from around this time was still around... I'd like to see more of the Rick/Cal/Meg triangle, too, besides the one episode that is available which is when Cal drove into a ravine after a fight with Meg. 

21 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Thanks @DRW50 for continuing to find these treasures.

Hildy Parks was Ellie. Bert Thorn as Alex. Interesting because @slick jones lists only Russell Thorson as Alex in 1953.

But if this is January obviously Alex was around in 1952 also. Or has there been some confusion between Thorn and Thorson?

I think Alex's secret was the existence of a previous wife Jill, although it appears Jill may be lying that they were married and is up to no good.

All I've found until this wonderful gift from @DRW50 was Thorson in the role.  We do have Bert Thorn in an unidentified role in August 1953. I'm not sure if Thorson oriinated the role or played it later. Thorn's Alex Crown was an unrecorded entity until now!!!

McCay, Parks and McBride were all wonderful scene partners....  🙂 

 

6 minutes ago, slick jones said:

All I've found until this wonderful gift from @DRW50 was Thorson in the role.  We do have Bert Thorn in an unidentified role in August 1953. I'm not sure if Thorson oriinated the role or played it later. Thorn's Alex Crown was an unrecorded entity until now!!!

McCay, Parks and McBride were all wonderful scene partners....  🙂 

 

Thanks for the extra information. It shows how valuable even a single episode can be in filling in gaps. I'm glad all your hard work helps put together what we know.

I appreciate being tagged, as always. Thanks, @DRW50.