Members DRW50 Posted June 12, 2014 Members Share Posted June 12, 2014 Thanks for all those details. This show sounds fascinating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Paul Raven Posted April 10, 2015 Members Share Posted April 10, 2015 FROM THESE ROOTS The Frasers of Stratfield, U.S.A., are an interesting sociological study. Classes and callings of the family and friends include editors, farmers, writers, mill foremen, bankers, doctors and maiden aunts. There are wise old heads, middle -aged members of the family and rebellious grandchildren, all re- volving about Ben Fraser, head the family and editor of the town newspaper. The abandon with which the character types have been thrown together strains the limits of credibility. Still their battles with life -love, bills and mortgages -help while away an afternoon. Reviewers have been thoughtfully provided with copies of the Fraser family tree. The occasional viewer probably would appreciate a copy too. Production costs: Approximately $25,000 weekly. Sponsored on NBC -TV Monday- Friday, 3:30-4 p.m. EDT, by Procter & Gamble through Benton & Bowles and Alberto - Culver Co. through Geoffrey Wade Adv. Producer: Don Wallace; directors: Joseph Behar and Paul Lammers; assistant director: Paul Freeman; writers: John Pickard and Frank Provo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted April 24, 2015 Members Share Posted April 24, 2015 Article about From These Roots and Today Is Ours: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19580703&id=dnMRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=reIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6750,327510&hl=en 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfling Posted June 16, 2015 Members Share Posted June 16, 2015 I have known for a long time that the late John Colenback played Jimmy Hull on From These Roots. Does anyone have a description of this character or his storyline? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Paul Raven Posted July 19, 2016 Members Share Posted July 19, 2016 Variety April 19 1961 Gene Burr is now producer of FTR a few weeks after exiting as program development vp at NBC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted July 19, 2016 Members Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Variety Dec 1960 Gwen Van Dam into running role on FTR. This actress is still working today with roles on Angie Tribeca and Hidden America. March 1959 Florence Freeman,for years radio's Young Widder Brown,making her debut on FTR as Dorothy Vail June 61 Barbara Dana into FTR Edited July 19, 2016 by Paul Raven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dc11786 Posted August 28, 2016 Members Share Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) Florence Freeman was also the star of "Wendy Warren and the News," which was created and originally written by Frank Provo and John Pickard. "Wendy Warren" was cancelled in November, 1958. I think Provo and Pickard were helping out Freeman. Barbara Dana played Margo, who was becoming involved with Jerry (John Karlen) and was connected to Aunt Mildred Fraser (Violet Heming). Edited August 28, 2016 by dc11786 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfling Posted December 10, 2016 Members Share Posted December 10, 2016 Actor Joseph, who played Jack Lander on From These Roots in 1961 has died this week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 24, 2018 Members Share Posted January 24, 2018 Broadcasting 29 Dec 1958 SLOW DEATH NBC -TV and three daytime advertisers have solved the problem of replacing one daytime tv serial with another from one day to the next without depriving the viewer of the traditional tear stained denouement. Washing out of Today Is Ours, Procter & Gamble (Compton Adv.), Nabisco (McCann- Erickson) and Armour & Co. (Foote, Cone & Belding) settled on a tv version of Young Dr. Malone, whose trials and tribulations have been radio fixtures since 1939. Suggested NBC -TV and the new show's producers: Why not transfer from Today Is Ours the six major characters and allow them to play out their story on Malone? Come the end of January, Today Is Ours will die off slowly as its characters take their place alongside those featured in Malone. The new series starts today (Dec. 29) at 3 -3:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted January 25, 2018 Members Share Posted January 25, 2018 FROM THESE ROOTS JUNE 30, 1958-DECEMBER 29, 1961 NBC STRATHFIELD David Allen .. Robert Mandan GH, DOOL, MR, SFT, SANTA,EON, SFT, SIS, TDX2, SOAP Enid Chambers Allen ... Mary Alice Moore EON Liz Fraser Allen ... Susan Brown YM, Y&&R, RTPP, GH, PC, BP, EON, SANTA, BH 90210 ... Ann Flood AMC, AW, ATWT, EON, MR, OLTL, SFT "Uncle" Fred Barnes ... Lauren Gilbert 3STH, LOL, CMM, EON, FM,USA ...Tom Shirley LOLx2, HC "Aunt" Mildred Fraser Barnes ... Violet Hemming ....Doris Dalton ...Sarah Burton EON, CMM, TBD Jim Benson... Henderson Forsythe ATWT, EON, HC, OPW Peggy Tompkins Benson... Ellen Madison ...Ursula Stevens ...Mae Munro Tim Benson ... John Stewart Roy Cleveland ... Richard X Slattery Artie Corelli... Frank Campanella EON x2, SFT, Y&R, CV,VR Luisa Corelli ...Geerianne Raphael FHY, CV,VR ... Dolores Sutton DWL, VL, Long Hot Summer Bruce Crawford ... Byron Sanders dated Liz PFL, CMM, SFT, TD, EONX2, EON, LOL, SS Don Curtis ... Clark Williams (?Warren) +Lyddy Hugh Devon... Rusty Morris Mrs. Devon ... Joan Wetmore TD, YDM Ben Fraser ... Rod Hendrickson ...Grant Code ... Joseph MacCauley Ben Fraser, Jr. Frank Marth EON, Y&R, DAL Dan Fraser... Dana White "Uncle" Matt Fraser Never Seen "Aunt" Myra Fraser... Nancy Pollock LOL, TD Robin Fraser... Gary Morgan Rosa Corelli Fraser... Tresa Hughes AWx2, RH ... Julie Bovasso "Aunt" Sarah ________ Fraser... Never Seen Sarah Fraser...???... Hilda ___ Furman ... Charlotte Rae Chief Harrington .. John Boruff ... GL, TBD Jimmy Hull ... John Colenbeck CAP, ATWT, Berrengers, DYN, FC Lynn Franklin Jennings ... Barbara Berjer AMC, AW, ATWT, TD, HF, EON, GL Tom Jennings... Craig Huebing TD x2, GH x2 Stanley Kreiser... Leon Janney... EON x2, AW, TC,SC Jack Lander...Joe Mascolo TDx2, DOOL, B&B, GH, Santa. WTHI Dr. Enoch McAndrews ... Charles Egleston Lance Patterson ... David Daniels Lyddy Benson Patterson...Sarah Hardy YDM, DOOL Gloria Saxon... Millette Alexander EON x3, TDx2, ATWT, OPW, MR gun moll\ Milton Sweetwater ... Jean Shepherd 61 Emily Fraser Benson Teton ... Helen Shields CMMx2, EON, ATWT District Attorney Frank Teton... George L. Smith TDx3, LOV, SS, DOOL, OLTL Judge Tompkins ... Edwin Cooper ...Roger Stehlin Laura ___ Tompkins... Audra Lindley EON, AW, SFT, MR Nate Tompkins...Ward Costello SS, EON, GH, GG Dorothy Vail... Florence Freeman 59-? Dr. Buck Weaver...Tom Shirley LOLx2, HC ...Len Wayland LIAMST, ATTL, GEN, TD, DAL Jamie Weaver ... Alan Howard adopted son ATWT Maggie Barker Weaver... Billie Lou Watt GL, LOL, LOV, SFT, OLTL, EON, TD Richard Weaver ... Richard Thomas, Jr. FITW, ATWT, EON George Weimer ... Donald Madden AW, SFT. OLTL, HOHS Ahmed...Hal Studer Pakistani houseboy FH, TD, ATWT Helene... "Yardena" Fashion Consultant Jerry...John Karlen 6/61 TD, AW, DS, KC, DS, LIAMST, HF, House of Dark Shadows, Night of Dark Shadows Kass ... Vera Allen maid SFT, AW, The O'Neills Margo ... Barbara Dana 6/61 +Jerry, warned by Mildred about Jerry Nancy... Joan Anderson 6/61 FTR, SFT, OFD, TD, ATWT Podge... Freeman Hammond Sally ... Beverly Lunsford EON, SS Foreign Exchange Student... Elissa Loti Nurse... Arline Stadd ????????? Vinnie Burrows Rick Ferrell Sam Gray... HF, EON, RH, AW, ATWT, MR, RH, OLTL.x 2, The Bennetts Randolph Kraft... AL, OLTL, GH, Y&R, ATWT, OMF Herb Shields Norwood Smith... EON, ATWT, AMC. SS. SFT Gwen Van Dam 12/60 @dc11786, @Paul Raven any other information I missed? Quot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROM THESE ROOTS JUNE 30, 1958-DECEMBER 29, 1961 NBC STRATHFIELD David Allen .. Robert Mandan GH, DOOL, MR, SFT, SANTA,EON, SFT, SIS, TDX2, SOAP Enid Chambers Allen ... Mary Alice Moore EON Liz Fraser Allen ... Susan Brown YM, Y&&R, RTPP, GH, PC, BP, EON, SANTA, BH 90210 ... Ann Flood AMC, AW, ATWT, EON, MR, OLTL, SFT "Uncle" Fred Barnes ... Lauren Gilbert 3STH, LOL, CMM, EON, FM,USA ...Tom Shirley LOLx2, HC "Aunt" Mildred Fraser Barnes ... Violet Hemming ....Doris Dalton ...Sarah Burton EON, CMM, TBD Jim Benson... Henderson Forsythe ATWT, EON, HC, OPW Peggy Tompkins Benson... Ellen Madison ...Ursula Stevens ...Mae Munro Tim Benson ... John Stewart Roy Cleveland ... Richard X Slattery Artie Corelli... Frank Campanella EON x2, SFT, Y&R, CV,VR Luisa Corelli ...Geerianne Raphael FHY, CV,VR ... Dolores Sutton DWL, VL, Long Hot Summer Bruce Crawford ... Byron Sanders dated Liz PFL, CMM, SFT, TD, EONX2, EON, LOL, SS Don Curtis ... Clark Williams (?Warren) +Lyddy Hugh Devon... Rusty Morris Mrs. Devon ... Joan Wetmore TD, YDM Ben Fraser ... Rod Hendrickson ...Grant Code ... Joseph MacCauley Ben Fraser, Jr. Frank Marth EON, Y&R, DAL Dan Fraser... Dana White "Uncle" Matt Fraser Never Seen "Aunt" Myra Fraser... Nancy Pollock LOL, TD Robin Fraser... Gary Morgan Rosa Corelli Fraser... Tresa Hughes AWx2, RH ... Julie Bovasso "Aunt" Sarah ________ Fraser... Never Seen Sarah Fraser...???... Hilda ___ Furman ... Charlotte Rae Chief Harrington .. John Boruff ... GL, TBD Jimmy Hull ... John Colenbeck CAP, ATWT, Berrengers, DYN, FC Lynn Franklin Jennings ... Barbara Berjer AMC, AW, ATWT, TD, HF, EON, GL Tom Jennings... Craig Huebing TD x2, GH x2 Stanley Kreiser... Leon Janney... EON x2, AW, TC,SC Jack Lander...Joe Mascolo TDx2, DOOL, B&B, GH, Santa. WTHI Dr. Enoch McAndrews ... Charles Egleston Lance Patterson ... David Daniels Lyddy Benson Patterson...Sarah Hardy YDM, DOOL Gloria Saxon... Millette Alexander EON x3, TDx2, ATWT, OPW, MR gun moll\ Milton Sweetwater ... Jean Shepherd 61 Emily Fraser Benson Teton ... Helen Shields CMMx2, EON, ATWT District Attorney Frank Teton... George L. Smith TDx3, LOV, SS, DOOL, OLTL Judge Tompkins ... Edwin Cooper ...Roger Stehlin Laura ___ Tompkins... Audra Lindley EON, AW, SFT, MR Nate Tompkins...Ward Costello SS, EON, GH, GG Dorothy Vail... Florence Freeman 59-? Dr. Buck Weaver...Tom Shirley LOLx2, HC ...Len Wayland LIAMST, ATTL, GEN, TD, DAL Jamie Weaver ... Alan Howard adopted son ATWT Maggie Barker Weaver... Billie Lou Watt GL, LOL, LOV, SFT, OLTL, EON, TD Richard Weaver ... Richard Thomas, Jr. FITW, ATWT, EON George Weimer ... Donald Madden AW, SFT. OLTL, HOHS Ahmed...Hal Studer Pakistani houseboy FH, TD, ATWT Helene... "Yardena" Fashion Consultant Jerry...John Karlen 6/61 TD, AW, DS, KC, DS, LIAMST, HF, House of Dark Shadows, Night of Dark Shadows Kass ... Vera Allen maid SFT, AW, The O'Neills Margo ... Barbara Dana 6/61 +Jerry, warned by Mildred about Jerry Nancy... Joan Anderson 6/61 FTR, SFT, OFD, TD, ATWT Podge... Freeman Hammond Sally ... Beverly Lunsford EON, SS Foreign Exchange Student... Elissa Loti Nurse... Arline Stadd ????????? Vinnie Burrows Rick Ferrell Sam Gray... HF, EON, RH, AW, ATWT, MR, RH, OLTL.x 2, The Bennetts Randolph Kraft... AL, OLTL, GH, Y&R, ATWT, OMF Herb Shields Norwood Smith... EON, ATWT, AMC. SS. SFT Gwen Van Dam 12/60 @dc11786, @Paul Raven any other information I missed? Quot
Members slick jones Posted January 25, 2018 Members Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) @dc11786 is this how family trees would look? / | \ Myra Matthew + Sarah / \ | | Millie +Fred Ben | _________________________________________________________________________ | | | Ben, Jr. + Rose Emily+ Jim +Frank Liz +David | | | | -Dan -Lyddy + Lance | | -Sarah -Tim + Peggy | | - Robin FRASER FAMILY ARTIE | | --ROSE (SEE ABOVE) | --LUISA DAVID +ENID +LIZ BUCK + MAGGIE | ADOPTED | -JIMMY | - RICHARD TOM+ LYNN JUDGE | -NATE + LAURA | PEGGY + TIM OTHER FAMILIES Edited January 25, 2018 by slick jones 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dc11786 Posted January 27, 2018 Members Share Posted January 27, 2018 I've read Enid Allen and David Allen were brother and sister. Robert Mandan was introduced into the story in August, 1958, when Provo and Pickard, the writers, were looking to give Enid someone to share her thoughts and schemes with. The original triangle pitted Liz Fraser and her glamourous big city fiancé Bruce Crawford against her small town doctor childhood sweetheart 'Buck' Weaver. I think Enid pursued Bruce and married him, not David. The audience really liked Mandan and Provo and Pickard expanded David's role as a temporary obstacle in Liz's pursuit of happiness. The triangle eventually became Liz, Buck, and David, and Liz and David ended up marrying in February, 1960. I'm confused on exactly who Lyddy was married to. Wesley Hyatt's "Encyclopedia of Daytime Television" states that Lyddy and Lance are expecting a child together as the series closes. Lance Patterson was an English professor who appeared on the show, but it appears that David Daniels left the series many months before the show's conclusion. I think he aired in 1960-early 1961. An article from October, 1961, states he appeared on the show for eight months. In another article, Lyddy is credited as "Lyddy Curtiss" in the fall of 1961. To add further complication, the Radio-TV Mirror reported, at one point, that the actor playing Don Curtiss was looking to leave the show. So maybe Lyddy was married to both? Or maybe Hyatt got it wrong? Dr. Enoch Andrews only appeared in 1958. The actor playing the role died in the fall of 1958. Later, Pickard and Provo discussed the struggle of finding elderly actors to fill a lot of the roles on a television series. I'm not sure how the Judge was related to the other Tompkins if they were related at all. I don't remember how the Corellis were related. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted January 29, 2018 Members Share Posted January 29, 2018 Please register in order to view this content Director Joe Behar discusses FTR a little past 11 minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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