Another World Discussion Thread

[chrisml]

What are some of your favourite Ada moments? I have been thinking about Constance Ford lately because I recently watched A Summer Place after all those years of seeing the meme.

[Contessa Donatella]

Years ago when I went to look at that movie because of that famous slap I was horrified at what awful people they are!!! LOL

About Ada, about Connie, lots to say & I will try to gather thoughts & links, etc. later tonight! A great idea for a sub-thread! Good on ya, mate. 

[Tisy-Lish]

I always loved the arguments between Ada and Rachel way back when Rachel was still bad.  Ada would really let Rachel have it, but Rachel never seemed to listen.  Then a week or so later, they'd both be back in Ada's kitchen or living-room, and start the argument all over again.  LOL.  The viewers could hear the exasperation in Ada's voice and see it in her eyes.  This went on for years -- while Agnes Nixon, Robert Cenadella, and Harding Lemay were head-writers.   

And then of course, there's that wonderful scene between Connie Ford and Jacquie Courtney around 1973-ish.  Ada show's up at the Matthews house hoping to visit her best-friend Mary.  But Alice opens the door nearly in tears.  This is during some of the worst turmoil between Alice/Steve/Rachel.  Ada tries to comfort Alice, but Ada feels guilty for what her own daughter had brought upon Alice.   Both Ford and Courtney play that scene perfectly.  The kindness versus the awkwardness between the two characters is amazingly played.

Edited April 17 by Tisy-Lish

[Xanthe]

I believe it's that the article describes Ada as the matriarch of the show for a quarter century, when Mary Matthews was the original matriarch until 1975 when the character died.

[Contessa Donatella]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIiF1UnJYgM/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIiGOtIJ6f7/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIiGiU0JiRG/

[Contessa Donatella]

Ada has an experience at the hospital that unnerves her. Back home Rachel wants to know what's wrong but Ada really doesn't want to talk about it. She's having a hard time thinking about growing older. 

In April 1992, the AW Fan Luncheon, called "Baby Follies" & Connie sings which the fans loved!

Connie Ford in ROME ADVENTURE. One scene cracks me up.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIjAI28pJx-/

Ada argues with her #2 daughter, Nancy. It's over drinking & misusing a credit card. Nancy thinks she's a grown-ass woman but Ada says she's both still a minor & acting like a child. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIjAf-Lpei7/

As she did all of Rachel's life, Ada is giving her advice, mostly about Mac but some about Amanda or Janice Frame.

[Do these links work or not?]

[Contessa Donatella]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIjHh4Qpoe3/

My favorite actress Constance Ford as Ada on AW was well known for her use of props. I call this "Kitchen Boogie".

 

[jasonminer1974]

My mom was a huge fan.it was the number one soap in canada

[Contessa Donatella]

I had so many online friends from Canada!!! Toronto & also other places. They were always furious that they were not counted in the ratings. You  couldn't blame them, either.

[slick jones]

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Wishing Eddie Drueding a very Happy Birthday!

[Contessa Donatella]

One thing that fans have asked me over & over is if I have a picture of Felicia with longer hair. They are referring, of course, to the time she had extensions. They were first seen for her birthday bash. Also at that time, which went on for a whole week, I think, Anna Stuart was just back FINALLY as Donna Love & Jason Frame got himself shot & dead in the Room of Mirrors. So, I looked & looked & did research & even tried to get some from Linda Dano but there were just none to be found. So, persevering I made some using screen capture & a little photo editing. Hope you enjoy these.

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[watson71]

Anyone catch today’s Beyond the Gates?  They had a wounded firefighter was named Kirkland.  Is this Kirkland Harrison from Another World all grown up?  It just seems a peculiar name for a random under 5 character….

http://www.anotherworldhomepage.com/1kirkland.html

[Contessa Donatella]

I think I watched the wrong episode today. Specifically I now believe I watched the day before today. What does it say that I apparently watched Wednesday two times without realizing?

[Tisy-Lish]

I read several years ago (in more than one place -- either online or in the soap press), that the set used for the Matthews house on Another World had earlier been used on another soap opera as that show's core family's house.  And that after that show was cancelled, the set was disassembled and moved to the Brooklyn studio for use on AW.  Has anyone else ever heard about this?  What was the title of the earlier soap? And is the story even true?  It always seemed strange to me that I've not seen any photos from the earlier show featuring the set, since that soap had recently been cancelled with AW premiered.  

[Tisy-Lish]

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This is a set from Our Five Daughters, a short lived soap opera airing on NBC and cancelled in 1962.  The photo seems to be flipped (reversed), but the set looks vaguely similar to the Matthews house on AW.  Especially the stairs and the knee wall near the stairs. Does anyone know how to flip a photo?  It might be easier to imagine it being the set in question if we could see the correct orientation.  And of course it is possible (or even likely) this is not the same set.  

Edited April 20 by Tisy-Lish