10 minutes ago, slick jones said:

I don't have a "Dr. Haskell" in the cast list I've compiled, so I'm assuming it was a minor role. Powell was Dr. Spencer Hadley (as needed) from 1966 - 73. It's possible that the actor that was to play Haskell didn't show, so they pulled him in at the last minute.

I'll add the role to the cast list  as well as his Hopper Profile.

Thanks. That makes sense. It's interesting they assumed viewers wouldn't really notice bringing him in for another part when he was recurring as another doctor. I wonder why they didn't just have him as Hadley. Maybe there was already a Haskell in story for this period.

(unless the voiceover just misspoke)

On 1/22/2025 at 7:28 AM, Contessa Donatella said:

This person is IMO doing such a fine thing. Scammers, like the other person you describe are the lowest of the low! And, your advice is sound. Always, if you have the space to do so, download an episode. You never know. You might be saving an episode that otherwise would vanish.

 

Who’s the scammer?  Forester?

Diane Ladd Dead: 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' Actress Was 89

Years ago I posted a soap magazine article with Diane. The scan is now gone. If I ever find it again I will repost (or if someone else has it, feel free, not that you need my permission). I was so surprised to learn she was on a soap but she would have been a great soap goddess.

https://archive.org/details/blue-book-v-100-n-01-1954-11/

A men's magazine from 1954. The mention of Secret Storm is just a lead-in to the rest of the jokey article but I still thought it was worth sharing as it's so interesting to see how people felt about the soaps at the times they were airing, and getting to read a brief recap of the early story.

A newspaper article from late 1971 included a section on SS happenings around that time.

...Just then, some waves start crashing in on a Homer Winslow shoreline and "The Secret Storm" comes on. By now I am reeling, but will hang in there. This one is also a gem. Dr. Ian Northcoat, who has a cool beard, is talking with his wife (pardon me, second wife) Valerie, who is Amy Britton's step-mother. They are talking about Susan Carver, Amy's sister, who is married to Frank Carver, managing editor of the Woodbridge paper (yeah). Susan has big troubles, as they say in the city.

She was married to a creep named Allan, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for long enough to get himself declared dead by the state department. Surprise, he came home, right after Susan married Frank. Now he's using Kitty Styles, a floozy blonde babe going to fat, to try and get his wife back. Poor Kitty thinks Allan likes her. These people are all on committees at the Woodbridge Country Club, They hate each other. This is the soapy that gained fame around last Christmas time by bumping off two of its leads, Jill Clayborne and her husband Hugh, a rich publisher. Apparently the plot got too thick even for the soap opera writers and some driftwood had to be cut. The fatal plane crash even shocked my wife. The housewives were really mad for about two weeks. Jill was a good friend of Amy and Sue. She probably didn't want to leave because a few weeks later she did a bit scene on Edge of Night and then took over the role of Leslie Norris on Guiding Light (remember?), The soap opera family charts have more lines than the Mafia's.

Anyway, Allan is trying to make Frank think Susan still has the hots for him. Kitty keeps running around in public yelling "Get your wife to keep her hands off my Allan" and stuff like that. This naturally upsets Frank. So he does what any good newspaperman would do. He sneaks around trying to find out what's up.