DAYS: Behind the Scenes, Articles/Photos

[Joseph]

I wonder how Astrid would look in that role, per IMDB she seemed to be specialized in playing teenagers despite being past 30, so in late 1967 she would be about 33 playing a 16 or so year old!

[JAS0N47]

She was born Feb. 1943, so she would have been 24 when she played Sandy.

[Joseph]

Really? Weird the one I saw listed her as being born in 1934, I better check again

[Bright Eyes]

Going down a bit of a rabbit hole googling Brian Lane Green (ex-Alan Brand). Does anyone remember him being a good actor? He's a Tony nominee, who lost to Jason Alexander, and was also on AW and AMC. Seeing pictures of him, he was quite good looking, could obvously sing, and he came out as gay in 2003. I think it was said by Sheri Anderson or someone that the DAYS PTB had planned to have a gay supercouple in the 80s, and people speculated he was going to be one half of the couple, but of course, the network axed that idea from coming to fruition. Just one of those curious untapped potential type things.

[JAS0N47]

Here's her California marriage listing in Ancestry:

Name    Betty A Waarala
Gender    Female
Birth Year    abt 1943
Age    23
Marriage Date    30 Dec 1966
Marriage Place    Los Angeles City, California, USA
Spouse Name    Robert S Ballew
Spouse Age    27

And here she is in the 1950 Census:

Name    Betty A Waarala
Age    7
Birth Date    abt 1943
Gender    Female
Race    White
Birth Place    Michigan
Marital Status    Never Married (Single)
Relation to Head of House    Daughter
Residence Date    1950
Home in 1950    Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, USA
Street Name    Harris

IMDB (which also has her as 1943) is a good place to start, but I like additional verification of birthdates.

Edited July 9, 2024 by JAS0N47

[Paul Raven]

Or did it just mean those 4 actors would not be appearing on the Monday episode? 

Not sure how they would indicate on the previous weeks list who would be needed for a Friday rehearsal for the Monday show.

Again @JAS0N47 thanks for continuing to share.

[JAS0N47]

All this talk above of 1189 just made me realize this is the debut of the Sergio's set, which would become Doug's Place in 1972. So, Bill Hayes was preparing his lines exactly 54 years ago tonight and would walk on to the soon-to-be Doug's Place set (with a piano player) for the first time ever on July 9, 1970.

 

1189...7/23/70:

Cast: Tom, Susan, Julie, Doug, Sergio/Cafe Owner, Piano Player, Waiter.

Sets: Doug’s Apartment, Julie’s Apartment, Hall Outside Julie’s Apartment, Intimate “European Type” Café (Sergio’s).

Edited July 9, 2024 by JAS0N47

[Joseph]

Ok, thanks! I was pretty sure I've seen that on IMDB but Ok

[JAS0N47]

It looks liked I accidentally erased my answer to you when I was updating about 1189.   But, no, the X's are for who is taping the episode. And the /'s are for who is rehearsing the next-day's episode. 1190,. the Monday episode, had Tom, Alice, Bill and Laura. None (other than Tom who was taping 1189 on Friday) is listed to be at work that day, which means they didn't rehearse Monday episode on Friday afternoons. Which means that got the crew out early on Fridays to enjoy a few extra hours of the weekend. Best guess is they did maybe a quick rehearsal of Monday's episodes on Monday mornings.

Edited July 9, 2024 by JAS0N47

[Paul Raven]

@JAS0N47 I get it now. Sorry for the confusion.

Re Days and contracts.

Was it standard practice for every new contract role to be recurring at first or were there exceptions?

Was it a standard period before an actor went on contract or differ for each?

When did that practice finish?

I guess Days did this so if an actor didn't work out Days wasn't stuck with them onscreen for 13 weeks. or have to pay them for that time if they were replaced sooner.

Did it work that way? Were there any recurring roles that did not go contract with the original actor? 

On the actor side, actors could leave if they weren't happy for any reason, but also weren't guaranteed a regular gig unless they were accepted by TPTB.

And Days faced the possibility of losing someone they liked in that recurring phase.

Did any other soap use that recurring/contract system?

Edited July 9, 2024 by Paul Raven

[JAS0N47]

FROM THE VAULT: EPISODE # 1755: DOUG WILLIAMS FINDS OUT HE NOW OWNS DOUG'S PLACE...

 

As fans get set to watch Doug's final episode on Thursday, here's a look at the script cover & outline for episode # 1755, which aired on October 24, 1972 (delayed from October 19 due to baseball playoffs):

 

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[JAS0N47]

CNN just contacted me. They are working on a Tina Andrews story and wanted help in getting some clips of her as Valerie. So, I figured out some episode #s for them to request from the show. I know we have that really poor quality video of their first kiss, but hopefully we will now get to see a pristine quality version of it. I also sent them the episode #s of Tina's debut, David's proposal, and an episode where David and Valerie get kicked out of a restaurant.

[jam6242]

Wow, that's exciting @Jason47!

[asafi]

wow I'm sure the production kept all those vintage episodes from the 70's including David and val's affair.. sounds interesting and ground breaking. hopefully we'll get to see those episodes. 

[Contessa Donatella]

David & Valerie have a very nice scene, with a kiss, in Doug & Julie's first wedding, 10-1-1976.