DAYS: Behind the Scenes, Articles/Photos

[DRW50]

Yes.

[amybrickwallace]

I thought so - thank you. Ironic that DA would leap from DAYS to GH, and years later Genie Francis would land on DAYS after GH.

[jam6242]

From 1975:

[amybrickwallace]

Thanks for posting this article!! I especially loved reading what the late, great Stanley Kamel had to say - his DAYS days were before my time, but I absolutely loved him as Dr. Kroger on Monk - he was perfect in that role.

[DRW50]

Thank you so much for the article. Great to hear more from people like Stanley Kamel (I guess he finally got those sympathetic primetime roles later on) and to see those photos.

You can always tell it's a '70s soap article if there are mentions of EST, meditation, therapy, or if someone is holding a guitar.

I never knew Alice and Julie were heavily at odds. I'd like to see that, to see that harder side of Alice.

[amybrickwallace]

Yes - there are fewer roles in the history of primetime TV more sympathetic than Dr. Kroger!!! LOL

You can also always tell the article is from the 70s if it has anything to do with women's rights, etc. Nancy Lee Grahn has carried that mantle from the mid-80s on.

[jam6242]

Regarding Julie and Alice being at odds, Julie had moved into Doug's home when she was pregnant with Bob Anderson's baby (nothing romantic at that point). Julie's son David misunderstood something he saw between Doug and Julie and jumped to the conclusion that Doug was the father of the baby. Brooke Hamilton was stirring things up too. Somehow they convinced Alice that Doug and Julie were having an affair while he had been married to Addie (which was false) and Alice was furious with them both. Alice also was hard on Bill and Laura when Mickey had his heart attack (blaming them).

[DRW50]

Thanks.

Sounds like great drama. Did David ever find out Brooke schemed against his mother?

Did Alice know about Laura's rape?

[jam6242]

I can't remember whether David found out about Brooke scheming. Shortly after all this occurred is when he had the car accident and was believed dead (while he was actually living with Valerie Grant and her family).

I'm also not sure whether Alice found out about the rape. Of course, Tom knew the whole story the entire time but went along with Laura's wishes not to say anything. This story took place over a period of eight years and I do believe by the time the truth came out that the rape had been downplayed so that may not have been a factor in everyone's reaction.

Amy, I liked Stanley Kamel on "Monk," too, as well as Days, of course. I think I have a few articles strictly about him. I'll try to find them and post them.

[amybrickwallace]

Thank you so much! I just wish there was footage of his DAYS days out there.

[DRW50]

Thanks from me too.

I hope Sony/Corday/whoever release some of that someday.

[DRW50]

Edited September 23, 2014 by DRW50

[amybrickwallace]

Thanks for posting those. Interestingly enough, Ed Mallory and Mark Tapscott both guested on Bewitched in its first season, and Macdonald Carey guested on the same show in its fourth season.

[jam6242]

Thanks for the articles! Coincidentally, I just saw Mark Tapscott on a "Maverick" rerun. Encore Western is a great place to see the older soap stars in their earlier roles. I recently saw Peggy McCay also on "Maverick," and John Lupton on "Gunsmoke."

And I never knew until his death that Edward Mallory was married to Suzanne Zenor. Maybe he learned his lesson from his earlier marriage to Joyce Bulifant which seemed to be documented a lot in the magazines.

Edited September 23, 2014 by jam6242

[jam6242]

For the Stanley Kamel fans: