Members DRW50 Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) I don't know if this is already a thread, but I didn't see it, and, frankly, that doesn't stop others from doing the same. If it is, feel free to lock this, not that you need my permission. We all know the basics - Harding Lemay was a playwright! Henry Slesar wrote thrillers and mysteries! Bob Guza did something I don't give two shits about! And so on. Rather than just providing a list that we've already seen 15 times, I thought this thread could be a more detailed place for either your thoughts on their other projects, or links to some of it. I'll start off in what made think about this thread - watching a Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents episode that was written by none other than Anne Howard Bailey. Unfortunately, the writing quality is about on the level of her soap work, but still, it's interesting to compare: Edited March 19, 2022 by DRW50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) Roy Winsor the man behind Search for Tomorrow. Love of Life and Secret Storm who also wrote for Somerset and Another Life. He authored 3 mystery novels in the 1970's, even winning the Edgar Award for best paperback original for 'The Corpse That Walked' I read it and was underwhelmed. Interestingly, there was a soap connection as one of the characters was a soap actor. Edited March 19, 2022 by Paul Raven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 Bob Guza worked on a couple of classic slashers in the early '80s - both Prom Night with Jamie Lee Curtis and Curtains with Samantha Eggar, which is a favorite of mine. I know he supposedly was working on a Broadway musical following GH (with Nick Offerman!) but who knows what became of that beyond a few stagings or readings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 James Lipton who wrote Another World,Capitol and others was responsible for the Broadway musical flop 'Sherry' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 Pam Long wrote those Dolly Parton movies for NBC, featuring Alyvia Alyn Lind (ex-Faith, Y&R) as the young Dolly. Current Y&R writer Sara Endsley comes from the world of cable Christmas romance movies (like the Melissa Joan Hart romp, “Holiday in Handcuffs”): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 Melissa Salmons has also entered the world of Hallmark movies, like this one from last year: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) Former DAYS/GL writer Victor Gialanella wrote the notorious 1981 flop adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," which opened and closed on B'way on the same night. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/theater/frankenstein-broadway-flop.html Pam Long was a perfect fit. She's always excelled at heart-warming, family drama. Sam Hall (AW, OLTL, SB) was one of several writers (Anne Howard Bailey and former AW HW Corinne Jacker were two others) who worked on the 1976 miniseries, "The Adams Chronicles." And former AMC/GL writer (and one of my personal heroes) Wisner Washam self-published a novel several years ago about the cloning of Jesus. (Yep, you read that right.) Edited March 19, 2022 by Khan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 Agnes Nixon wrote 'Manions of America 'mini series which aired on ABC in Sept 81 starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Purl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ClassicsSoapFan Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) Leah Laiman (ATWT, AW, and others)wrote a series of novels. Edited March 19, 2022 by ClassicsSoapFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Titus Andronicus Posted March 20, 2022 Members Share Posted March 20, 2022 David Seidler was on Nina Laemmle's Days writing crew in 1980 (and apparently was later a staff writer for Another World). He kinda won a ton of awards for writing the screenplay for The King's Speech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRfan23 Posted March 20, 2022 Members Share Posted March 20, 2022 Wasn't Sally Sussman Morina also a writer on "The Facts of Life"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 20, 2022 Members Share Posted March 20, 2022 In the U.K., Jimmy McGovern went from writing Brookside and Coronation Street to creating the great series Cracker and one of my unsung favorites, The Street: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted March 20, 2022 Members Share Posted March 20, 2022 Victor Miller (AMC) famously wrote the original Friday the 13th, and his ongoing litigation against series producer/sometimes director Sean S. Cunningham (who refuses to credit Miller with royalties for the creation of Jason Voorhees, the hockey-masked killer) continues to this day, freezing all production of anything related to the franchise. Incumbent co-HW Chris Van Etten (GH) has a background in YA literature. I've always liked those two guys at GH and I feel they could do better work out from under Frank, but who knows. Russell T. Davies (Doctor Who, It's a Sin) also got his start submitting scripts to Crossroads. I've often wondered what became of some of Eastenders' most famous or visible writers, but I haven't looked into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted March 20, 2022 Members Share Posted March 20, 2022 The director of the movie, Tom Hooper, got his start directing episodes of EastEnders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted March 20, 2022 Members Share Posted March 20, 2022 Thom Racina who wrote for Days, GH, AW etc has published several novels. The great Los Angeles Blizzard was the basis for the Ice Princess story on GH. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/thom-racina.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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