An introduction to the slow-moving world of soap operas includes reviews of major storylines, histories of how each show began, cast lists, and other information on both daytime and evening serials
... Merritt) 1966–67 Patricia Huston (Addie Horton Olson) 1965–66 Patricia Huston (Helga) 1986 Patricia Huston (Gladys) 1989 Rif Hutton (False Newscaster) 1990 Bob Hyman (Mr. Larson) 1979 Jennifer Ide (Contest Finalist) 1993 Gary Imhoff ...
Charles Keating " Carl Hutchins , ” Another World Bill Bell was in advertising before Irna Phillips made him dialogue writer on the Guiding Light in 1957. Working in the same room with Phillips he cowrote As the World Turns for nine ...
Since the debut of These Are My Children in 1949, the daytime television soap opera has been foundational to the history of the medium as an economic, creative, technological, social, and cultural institution.
Since the debut of These Are My Children in 1949, the daytime television soap opera has been foundational to the history of the medium as an economic, creative, technological, social, and cultural institution.
As a special feature for this book, The Museum of Television & Radio conducted interviews with leading writers, producers, actors, and directors of soap operas.
Also in the cast were Charita Bauer, Joseph Bell, Peter Capell, Staats Cotsworth, Robert Dryden, Helene Dumas, Walter Greaza, Larry Haines, Irene Hubbard, Bill Lipton, Ian Martin, Marvin Miller, Ethel Owen, Bill Quinn, Billy Redfield, ...
The book contains contributions from established soap scholars such as Robert C. Allen, Louise Spence, Nancy Baym, and Horace Newcomb, along with essays and interviews by emerging scholars, fans and Web site moderators, and soap opera ...
Included here is the real story behind P&G’s Rely brand tampons and their link to women’s deaths from toxic shock syndrome—and how P&G tried to suppress that evidence.
In Speaking of Soap Operas, Robert Allen undertakes a reexaminati
For the Love of Soaps: A Soaps & Serials History, Volume 1