April 6, 2025:
Here is a special Photo Montage in Celebration of the Another World Home Page 30th Anniversary. It features the song, "In This Life," sung by Bette Midler and includes cast photos that encompass Another World's entire 35-year history. We're putting this on the AWHP server and not YouTube to avoid the noticeable loss of quality with all videos uploaded there. Eddie spent many hours trying different photos, hindered by the need to use mostly HQ photos without watermarks, tints, blemishes, or printing. If you don't see someone who should have been included, it's probably because he couldn't find their photo with those requirements. B&W photos were often preferred for their timeless quality. Play it full-screen or throw it to a nearby TV if you can.
Other special video treats include some 1966 backstage home movie footage, Afternoon TV Awards footage from 1976, the first 1/3 of the March 1994 - August 1994 chrono tape which had been blocked for an unknown amount of time, and the brief clip of an AW star dancing and singing at the Miss America 1984 broadcast. Subscribe to the AWHP's YouTube Channel and never miss an upload - it's at 4,843 subscribers so far, can we get it to 5,000?
Kevin Carrigan (Derek Dane, 1989-1990) is the first, and only thus far, AW actor to comment on the AWHP's YouTube Channel. Here's the message in case it gets lost in the shuffle:
"I have acted with Richard Dreyfuss (he taught me to play poker), Gus Alleghretti, Eugene Troobnik, John Caprice, John C. McGinley, Maria Tucci, Dominic Chianese, David Proval, Mike Starr, George Segal, Hal Linden, Ossie Davis, Glynn Turman, Judd Hirsch, Clevon Little, Vincent Gardinia, Neil Maffin, John Lithgow, Arnold Vosloo, Esai Morales, Al Pacino, Rick Zahn, Sheryl Lee, Lars Mikkelsen, Mark Moses, Kevin Spacey, Campbell Scott, Mahershala Ali, Robert Downey, Jr. (briefly...my room-mate), Paul Sparks, Luke Hemsworth, Hemky Madera, Paul Johansson, Diego Tinoco, Harley Jane Kozak, and Robin Wright (among others); but, I am as proud of this toe-to-toe with Bill Espy as anything (1:04, 13:19). What a cool guy! Bill, should you ever see this...I love golf now, too! And--Oh, My Goodness!--was Hilary Edson gorgeous in this episode! We had our great differences at this time (I wish we had not; or, that we could have resolved them. Alas, we didn't.); but, she was simply stunning. I don't even think she knew how truly breath-taking she was. After the fact, I believe she realizes now. Maybe none of us are ever able to fully understand what we have when we have it; only, many years later, someone can point out to us that we once did."
Daily episode synopses for 1985 are now complete. A special thank you to Sarah Cannell for allowing the AWHP to use her episode transcripts in order to write the daily synopses.
New/Expanded Audition Stories for the following actors: John Aprea (Lucas / Alexander Nikkos), Joseph Barbara (Joe Carlino), Richard Bekins (Jamie Frame), Bradley Bliss (Kit Perrini), Lisa D. Brenner (Maggie Cory), Amy Carlson (Josie Watts), Liza Chapman (Janet Matthews), Jacqueline Courtney (Alice Matthews Frame), Nancy Frangione (Cecile DePoulignac), Sharon Gabet (Brittany Peterson), Joe Gallison (Bill Matthews), Timothy Gibbs (Gary Sinclair), Leon Janney (Jim Matthews), Maeve Kinkead (Angie Perrini), David Andrew MacDonald (Jordan Stark / David Halliday), Laura Malone (Blaine Ewing Cory), Kristen Marie (Cheryl McKinnon), Kevin McClatchy (Nick Hudson), Beverlee McKinsey (Iris Wheeler), Mark Mortimer (Nick Hudson), Brian Murray (Dan Shearer), Beverly Penberthy (Pat Randolph), Mark Pinter (Grant Harrison), Howard E. Rollins, Jr. (Ed Harding), Dahlia Salem (Sofia Carlino), John Saxon (Edward Gerard), Ned Schmidtke (Greg Barnard), Diego Serrano (Tomas Rivera), Victoria Thompson (Janice Frame), Patrick Tovatt (Zane Lindquist), and Ellen Wheeler (Vicky/Marley Hudson)
The Interviews page now includes interviews conducted by "The Locher Room" and includes the following screen shots.
New Birthdays and Dates of Death for Actors: (Major Characters)
Victoria Blankenship (Joan Barnard 1972): January 25, 1941.
Helen Dumas (Helen Moore 1966a): November 4, 1901 - December 23, 1986.
Ellen Madison (Karen Gregory 1965b): August 30, 1934 - September 14, 1987.
George L. Smith (Fred Douglas 1965): January 1, 1919 - March 3, 1993.
Michael Walker (Tony Douglas 1965a): March 13, 1941 - December 23, 2007.
Rudolph Willrich (Tony Douglas 1969): October 26, 1940.
Updates/Corrections to Major Characters:
Victoria Blankenship as Joan Barnard, September 7, 1972 - January 19, 1973; March 22 and April 30, 1974 [recur]
Christopher Marcantel as Pete Shea, December 1, 1981 - September 22, 1982.
Anne Rose Brooks as Diana Frame, December 1, 1981 - September 22, 1982.
Robert Christian as Bob Morgan, January 7, 1982 - December 20, 1982.
Michelle Shay as Henrietta Morgan, February 24, 1982 - May 22, 1984.
Howard E. Rollins, Jr. as Ed Harding, March 9, 1982 - September 23, 1982.
Maeve McGuire as Elena DePoulignac, April 26, 1982 - May 18, 1983; October 14 - 27, 1983.
Elizabeth Franz as Alma Rudder, June 21, 1982 - May 23, 1983; July 11 and 29, 1983.
Jack Betts as Louis St. George, August 30, 1982 - February 22, 1983.
Joe Morton as Abel Marsh, February 2, 1983 - May 7, 1984.
Robin Thomas as Mark Singleton, March 11, 1983 - January 23, 1985.
Betty Miller as Jeanne Ewing, March 14, 1983 - August 12, 1983.
Lewis Arlt as David Thatcher, September 14, 1983 - May 8, 1984.
Luke Reilly as Ted Bancroft, September 19, 1983 - February 3, 1984
John Dewey Carter as Grant Todd, June 18, 1984 - December 17, 1985.
First appearances of Major Characters
Ann Sheridan as Katherine Corning, November 11, 1965.
Gary Pillar (Carpenter) as Michael Bauer, February 7, 1966.
Ann Wedgeworth as Lahoma Vane Lucas, August 28, 1967.
Victoria Thompson as Janice Frame, October 16, 1972.
Dolph Sweet as Gil McGowan, November 10, 1972.
James Douglas as Eliot Carrington, December 21, 1972.
Beverlee McKinsey as Iris Wheeler, December 25, 1972.
Christopher Allport as Tim McGowan, August 10, 1973.
Irene Dailey as Liz Matthews, January 8, 1974 (confirmed).
Anita Gillette as Loretta Shea, January 13, 1982.
Trevor Richard as Kevin Thatcher, September 16, 1983.
Pamela G. Kay as Thomasina Todd, March 15, 1984.
Russell Curry as Carter Todd, July 3, 1984.
Richard Steen as Ben McKinnon, July 3, 1984.
Judy Dewey as Blaine Ewing Cory, August 24, 1984 (permanently replacing Laura Malone).
Jack Ryland as Vince McKinnon, October 2, 1984.
Last appearances of Major Characters
James Congdon as Alex Gregory, October 27, 1965.
Antony Ponzini as Danny Fargo, August 28, 1967.
Barbara Rodell as Lee Randolph, May 22, 1969.
Andrew Jarkowsky as Mark Venable, February 5, 1973.
Micki Grant as Peggy Harris Nolan, February 28, 1973.
Edward Power as Harry Shea, July 29, 1982.
Tom Wiggin as Gil Fenton, May 7, 1984.
Morgan Freeman as Roy Bingham, May 14, 1984.
Kim Morgan Greene as Nicole Love, May 21, 1984.
Paul Stevens as Brian Bancroft, September 20, 1985 (confirmed).
First and only appearance of Sarah Cunningham as Liz Matthews, May 4, 1964 (confirmed).
Gwyda DonHowe appeared as Ilsa Fredericks, January 19, 1981 - July 22, 1981; September 1, 1982 - December 6, 1982.
William Grey Espy appeared as Mitch Blake, March 15-22, 1982.
Eric Conger appeared as Buzz Winslow, August 20, 1982 - October 25, 1982.
Gretchen Oehler appeared as Vivien Gorrow, February 24, 1983 - May 16, 1984.
Fred Douglas
George L. Smith, October 20, 1965 - September 1, 1966 [recur].
Charles Baxter, November 25, 1966 - June 9, 1970.
Tony Douglas
Michael Walker, August 4, 1965 - November 10, 1965.
Alex Canaan, December 16, 1965 - January 30, 1967.
Rudolph Willrich, December 30, 1969 - January 9, 1970.
Jamie Frame
Aiden McNulty, October 18, 1971 - March 5, 1973.
Brad Bedford, March 19, 1973 - April 20, 1973.
Tyler Mead, May 4, 1973 - August 2, 1973.
Robert Doran, August 16, 1973 - June 6, 1978.
Richard Bekins, April 25, 1979 - May 31, 1983.
Sally Frame
Jennifer Runyon, March 2, 1981 - February 25, 1983.
Dawn Benz, March 9, 1983 - May 24, 1983.
Mary Page Keller, May 27, 1983 - June 21, 1985.
Karen Gregory
Ellen Weston, July 2, 1965 - October 8, 1965.
Ellen Madison, October 11, 1965 - November 9, 1965.
Sam Lucas
Richard Shepard, January 26, 1967 - February 6, 1967.
Jordan Charney, February 28, 1967 - April 9, 1970; June 15, 1970 - November 6, 1970; December 31, 1973 - December 25, 1974.
Notes: The character was permanently transferred to Somerset as of April 9, 1970, but made recurring appearances on AW until November 6, 1970. Then, the character was permanently transferred back to AW by December 1973.
Susan Matthews Shearer
Fran Sharon, May 4, 1964 - July 27, 1964.
Roni Dengel, August 6, 1964 - October 9, 1964.
Lynn Milgrim, September 30, 1982 - December 24, 1982.
Notes: This dispels the long-standing legend that Fran Sharon was fired after AW's first week of episodes.
Helen Moore
Nancy Douglas, November 11, 1965 - January 6, 1966.
Helen (AKA Helene) Dumas, January 25, 1966 - February 16, 1966
Murial Williams, February 28, 1966 - July 2, 1968; August 24, 1970 - April 8, 1976.
Michael and Marianne Randolph
Dennis Sullivan and Jeanne Beirne, September 4, 1970 - February 18, 1971.
John J. Sullivan and Lora McDonald, March 11, 1971 - July 26, 1971.
Julia Shearer
Kyra Sedgwick, January 15, 1982 - June 2, 1983.
Janna Leigh (AKA Jonna Lee), June 6, 1983 - June 27, 1983.
Faith Ford, June 30, 1983 - August 13, 1984.
Updates/Corrections to Minor Characters
Nicholas Cortland appeared as Mike Quinn, June 15, 1965 - September 9, 1965.
Thomas Carlin appeared as Ed Blake, June 23, 1966 - December 12, 1966.
Last appearance of James Preston as Raymond Scott was February 22, 1973.
Last appearance of Janet Ward as Belle Clark was March 5, 1973.
First appearance of Cleavon Little as Captain Hancock was March 15, 1982.
Barbara Baxley appeared as Patricia Wylie, July 1, 1982 - August 26, 1982.
Dominic Chianese appeared as Albert Nordmann, September 9, 1982 - December 23, 1982.
John Seitz appeared as Zack Hill, March 17, 1983 - September 23, 1983.
David Combs appeared as Sgt. Bill Gorman, May 11, 1983 - July 28, 1983.
First appearance of Benjamin Hendrickson as Lt. Bartlett was June 8, 1983.
Joe Morton appeared as Leo Mars, June 15, 1983 - February 22, 1984.
First appearance of Dianne Alexandra Neil as Emily Benson was May 25, 1984.
First appearance of Patti D'Arbanville as Christy Carson was October 26, 1992.
Last appearance of Carlos Sanz as Victor Rodriguez was March 25, 1994.
Cassandra Creech appeared as Dana Kramer, April 26, 1994 - September 30, 1994.
Terrence McCrossan appeared as Trent Forbes, August 3, 1994 - December 13, 1994.
Clement Fowler appeared as Martin Callahan on December 9 and 12, 1994.
Susan Mansur appeared as Loretta Delahanty, December 15, 1994 - January 6, 1995
Frank Andrews
James Cresson, July 24, 1964 - August 3, 1964
Peter Brandon, August 17, 1964 - January 15, 1965
Lt. Ira Buckley
Pat McVey, May 31, 1966 - June 10, 1966
George Mathews, February 9, 1967 - February 22, 1967
Stratton Walling, February 27, 1967 - July 3, 1967
Lila Dawson
Kristen Wilson, July 15, 1994 - October 4, 1994
Mary Teresa, October 13, 1994 - October 25, 1994
Bert Gregory
William Smith, June 10, 1965 - July 20, 1965
House Jameson, August 5, 1965 - September 6, 1965
Cora Gregory
Ethel Everett, June 10 - July 20, 1965
Florence Williams, July 28 - October 15, 1965
Janet Singleton
Anne Kerry, March 11 - June 6, 1983
Lisa Hilbolt, September 22 - November 1, 1983
Lots of new entries to Day Players and the Actors Guide, which now includes 3,336 entries and 778 Wikipedia pages. Notable Day Players include:
Byron Sanders as Mike Connors (Janet Matthews' former fiance), July 6, 1964
Ron Rifkin as Mark Sanford (college student at the Art Institute and friend of Alice's), 1964
Judson Laire as Dr. Theodore Warren, 1964
Bill Alderson as Office Les, 1964
Betty Garde as Nurse Johnson, 1964
Allen Nourse as Sgt Adams, November 9, 1964 - February 11, 1965
Richard Rust as Dr. Tony Warren, 1964-1965
Joel Crowthers as Dr. Larry Young, 1964-1965
Olga Fabian as Mrs. Emma Webber, 1965 [recur]
Kenny Delmar as TV Announcer, 1965
Ben Hammer as Dr. Henry Lewis, 1965
Elizabeth Lawrence as Edna (friend of the Baxter family), 1965
Abby Lewis as Karen Gregory's Aunt Ella, 1965
George Mathews as Sgt. Healy, 1965
Minerva Pious as Miss Simpson, 1965
Phil Proctor as Gary (friend of Mike Quinn, flirted with Lee Randolph), 1965
George Petrie as Dr. Daniel Steele, December 6, 1965 - January 4, 1966
Herb Nelson as Detective Tom Molinsky, 1966
Elspeth Eric as Cassie Wilson (wife of C.L. Wilson who was Justice of the Peace for Danny and Missy's wedding), August 23, 1966
John Cullum as Henry Parks, 1966
Joe Julian as (1) Court Reporter, 1965; (2) Dr. Kramer, 1966
Truman Smith as Mr. Sawyer (Missy's landlord along with his wife, Mabel Sawyer), 1966
Peter Turgeon as Justice of the Peace, C.L. Wilson (married Danny Fargo and Missy Palmer), August 23, 1966
Fred Burrell as Eric Holmes (Susan's former fiance), July 4 - September 9, 1969
Bernard Barrow as Dr. Tominsky, 1969
Bonnie Comley as Travel Agent, 1981. (Comley was a real-life AW fan who earned a walk-on role after winning an essay contest sponsored by Boston's WBZ-TV)
Roberta Flack as Herself, November 17 and 18, 1983
Ralph Byers as D.A. Eric Weston, May 7, 1984 - July 20, 1984
Steven Flynn as Skip Newman (friend of Hunter Bradshaw), September 14 - October 30, 1984
Temporary Replacements:
Jordan Charney as Danny Fargo, September 6, 7, and 9, 1966
Virginia Martin as Lahoma Vane Lucas, January 5, 1968
John Aprea as Dave Gilchrist, March 31, 1977; April 12, 1977 - May 11, 1977
Peg Murray as Ada Hobson, January 7, 1983 - March 16, 1983
Judy Dewey as Blaine Ewing Cory, February 13, 1984 - May 11, 1984
Updated Pre-Emption Dates (1964-1981)
July 7, 1964: The 35th Major League Baseball All-Star Game
July 13, 1964: Republican National Convention: Opening Session
October 7, 8, 12, 14, and 15, 1964: World Series Games
November 26, 1964: 36th Annual Macy Day Parade and Thanksgiving Football
December 1, 1964: News Coverage of the Bobby Baker Hearings
January 1, 1965: Rose Bowl
January 20, 1965: Inauguration of President Lyndon B. Johnson
March 23, 1965: "The Flight of Gemini 3"
June 3, 1965: "The Flight of Gemini 3"
July 13, 1965: Major League Baseball All-Star Game
October 4, 1965: News Coverage of Pope Paul VI's Visit to the United States
October 6, 7, 13, and 14, 1965: World Series Games
November 25, 1965: NCAA Football Game.
December 15, 1965: Gemini 6 and 7 Rendezvous Coverage
February 4, 8, and 10, 1966: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearings on Vietnam War
February 17 and 18, 1966: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearings on Vietnam War
March 17, 1966: Coverage of the Gemini 8 Space Program
July 12, 1966: Major League Baseball All-Star Game
October 6, 1966: President Lyndon B. Johnson's News Conference
November 11, 1966: News Coverage of the Gemini 12 Space Program
November 24, 1966: Thanksgiving Day Football Game
January 2, 1967: Sugar Bowl
February 20 and 21, 1967: News Coverage of Space Program
March 29 - April 10, 1967: SAG/AFTRA Strike
June 6, 9, and 12, 1967: News Coverage of Middle East Crisis
August 18, 1967: Coverage of President Lyndon B. Johnson's News Conference
October 4, 5, 9, 11, and 12, 1967: World Series Games
November 23, 1967: American Football League Game
January 1, 1968: Sugar Bowl
March 11, 1968: Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Vietnam and Foreign Aid Hearings
April 4, 1968: News Coverage of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
April 9, 1968: Funeral for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
June 14, 1968: Television Special: "Robert F. Kennedy Remembered"
August 7, 1968: Republican National Convention
August 28, 1968: Coverage of the 1968 Republic National Convention
October 2, 3, 7, 9, and 10, 1968: World Series Games
November 28, 1968: American Football League Game
December 23, 1968: News Coverage of Apollo 8 Space Program
January 1, 1969: Sugar Bowl
January 20, 1969: Inauguration of President Richard Nixon
May 23, 1969: Apollo 10 Special Report
July 21, 1969: Apollo 11 Lunar Walk Coverage
July 23, 1969: Major League Baseball All-Star Game
July 24, 1969: News Coverage of the Apollo 11 Splashdown
October 6, 1969: National League Playoffs Game
October 14, 15, and 16, 1969: World Series Games
November 11, 1969: Apollo 12 Special
November 27, 1969: American Football League Game
October 5, 1970: American League Playoffs
October 13, 14, and 15, 1970: World Series Games
November 26, 1970: NFL Football Game
February 9, 1971: News Coverage of San Fernando earthquake
August 2, 1971: Apollo 15: A Journey To Hadley Rile
October 4, 1971: American League Playoffs Game
October 5 and 6, 1971: National League Playoffs Games
October 11, 12, and 14, 1971: World Series Games
November 25, 1971: NFL Football Game
December 31, 1971: Gator Bowl
April 20, 1972: Apollo 16 Launch
April 27, 1972: Apollo 16 Return
August 21 and 22, 1972: Republican National Convention Sessions
October 9, 10, 11, and 12, 1972: American League Playoffs
November 23, 1972: NFL Football Game
December 19, 1972: News Coverage of Apollo 17 Return and Splashdown
December 28, 1972: Funeral of President Harry Truman
January 24, 1973: Funeral of President Lyndon B. Johnson
May 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 1973: Watergate Senate Hearings
June 5 and 12, 1973: Watergate Senate Hearings
June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 1973: Watergate Senate Hearings
July 11, 16, 19, 24, and 27, 1973: Watergate Senate Hearings
August 1 and 6, 1973: Watergate Senate Hearings
August 8, 1973: News Coverage of Vice President Spiro Agnew's Speech
August 22, 1973: NBC's Coverage of President Richard Nixon's News Conference
September 25, 1973: Watergate Senate Hearings
October 8, 9, and 10, 1973: American League Playoffs
November 22, 1973: NBC Coverage of the Thanksgiving Day Parade
January 7, 1974: 90-minute premiere episode of the new soap opera, "How to Survive a Marriage"
July 30, 1974: Coverage of Judicial Hearings on Impeachment of President Richard Nixon
October 8 and 9, 1974: American League Playoffs Games
November 15, 1974: Nelson A. Rockefeller Senate Hearing
November 28, 1974: NFL Football Game
January 1, 1975: NBC Special: Magic Holiday
April 3, 1975: News Coverage of President Gerald Ford's Press Conference
July 17, 1975: News Coverage of Apollo/Soyuz Docking
November 27, 1975: NFL Football
January 1, 1976: Television Movie: "Start the Revolution Without Me"
March 15, 1976: Airings of a special 90-minute episode of "The Doctors" and "American Travel"
March 30, 1976: U.S. National Football League Draft
July 13, 1976: Democratic National Convention
July 15, 1976: Democratic National Convention
November 25, 1976: NFL Football Game
January 20, 1977: Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter
May 12, 1977: 4th Daytime Emmy Awards
October 5 and 7, 1977: National League Playoff Championships
November 24, 1977: Thanksgiving Football
January 16, 1978: News Coverage of Hubert Humphrey's funeral
November 23, 1978: NFL Football Game
December 25, 1978: Hollywood Squares and National Football League Game
October 3, 1979: National League Championship Series
October 4, 1979: American League Championship Series
October 5, 1979: National League Championship Series
November 22, 1979: Thanksgiving Football
December 25, 1979: Fiesta Bowl
June 4, 1980: 7th Daytime Emmy Awards
July 4, 1980: Wimbledon Tennis Championships
January 20, 1981: Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan
January 27, 1981: News Coverage of the Ceremony for Freed American Hostages
April 14, 1981: Columbia Space Shuttle Landing
July 3, 1981: Wimbledon Tennis Championships
October 6, 1981: National League West Playoffs Game
October 7, 1981: News Coverage for Assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
October 14, 1981: National League West Playoffs Game
October 19, 1981: National League Playoffs Game
November 26, 1981: NFL Football Game
Partial National Pre-emptions/Interruptions and Special Occasions
June 3, 1964: Rockefeller Concession of Defeat in the California Primary
August 6, 1964: NBC Special News Report
August 7, 1964: Network United Nations Special
August 12, 1964: Post-Convention News Special: "GOP Summit Conference"
October 23, 1964: Funeral Service of President Herbert Hoover
December 2, 1964: News Coverage of the Bobby Baker Hearings
June 4, 1965: "The Flight of Gemini 4"
July 14, 1965: Death of Adlai E. Stevenson
November 15, 1965: News Coverage of the GT 12 Splashdown
June 10, 1966: President Lyndon B. Johnson in the United Arab Emirates
September 7, 1966: New York State Politician Conventions
January 31, 1967: Astronauts' Funeral Special
February 2, 1967: President Lyndon B. Johnson's Press Conference
August 1 and 7, 1968: Republican Platform Hearings
August 22, 1968: Democratic Platform Hearings
December 24, 1968: Apollo 8 Bulletin
January 9, 1969: Apollo 8 Astronauts' News Conference
August 13, 1969: Astronaut Parade in New York
November 11, 1969: Apollo 12 Special
April 14, 15, and 16, 1970: Apollo 13 Bulletins
January 25, 1971: News Report on Charles Manson
January 8, 1973: Special Report on NBC: New Orleans Sniper
July 23, 1973: NBC News Special Report: Nixon Tapes
August 21, 1973: Vice President Spiro Agnew's Speech
March 15, 1974: NBC News Special Reports
April 4, 1974: News Coverage of Hank Aaron tying Babe Ruth's 714 home run record
May 3, 1974: Special 60-minute episode
August 9, 1974: NBC News Special Reports
July 15, 1975: Democratic National Convention
August 17, 1976: Republican National Convention
November 3, 1976: President Jimmy Carter's Press Statement
February 23, 1977: President Jimmy Carter's News Conference
September 29, 1977: President Jimmy Carter's News Conference
February 17, 1978: Half-hour episode due to President Jimmy Carter's News Conference
March 9, 1978: President Jimmy Carter's News Conference
June 14, 1978: President Jimmy Carter's News Conference
January 26, 1979: President Jimmy Carter's News Conference
March 26, 1979: News Coverage of Mideast Peace Treaty Signing
October 1, 1979: NBC News Special Report: The Pope In America
April 7, 1980: NBC News Special Report: Sanctions Against Iran
July 14, 1980: Republican National Convention Special
November 6, 1980: Jimmy Carter's Presidential Press Conference
March 6, 1981: Jimmy Carter's Presidential Press Conference
March 30, 1981: Partially pre-empted due News Coverage of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. This episode was not repeated
May 13, 1981: Partially pre-empted due News Coverage of the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. This episode was repeated on May 14, 1981 and aired in full
June 16, 1981: News Coverage of President Ronald Reagan's Press Conference
October 1, 1981: News Coverage of President Ronald Reagan's Press Conference
October 2, 1981: President Ronald Reagan's Presidential Address
November 10, 1981: News Coverage of President Ronald Reagan's Press Conference
December 17, 1981: News Coverage of President Ronald Reagan's Press Conference: The Polish Situation
January 19, 1982: News Coverage of President Ronald Reagan's Press Conference
January 28, 1982: News Coverage of President Ronald Reagan's Press Conference: General Dozier's Release
February 18, 1982: News Coverage of President Ronald Reagan's Press Conference: Sentencing of Senator Harrison Williams
August 11, 1983: Presidential News Conference: Situation in Chad
The Popular Song List now includes a total of 1,059 entries.
Notes: Catlin Ewing and Sally's Frame first love theme, "When," was sung by Ullanda McCullough and Darryl Tookes. This was previously unknown for many years.
Announcement: (June 15, 1982)
After the freeze frame, Paul Stevens (Brian Bancroft) appeared on-camera to deliver the following message, "We on Another World are saddened by the death of Hugh Marlowe, who played Jim Matthews since 1969. We extend our sincerest sympathies to his family and his friends. He will be greatly missed by us all." This was accompanied by a photo of Hugh Marlowe with his birth and death dates.
Location Sequences: New information for the following location sequences. Please note, the dates provided below are airdates, not the tape dates of the location sequenes.
September 1964: Tom and Pat visit Dr. Alberts to obtain an illegal abortion. [Shot directly outside of the Brooklyn, New York studio]
May 1965: John and Pat. Bedfordtown. [Shot directly outside of the Brooklyn, New York studio]
March 11-18, 1980: "Another World includes major sequences taped on location in St. Croix, one of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Characters involved in this storyline were Mitch Blake, Mac Cory, Rachel Cory, and Janice Frame.
February 5 and 8, 1982: "Horse show sequences taped at Far West Farms in Bedford, NY are aired. The scenes are set at the fictional Oak Valley Farms horse show, with Diana Frame and Peter (Pete) Shea among the competitors. Location sequence also features Steve Frame, Alice Matthews Frame, and Sally Frame as spectators.
March 15 - 22, 1982: "Another World includes a week of scenes shot on location in San Diego, California, with the plot following Rachel Cory's visit to the city and focusing on the modern problem of custody rights for separated and divorced fathers. The sequences feature scenes on a yacht, as well as a car and helicopter chase.
August 1983: Mac and Rachel and Sandy and Blaine's double wedding
Featuring: Ada, Rachel, Mac, Clarice, Brian, Blaine, Larry, Sandy, Quinn, Amanda, Henrietta, Peter, Stacey, Roy, Felicia, Gil, Donna, Abel, Julia, Mark, Sally, and Jamie
Location: Taped at a late 19th century mansion in Glen Cove, NY, that once belonged to J.P. Morgan.
August 6 - 13, 1984: "Another World includes scenes shot on location in NYC, with the plot following a group of teenagers visiting Manhattan. Characters involved in this storyline are: Perry Hutchins, Marley Love, Ben McKinnon, Carter Todd, Thomasina Harding, Nancy McGowan, Julia Shearer, and Ross.
October 30 - December 4, 1984: "Another World includes major sequences taped on location in Majorca, one of the Ballearic Islands off the coast of Spain. Characters involved in this storyline are Cecile DePoulignac, Cass Winthrop, Kathleen McKinnon, Catlin Ewing, Sally Frame, Emily Benson, and Ross."
May 1998: Featuring Donna, Marley, Grant, Nick. This location shot was shot at a monastery in Long Island, New York.
Addition to The Creation of Another World page:
In a press interview prior to the show's debut, Irna revealed she took the title for "Another World" from two lines by John Keats: "We live not in this world alone, but in a thousand worlds." "What I want to say is that none of us can face reality 24 hours a day. We must have private 'worlds'- made up of our own dreams and pleasures and emotions into which to retreat. Otherwise, it would be simply too much! But always in terms of the family. In every story I have ever written, the home and family have been solidified, not attacked."
The actual and full quote shows it not to be a yearning for different types of experiences, but instead a treatise on solitude and finding beauty in life's minutia: “I hope I shall never marry. Though the most beautiful creature were waiting for me at the end of a journey or a walk; though the carpet were of silk, the curtains of the morning clouds; the chairs and sofa stuffed with Cygnet's down; the food Manna, the wine beyond Claret, the window opening on winander mere, I should not feel - or rather my happiness would not be so fine, as my solitude is sublime. Then instead of what I have described, there is a sublimity to welcome me home - the roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children. The mighty abstract idea I have of beauty in all things stifles the more divided and minute domestic happiness - an amiable wife and sweet children I contemplate as a part of that beauty, but I must have a thousand of those beautiful particles to fill up my heart. I feel more and more every day, as my imagination strengthens, that I do not live in this world alone but in a thousand worlds" - John Keats, The Letters of John Keats, 1814-1818, Volume One
Show Promotion for the Premiere Episode (May 4, 1964):
"Premiere of new half-hour daytime dramatic serial, telecast live in black and white, Monday through Fridays. The story will revolve around the two branches of the Matthews' family, living in a pleasant University town. Jim and Mary Matthews are the parents of three children: Russell, 16; Alice, 17; and Patricia 21. Russell (Russ) and Alice attend high school, and Pat is a student at the University. The father, Jim, is a competent, responsible man -- a partner in an accounting firm, which he joined at the request of his recently deceased brother, Will. Mary is a devoted wife and mother and makes a comfortable home for Jim, the children, and Granny, Jim's mother who has been living with them since the death of her husband, Will, Sr. five years ago. The other branch of the family is composed of Will's widow, Liz, and her two children: Susan, 24, a medical technician; and Bill, 20, a law student at the University. At the start of the series, Pat Matthews is currently dating a fellow student, Tom Baxter, who causes some consternation in the family by inviting Pat to go on an unchaperoned weekend with several other young couples to his parents' summer cottage at a nearby lake. Bill Matthews, Pat's cousin, has become interested in an aloof young lady, Melissa (Missy) who works as a waitress at the Kopper Kettle and attend the University at night as a part-time student working her way through school. Missy is very shy and obviously afraid of boys and men. The parents of the young people, relatives, and friends of the main characters will provide other outlets for the development of the plot and sub-plots involving the people of this town. One of the sidelights is the concern of Granny for her other child -- Janet, who is 35 and has never married. She is a successful commercial artist with an advertising agency, and a probable romantic attachment for Ken Baxter, the man for whom she works.
Notes: This promotion includes the revelation that Jim, Will, and Janet's father was named William Matthews Sr., a previously unknown fact.
The Special Episodes page now includes three pages of the script for the 25th Anniversary of Victoria Wyndham as Rachel
Script: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3
The Covers Page has been revamped and split into two pages, Soap Opera Magazine Covers, and TV Guide Covers. New/upgraded covers include:
Daytime Serial Newsletter:
George Reinholt
Victoria Wyndham (1) and (2)
May 1976 (Jacqueline Courtney)
Mid-January 1978 (Iris's home)
Herald (Newfoundland):
Victoria Wyndham, June 4-10, 1983
Victoria Wyndham and Douglass Watson, February 4-10, 1989
Featuring Susan Trustman:
The Commercial Appeal, April 18, 1965
Pensacola News Journal, April 25, 1965
TV Graphic (The Pittsburgh Press), May 2, 1965
The Baltimore Sun, June 20, 1965
Television Magazine (South Bend, IN), June 27-July 3, 1965
Sunday News, August 1, 1965
Featuring Beverly Penberthy:
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, July 9, 1967
The Commercial Appeal, December 31, 1967
Daytime Serial Newsletter, August 1976
Afternoon TV, March 1979
Featuring Carol Roux:
San Angelo Standard-Times, July 2, 1967
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 23, 1967
The Baltimore Sun, July 30, 1967
Jackson Citizen Patriot, November 19, 1967
Sunday News TV Week, February 25-March 3, 1979 (Victoria Wyndham, Douglass Watson, and Beverlee McKinsey)
Sports & Soaps, August-September 1997 (Victoria Wyndham)
The TV Times, July 31-August 6, 1983 (Douglass Watson and Victoria Wyndham)
TV Roundup (Chicago), November 1968 (Ann Wedgeworth)
TV Viewing Guide (Ludington, Michigan), August 30-September 6, 1968 (Barbara Rodell and Micki Grant)
TV Day, May 1976 (Ariana Muenker)
Soap Opera Weekly, September 22, 1992 (Tom Eplin and Judi Evans)
TV Day Stars, October 1975 (Jacqueline Courtney, Hugh Marlowe, and Cathy Greene)
TV Index (Green Bay), April 3-16, 1965 (Joseph Gallison and Carol Roux)
Hartford Courant, December 11, 1979 (Dorothy Lyman)
TV Graphic (The Pittsburgh Press), July 29, 1973 (Beverlee McKinsey)
New Show Promotions and Cartoon:
Cartoon, 1964: Show Premiere
Promotion, 1966: Liza Chapman
Promotion, 1966: Joe Bennett, Gaye Huston, Jacqueline Courtney, and Alex Canaan
NBC Promotion, Fall 1987: "Fall's the time for intrigue" featuring Stephen Schnetzer
Newspaper Scans:
1970: Featuring Hugh Marlowe (Jim Matthews)
1975: Show Celebration: (1), (2)
1977: Featuring Dorothy Lyman (Gwen Frame)
1979: Cast with Director and Lionel Johnston (1), (2)
1981: Featuring Corinne Jacker (Headwriter, 1981-1982)
1982: Featuring Beverly Penberthy (Pat Randolph)
1988: Featuring Harding Lemay (Return as Headwriter)
1989: 25th Anniversary Celebration: (1), (2)
Magazine Scans:
Daytime, TV, 1973: Death of Irna Phillips: (1), (2)
Afternoon TV, 1974: Featuring of Steve Frame and Alice Matthews (George Reinholt and Jacqueline Courtney)
Entry added to AW-Related Books: "Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera & US Television History," by Elana Levine, 2020:
Another World head writer Donna Swajewski suggested that Jake Mackinnon's rape of his ex- wife, Marley, was influenced by NBC: "We were told to play up the rape of Marley," following a network logic that "women want to see other women being victimized." Days of Our Lives' creative heads were told by NBC that stories of violence against women resulted in increased ratings, logic that contributed to the tale of ingenue Jennifer Horton's rape by Lawrence Alamain on DOOL.
The expansion to hour-long time slots in the mid-1970s was a product of the networks' hands-on involvement in the creation of soaps, but it was also a development made feasible by technological changes, especially in video editing. The move to hour-long episodes was initiated at NBC, led by executive Lin Bolen, who took on the expansion to one hour of Another World and DOOL in 1975. Another World was one of the network's biggest daytime hits. Playwright Harding Lemay had taken over as head writer in 1971, and Paul Rauch left his post as head of CBS Daytime to become the program's executive producer in 1972. While the expansion was feasible because advances in video editing made it possible to abandon live-on-tape practices, Lemay advocated for it for purposes of narrative enhancement, hoping to "enrich the fabric of behavior within each episode and to give fine actors in secondary roles more rewarding scenes to play." (Rauch confirmed this in an interview with the author on October 25, 2007). While the serial was still owned by P&G, NBC was intimately involved with the expansion, facilitating big increases in studio space and behind-the-scenes labor. NBC Daytime Vice President Lin Bolen claimed that doubling the time slot more than doubled the budget, but the substantial increases in ad rates across this period made it worth the network's while. The expansion was profitable enough to encourage the expansion of DOOL, as well.
The fighting over Santa Barbara in the 1980s was indicative of the upheaval in matters of ownership, creativity, and network involvement that would cause problems for the soaps across the period of gradually declining fortunes. For example, by 1987, hoping to replace the ABC model of network ownership and control, NBC was angling to get its own soap, Generations, on air. At the time, NBC was unhappy with the performance of P&G's Another World, leading NBC executive Brian Frons purportedly to circumvent the sponsor, dictating creative matters directly to AW's creatives. When P&G hoped to hire the Dobsons (who had been fired from Santa Barbara) to write AW, NBC balked. The Dobsons argued that this was because the network wanted AW to fail, that it wanted out of the sponsor-owned soap business, hoping to replace AW with Generations. The rumors of trouble for AW would only magnify over the next decade until its cancellation in the late 1990s. Santa Barbara would be canceled earlier in the 1990s, NBC's long history of a troubled daytime slate, with mixed arrangements of ownership and creative control, continuing.
These intensified creative pressures were understood as an economic necessity in the struggling soap business of the 1990s. In 1994, the sparser funding of Another World showed in the deglamorized environment on-screen. When NBC partnered with prime-time mogul Aaron Spelling on Sunset Beach in 1997 (ended 1999), the network was the producer's co-owner. As much as executives thought Spelling's touch would generate a daytime hit, the network seemed unwilling to take on another independently owned soap (like Santa Barbara) or another sponsor-owned production (like the struggling Another World), choosing Sunset Beach over a DOOL spin-off (presumably to have been produced by Sony). The network's stake helped keep Beach, rather than AW, on air an extra six months. NBC had been bemoaning AW's burdensome license fee for years, as well as bristling against P&G more generally. The fact that AW's replacement would be Passions (1999-2007, DirecTV, 2007-2008), wholly owned by the network, suggests that the network model increasingly favored the vertically integrated structure developed at ABC.
Over 100 pictures added to the Photo Galleries pages from May 1964 to June 1999. Scroll through all the pages to see what's new since your last visit. Here is a comprehensive list of the new and upgraded photos:
Anniversaries: 30th, 60th, Other, Cast Photos and Other Celebrations
Fan Club Luncheons: 1992, Other
Awards Photos: Daytime Emmy, Soap Opera Digest, Other Awards
Special Sets: Behind-The-Scenes (1967-1968), Murder On The Honeymoon Express, Miscellaneous, Somerset and Texas, Wedding Sets, Costume Designer (Shawn Reeves)
New pictures added to the Photo Galleries include:
Character Galleries: Adam Cory and M.J. McKinnon (Sally Spencer); Alice Matthews Frame (Jacqueline Courtney) and Pat Randolph (Beverly Penberthy); Bill Matthews; Bill Matthews, Missy Palmer, and Liz Matthews (Audra Lindley); Burt McGowan (William Russ) and Angie Perrini (Maeve Kinkead); Burt McGowan (William Russ) and Clarice Ewing; Carl Hutchins and Rachel Cory; Cass Winthrop and Cecile DePoulignac; Cass Winthrop, Kathleen McKinnon, and Cecile DePoulignac; Cass Winthrop, Kathleen McKinnon, and Dee Evans; Cass Winthrop, Kathleen McKinnon, and Frankie Frame; Cass Winthrop and Lila Roberts; Catlin Ewing and Sally Frame (Mary Page Keller and Taylor Miller); Cecile DePoulignac and Kathleen McKinnon; Cory Family Photos; Dennis Wheeler (Mike Hammett) and Molly Ordway Randolph; Denny Hobson and Sally Frame (Jennifer Runyon); Derek Dane and Stacey Winthrop (Hilary Edson); Donna Love (Anna Stuart) and Vicky Hudson (Jensen Buchanan); Donna Love (Anna Stuart), Vicky Hudson (Jensen Buchanan), and Brett Gardner; Elena DePoulignac (Maeve McGuire) and Rachel Cory; Frankie Frame; Gil McGowan (Dolph Sweet) and Ada Hobson; Grant Harrison and Cindy Brooke; Grant Harrison (Mark Pinter) and Vicky Hudson (Jensen Buchanan); Hal Keefer, Lee Randolph (Gaye Huston), Alice Matthews (Jacqueline Courtney), and Tony Douglas (Alex Canaan); Ian Rain, Paulina Cory, and Jake McKinnon; Jake McKinnon; Jake McKinnon and Marley Hudson (Ellen Wheeler); Jake McKinnon with Vicky (Jensen Buchanan) and Marley Hudson (Ellen Wheeler); Jamie Frame and Heather Lawrence Kane (Somerset); Jamie Frame (Robert Doran) and Molly Ordway Randolph; Jamie Frame (Robert Doran) and Rachel Cory (Victoria Wyndham); Jamie Frame (Robert Doran) and Willis Frame (Leon Russom); Jim Matthews (Leon Janney); Jim Matthews (John Beal and Leon Janney) and Mary Matthews; Dr. Joe Bernardi and Lee Randolph (Gaye Huston); Joe Carlino and Frankie Frame; John Hudson and Felicia Gallant; John and Lee Randolph (Gaye Huston); John and Pat Randolph (Beverly Penberthy); Ken Baxter and Janet Matthews; Liz Matthews (Irene Dailey); Liz Matthews (Sarah Cunningham) and Susan Matthews Shearer (Fran Sharon); Mac Cory and Janice Frame (Christine Jones); Mac and Rachel Cory; Marley Hudson (Ellen Wheeler) and Cindy Brooke; Mary and Janet Matthews; Michael Bauer and Lee Randolph (Gaye Huston); Michael Hudson, Donna Love, and Matthew Cory (Matthew Crane); Michael Randolph and Karen Campbell; Mitch Blake and Rachel Cory; Neil Johnson and Carol Lamonte; Olive and Pat Randolph, and Gwen Frame; Pat Randolph (Susan Trustman); Peggy Harris Nolan; Rachel Cory (Robin Strasser); Rachel Cory and Tom Nelson; Raymond Gordon (Gary Pillar and Ted Shackelford) and Alice Matthews Frame (Susan Harney); Robert Delaney and Iris Wheeler (Beverlee McKinsey); Rose and Angie Perrini (Maeve Kinkead); Russ Matthews (David Bailey) and Ada Hobson; Russ Matthews (David Bailey) and Gwen Frame; Russ Matthews (Joey Trent) and Mary Matthews; Russ Matthews (Sam Groom) and Rachel Cory (Robin Strasser); Ryan Harrison and Vicky Hudson (Anne Heche); Sandy Cory and Blaine Ewing Cory (Laura Malone); Scott LaSalle and Cheryl McKinnon; Steve Frame (George Reinholt) and Alice Matthews Frame (Jacqueline Courtney); Steve Frame (George Reinholt), Alice Matthews Frame (Jacqueline Courtney), and Rachel Cory (Victoria Wyndham); Steve Frame (George Reinholt) and Rachel Cory (Victoria Wyndham); Vicky and Marley Hudson (Jensen Buchanan); Willis Frame (John Fitzpatrick); Willis Frame (Leon Russom) and Angie Perrini (Toni Kalem); Willis Frame (Leon Russom) and Gwen Frame
Wedding Sets: Bill Matthews and Missy Palmer, Gary Sinclair (Timothy Gibbs) and Josie Watts (Amy Carlson), Grant Harrison (Mark Pinter) and Vicky Hudson (Jensen Buchanan), Joe Carlino and Paulina Cory, John Randolph and Pat Randolph (Susan Trustman and Beverly Penberthy), Mac and Rachel Cory, Raymond Gordon (Gary Pillar) and Alice Matthews Frame (Susan Harney), Sandy Cory (Chris Rich) and Blaine Ewing Cory (Laura Malone), Steve Frame (George Reinholt) and Alice Matthews Frame (Jacqueline Courtney), Zane Lindquist and Felicia Gallant
Other Celebrations, Miscellaneous, and Cast Photos: 1st Anniversary (1965), Cast Photos: 1965, 1968-1969, 1979; Finale and Final Casts (June 1999), AW Fan's Backstage Photos (1997), Eddie Drueding's Backstage Visit Photos (1998)
Real-Life Couples Photos: Chris Bruno (Dennis Wheeler) and Alicia Coppola (Lorna Devon), Hank Cheyne (Scott LaSalle) and Missy Hughes (Sara Montaigne), Matthew Crane (Matthew Cory) and Robin Christopher (Lorna Devon), Thomas Ian Griffith (Catlin Ewing) and Mary Page Keller (Sally Frame), James Kiberd (Dustin Trent) and Susan Keith (Cecile DePoulignac), Rick Porter (Larry Ewing) and Deborah Hobart (Amy Dudley)
New/Replacement Photos: Dave Gilchrist, Ray Gordon, Alice Matthews Frame, and Mac Cory, Bill Wolff (Announcer), Ernie Downs and Ada Hobson, Jamie Frame and Dennis Wheeler (Location Sequence), Helen and Lenore Moore, Leonard Brooks (Joseph Maher), Bill Matthews and Liz Matthews (Sarah Cunningham).
Location Sequences Gallery: St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands (May - June 1986)
John Beal lasted one week as the first Jim Matthews. Sarah Cunningham lasted one day as Liz Matthews, the May 4 premiere. No official reason is known, but there is speculation both actors were blacklisted for real or suspected liberal political views and leftist political affiliations. These photos from the premiere are the only tangible evidence of their brief tenure. (They were sent to me in the '90s from fellow historian/collector Mark Faulkner (you still around, Mark?) - his originals, clippings pasted to black scrapbook paper.)
I love collecting photo sets, where the photographer has taken several versions of the same composition, sometimes only seconds passing between camera clicks. Often you only see 1-2 versions published year after year as they've been deemed the authoritative version. Once in a rare while you can stumble across an alternate version somewhere. The Cass/Cecile/Peter triangle set has at least SIX versions on display in the A-C Photo Gallery, and who knows, there may be more. I enjoy when there is the subtlest of differences between versions, like these two "Majorca Wharf Send-Off" photos:
A lot of info such as audition stories came from research into online newspaper archives. Once in a while a great photo popped up. I was particularly thrilled to find a May 1964 cartoon that had appeared just before the show's debut.
Back in the '80s and '90s, pre-internet, I didn't collect every soap magazine, or even every one with some nice AW photos. It wasn't a big deal to bypass adding to a personal collection that I never imagined anyone else would ever see. Who knew that one day there would be such a thing as photo digitization and online dissemination? But I did make an exception when I saw a new photo of Cass and Kathleen (still my favorite couple) - that mag was bought and the photo clipped. All those have now been scanned and added to the site for this special update.
Look, it's Alice Barrett as Madonna during the 1991 Fan Club Luncheon! The luncheons were a lot of fun and I wish I could've attended one. The 1992 one, dubbed Baby Follies, was videotaped and is available on YouTube. But what about the other years? Is there video of 1991? Or 1993-1999? Does anyone know? Is Fan Club president Mindi Schulman still around? You might think, no more footage exists or they would have surfaced online by now. But you never know. All kinds of material remain out of public view.
Newspaper Scans, at the end of the page, has articles on the famous 25th anniversary party at the Rainbow Room. We need to make a list of the former stars who attended, because the guest list is apparently long and impressive. George Reinholt, Jacqueline Courtney, Virginia Dwyer, Susan Sullivan, Dorothy Lyman, Rick Porter, Ann Wedgeworth, David Bailey, Joe Gallison, Nicolas Coster. Who knows who else was there that night that wasn't reported or recognized?
Among my collection alone, the single clipped photos and the pages of magazines full of photos, I must have 1,000 AW photos left to scan. And there must be 1,000 more out there at least. I remember visiting the Soap Opera Digest offices and being told that for every show they had binders full of photo slides covering every year to the beginning. Those AW binders remain an elusive treasure.
