Such legends. And right up to the end of their soap careers (Larry on Loving, Mary on GL), they were amazing actors. Never one bad performance. Never phoned it in. If only that level of professionalism were on soaps today.
That is just beautiful! Such a shame SFT was canceled. Truly one of the best soaps ever. I'd say better than ATWT even and I love that show! Compared to GL and ATWT in the 50-70s it was on fire and very daring and innovative. It's the 80s when things started to become all mixed up.
So nice to think a soap special would acknowledge a soap canceled 8 years earlier like this. Would love to see some AW stars acknowledged on the Emmys or something.
Bravo! The pretty, vacant mannequins of today's soaps could learn a thing or two from Mary Stuart, about a little something called "acting!"
And also from Joan Copeland, who as the third actress to portray "Andrea Whiting" was Stuart's character's best antagonist (by Mary's own admission in her great memoir, "Both Of Me") in the soap's 35-year history, and Bess Johnson as "Irene Barron" and Marie Cheetham as the first "Stephanie Wilkins Wyatt" were certainly also memorable in that department.
Bob Mandan was also great on "SFT" in those years, as the first and best "Sam Reynolds," who was "Jo's" best romantic interest of the show's entire run, even surpassing Terry O'Reilly's "Arthur Tate."
Mandan would, coincidentally (or maybe not?), have his best-known role on a soap satire sitcom called "SOAP," playing "Chester Tate," the surname the same as that of "Jo" when "Sam" was courting her.
Excuse me, I meant Terry O'Sullivan's "Arthur Tate." I'm confusing those Irish surnames--I'm from the Boston area, and Terry O'Reilly was a hockey player on the Boston Bruins team.
I thought "SFT" had deteriorated a bit by the 1980's (the NBC run), and Mary herself complained about the virtual sabotage (by the show's writers) of the "McCleary" family at the expense of longer-established characters. But after recently viewing some episodes of those years on another website, even those episodes seem positively Shakespearean by comparison with today's soap operas.
It may be trite, but of no TV soap opera, save perhaps the best years of "The Guiding Light" and "As The World Turns," is the following statement truer than of this one--"They don't make 'em like that anymore!"
Sadly, they don't, and I very much fear that daytime dramas as we know them, as a genre of televison will be gone by the next decade, barring some unforseen turns for the better.
Just to not conclude with a downer--let's hope some better writers & actors (including maybe the rehiring & rejuvenation of some older actors & characters still around from the better eras) will restore the prominence of this once-great broadcasting form, before it's really too late!
Was there anymore to this show? It seems to end kind of abruptly after the Stuart and Haines kiss. If there is anymore, can you post it? (If this is the end of it, except for the credits, I do think it's kind of horrible that there was no mention or scenes included from "The Edge Of Night" that helped to set the standard for much of the murder, mystery & mayhem on other shows that would follow it's premiere back in April 1956).
And back in 1994, for EON they could have brought back together one of two couples, fairly easily, either 1. Ann Flood and Forrest Compton (Nancy & Mike Carr) or 2. Sky & Raven Whitney (Larkin Malloy & Sharon Gabet).
Check it out- Jackie Zeman looks like a HUMAN BEING. Is that.....her.......face......MOVING?!?.........nah, couldn't be
juniorz1 8 months ago
Such legends. And right up to the end of their soap careers (Larry on Loving, Mary on GL), they were amazing actors. Never one bad performance. Never phoned it in. If only that level of professionalism were on soaps today.
That little clip of the two of them is adorable.
CarlD2 1 year ago
That is just beautiful! Such a shame SFT was canceled. Truly one of the best soaps ever. I'd say better than ATWT even and I love that show! Compared to GL and ATWT in the 50-70s it was on fire and very daring and innovative. It's the 80s when things started to become all mixed up.
So nice to think a soap special would acknowledge a soap canceled 8 years earlier like this. Would love to see some AW stars acknowledged on the Emmys or something.
spectrafashions 2 years ago
WOW! Look how much taller Stuart was than Haines.
ackgh73994 2 years ago 3
Larry Haines, who passed away in July 2008, and Mary Stuart are in reunited in Heaven. Jo and Stu will never be forgotten.
Soapking1965 3 years ago 4
Mary Stuart: gone bur not forgotten. The all-time Queen of Daytime. Great star, great lady, great friend!
NelsonAspen 4 years ago 6
Bravo! The pretty, vacant mannequins of today's soaps could learn a thing or two from Mary Stuart, about a little something called "acting!"
And also from Joan Copeland, who as the third actress to portray "Andrea Whiting" was Stuart's character's best antagonist (by Mary's own admission in her great memoir, "Both Of Me") in the soap's 35-year history, and Bess Johnson as "Irene Barron" and Marie Cheetham as the first "Stephanie Wilkins Wyatt" were certainly also memorable in that department.
gymnastix 4 years ago 4
Bob Mandan was also great on "SFT" in those years, as the first and best "Sam Reynolds," who was "Jo's" best romantic interest of the show's entire run, even surpassing Terry O'Reilly's "Arthur Tate."
Mandan would, coincidentally (or maybe not?), have his best-known role on a soap satire sitcom called "SOAP," playing "Chester Tate," the surname the same as that of "Jo" when "Sam" was courting her.
gymnastix 4 years ago
Excuse me, I meant Terry O'Sullivan's "Arthur Tate." I'm confusing those Irish surnames--I'm from the Boston area, and Terry O'Reilly was a hockey player on the Boston Bruins team.
gymnastix 4 years ago
I thought "SFT" had deteriorated a bit by the 1980's (the NBC run), and Mary herself complained about the virtual sabotage (by the show's writers) of the "McCleary" family at the expense of longer-established characters. But after recently viewing some episodes of those years on another website, even those episodes seem positively Shakespearean by comparison with today's soap operas.
gymnastix 4 years ago
It may be trite, but of no TV soap opera, save perhaps the best years of "The Guiding Light" and "As The World Turns," is the following statement truer than of this one--"They don't make 'em like that anymore!"
Sadly, they don't, and I very much fear that daytime dramas as we know them, as a genre of televison will be gone by the next decade, barring some unforseen turns for the better.
gymnastix 4 years ago
Just to not conclude with a downer--let's hope some better writers & actors (including maybe the rehiring & rejuvenation of some older actors & characters still around from the better eras) will restore the prominence of this once-great broadcasting form, before it's really too late!
gymnastix 4 years ago
Too bad GH took Jackie Zemann off contract. What a waste! Another show should snap her up.
DaysAWFAN 4 years ago 3
And now Jackie can't get any air stime...for shame! bring back the good old days!
SnyderFarm07 4 years ago 6
Was there anymore to this show? It seems to end kind of abruptly after the Stuart and Haines kiss. If there is anymore, can you post it? (If this is the end of it, except for the credits, I do think it's kind of horrible that there was no mention or scenes included from "The Edge Of Night" that helped to set the standard for much of the murder, mystery & mayhem on other shows that would follow it's premiere back in April 1956).
Yesimustbestupid 4 years ago
And back in 1994, for EON they could have brought back together one of two couples, fairly easily, either 1. Ann Flood and Forrest Compton (Nancy & Mike Carr) or 2. Sky & Raven Whitney (Larkin Malloy & Sharon Gabet).
Yesimustbestupid 4 years ago
Edge Of Night was a show my mother loved. Sky & Raven, oh my! Sharon Gabet was so beautiful!
sillymom 4 years ago