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Rick Latimer
Rick Latimer was a fictional character on the now cancelled American soap opera '' Love of Life''. The role was originated by Paul Savior, but actor Jerry Lacy is best known in the role. Catalyst Rick was the maverick son of corporate swindler, Guy Latimer (John Straub). His father was notorious for attempting to steal a non-tearing paper patent from the Carlson Paper Company in the fictional community of Rosehill, New York. His father had been stopped by the paper company's owner, Henry Carlson and his former son in-law Bruce Sterling. The somewhat scheming, but not so much as his father, Rick had many romances over the years. Notably was his first marriage to the highly immature Barbara Sterling, Bruce's daughter, with whom he had a son, Hank Latimer (named after his mother's grandfather). She convinced him to marry her, and the marriage soured immediately. Despite his somewhat shady character, he did mean well, and he loved Hank very much. Another romance was with Caroli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by " horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's '' The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by ''Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Of Life
''Love of Life'' is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation '' Search for Tomorrow'' premiered three weeks before ''Love of Life''; he created ''The Secret Storm'' two and a half years later. Production ''Love of Life'' originally came from Liederkranz Hall on East 58th Street in Manhattan. Mike and Buff ( Mike Wallace), Ernie Kovacs, and '' Douglas Edwards and the News'', as well as ''Search for Tomorrow'' and ''The Guiding Light'' also came from that location. The program originated at other studios in Manhattan, but primarily at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street and CBS' Studio 52 behind the Ed Sullivan Theater. In 1975, the series moved to make way for a nightclub that became known as Studio 54. Until its final episode in 1980, ''Love of Life'' was taped in Studio 44 at the CBS Broadcast Center. Format Unlike most other soap operas, ''Love of Life'' was originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Lacy
Gerald LeRoy Lacy (born March 27, 1936) is an American soap opera actor best known for playing the roles of Tony Peterson, Reverend Trask, Reverend Gregory Trask, Mr. Trask, and Lamar Trask on the TV serial ''Dark Shadows''. He has also appeared on ''The Secret Storm'', ''As the World Turns'' (as Simon Gilbey), ''Love of Life'' (as Rick Latimer), and ''The Young and the Restless'' (as Jonas). Life and career Lacy was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He played Humphrey Bogart in both the Broadway show and film version of Woody Allen's ''Play It Again, Sam (film), Play It Again, Sam''. During the 1970s Lacy appeared in the films ''House of Dark Shadows'', ''The Money'', and ''Blood Bath''. His other film roles include ''The Big G'' and ''Imps*'', as well as the TV films ''Pleasure Cove'', ''Fighting Back'', and ''Chiller''. Lacy was offered the role of Rev. Trask in the second film based on ''Dark Shadows'', ''Night of Dark Shadows'', but at the time he was under contract with ''As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Carlson
''Love of Life'' is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation '' Search for Tomorrow'' premiered three weeks before ''Love of Life''; he created ''The Secret Storm'' two and a half years later. Production ''Love of Life'' originally came from Liederkranz Hall on East 58th Street in Manhattan. Mike and Buff (Mike Wallace), Ernie Kovacs, and ''Douglas Edwards and the News'', as well as ''Search for Tomorrow'' and '' The Guiding Light'' also came from that location. The program originated at other studios in Manhattan, but primarily at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street and CBS' Studio 52 behind the Ed Sullivan Theater. In 1975, the series moved to make way for a nightclub that became known as Studio 54. Until its final episode in 1980, ''Love of Life'' was taped in Studio 44 at the CBS Broadcast Center. Format Unlike most other soap operas, ''Love of Life'' was origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Sterling (Love Of Life)
Bruce Sterling was a fictional character in the now-cancelled American soap opera, ''Love of Life''. He was played by actor Ron Tomme from 1959 to the show's demise in 1980. Van's soulmate Bruce was the second husband of heroine Vanessa Dale. He was a teacher at Winfield Academy, a private boys' school in the fictional upstate New York community of Rosehill. Bruce met Van through a mutual friend of theirs named Tom Craythorne, a New York City lawyer, who had befriended Van after she helped him foil a paternity suit that her malevolent sister, Meg, foisted on him. They had fallen in love and married. A widower with two children, Bruce felt that Vanessa would be a needed mother figure to them. Alan, his son, took to Van almost immediately; as did Bruce's former father-in-law, Henry Carlson. But Henry's wife, Vivian and Bruce's headstrong daughter, Barbara, didn't like the new situation. Vivian thought it heartless that Bruce marry so soon after the death of his first wife, Gaye ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Sterling
''Love of Life'' is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation '' Search for Tomorrow'' premiered three weeks before ''Love of Life''; he created ''The Secret Storm'' two and a half years later. Production ''Love of Life'' originally came from Liederkranz Hall on East 58th Street in Manhattan. Mike and Buff (Mike Wallace), Ernie Kovacs, and ''Douglas Edwards and the News'', as well as ''Search for Tomorrow'' and '' The Guiding Light'' also came from that location. The program originated at other studios in Manhattan, but primarily at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street and CBS' Studio 52 behind the Ed Sullivan Theater. In 1975, the series moved to make way for a nightclub that became known as Studio 54. Until its final episode in 1980, ''Love of Life'' was taped in Studio 44 at the CBS Broadcast Center. Format Unlike most other soap operas, ''Love of Life'' was origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Aleata
Caroline may refer to: People * Caroline (given name), a feminine given name * J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player * Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player Places Antarctica * Caroline Bluff, a headland in the South Shetland Islands Australia *Caroline, South Australia, a locality in the District Council of Grant *Hundred of Caroline, a cadastral sub-unit of the County of Grey in South Australia Canada *Caroline, Alberta, a village Kiribati *Caroline Island, an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Micronesia *Caroline Islands an archipelago in the western Pacific, northeast of New Guinea *Caroline Plate, a small tectonic plate north of New Guinea United States *Caroline, New York, a town *Caroline, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Caroline, Wisconsin, an unincorporated census-designated place *Caroline County, Maryland *Caroline County, Virginia *Fort Caroline, the first French colony in what is now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Dale
''Love of Life'' is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation ''Search for Tomorrow'' premiered three weeks before ''Love of Life''; he created ''The Secret Storm'' two and a half years later. Production ''Love of Life'' originally came from Liederkranz Hall on East 58th Street in Manhattan. Mike and Buff (Mike Wallace), Ernie Kovacs, and ''Douglas Edwards and the News'', as well as ''Search for Tomorrow'' and ''The Guiding Light'' also came from that location. The program originated at other studios in Manhattan, but primarily at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street and CBS' Studio 52 behind the Ed Sullivan Theater. In 1975, the series moved to make way for a nightclub that became known as Studio 54. Until its final episode in 1980, ''Love of Life'' was taped in Studio 44 at the CBS Broadcast Center. Format Unlike most other soap operas, ''Love of Life'' was originally not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edouard Aleata
''Love of Life'' is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation ''Search for Tomorrow'' premiered three weeks before ''Love of Life''; he created ''The Secret Storm'' two and a half years later. Production ''Love of Life'' originally came from Liederkranz Hall on East 58th Street in Manhattan. Mike and Buff (Mike Wallace), Ernie Kovacs, and ''Douglas Edwards and the News'', as well as ''Search for Tomorrow'' and ''The Guiding Light'' also came from that location. The program originated at other studios in Manhattan, but primarily at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street and CBS' Studio 52 behind the Ed Sullivan Theater. In 1975, the series moved to make way for a nightclub that became known as Studio 54. Until its final episode in 1980, ''Love of Life'' was taped in Studio 44 at the CBS Broadcast Center. Format Unlike most other soap operas, ''Love of Life'' was originally not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
