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First One Hundred Years
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The
very first CBS soap was this one, shown weekdays
at 2.30pm between the 4 December 1950 and 27
June 1952. It was about a newly married couple
moving into a run down three story Victorian
house. The couple, Chris and Connie Martin
Thayer had to deal with all the usual problems,
in-laws interfering, problems with their house,
etc. Sponsored by Proctor and Gamble the show
was based on a radio serial that ran from 1948
and also a 1950 Silver Theater anthology
production. The series, which went out live, had
quite a few location shots (New York-Long
Island-Westchester County) inserted. Also
notable was the fact that this series was the
first appearance of the teleprompter/autocue,
the machine which feeds actors their lines.
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Cast
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LYDON as Chris Thayer / OLIVE STACEY as
Connie Martin Thayer (1950-Jan 52) /
ANNE SARGENT as Connie Martin Thayer
(Jan - June 1952) / DON TOBIN as Mr
Thayer / VALERIE CROSSART as Mrs Thayer
/ ROBERT ARMSTRONG as Mr Martin / NANA
BRYANT as Mrs Martin / NANCY MALONE as
Margy Martin
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