Despite her claims of pride that Christina may be following in her footsteps (“Something good had to rub off”), Dunaway’s Joan is triggered into fury when she sees young Christina trying to emulate her by using her hair products or imitating her in front of her dolls. She briefly seems a sad, lonely woman in desperate need of constant approval from her fans. When the film takes a breath and shows Crawford at her calmest, the viewer sees Joan’s vulnerability. Dunaway does an excellent job of conveying Crawford’s fear of returning to poverty and, ironically, her terror of ridicule and rejection from her devotees. HAILA STODDARD.The film is at its best when it shows some affection for poor Joan. The soap's final episode aired on February 8, 1974.ORIGINAL CAST After a 20 year run, CBS canceled the serial in 1974, and replaced it with a game show. By 1974, the soap had gone through several writers, and was daytime TV's lowest-rated soap. When the soap was switched to a less-than-desirable late-afternoon timeslot, it seemed like the beginning of the end. Cast members were suddenly dropped without warning and new characters were constantly introduced, only to be written out a few months later. The network executives were inexperienced at producing soap operas and began tinkering with the serial's format. The soap remained one of daytime's most popular serials until 1969, when it was purchased by CBS. Later, he turned to booze for comfort.THE SECRET STORM premiered as a 15-minute serial, then expanded to 30-minutes in 1962. For a while, the family feared Peter was losing his mind. Ellen's unexpected death had an especially painful effect on Peter and young Jerry. Peter was a widower with two teenage children, Jerry and Susan, and a 9-year-old daughter, Amy. The Ames family figured prominently during the serial's first 15 years.

Audiences would soon learn that sudden deaths, exotic diseases, mental illness, and extramarital affairs would figure heavily in storylines. Patriarch Peter Ames was left to raise his three kids when his wife, Ellen, was killed in an automobile accident. To appease Bisodel, the serial was retitled THE SECRET STORM, and premiered on February 1, 1954.Set in the small town of Woodbridge, New York, the show centered on the newly rich, neurotic Ames family. The title wasn't appealing to one of the show's sponsors, Bisodol (an antacid), who was worried it would inspire images of an upset stomach. Summary: This long-running soap opera was originally titled THE STORM WITHIN.

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