First Love (1954 TV series)
| First Love | |
|---|---|
 Patricia Barry and Val Dufour as Laurie and Zach James, 1954. | |
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Adrian Samish |
| Starring | Val Dufour Tod Andrews Patricia Barry Paul McGrath Rosemary Prinz Frankie Thomas |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 389 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC Daytime |
| Release | 5 July 1954 – 30 December 1955 |
First Love is an American
EST, between Golden Windows and Concerning Miss Marlowe. Although the show had a strong fan following, at the time NBC had little use for developing any of their daytime shows (the first successful NBC daytime soap was not until 1963's The Doctors) and canceled First Love after a year and a half.[2] Many cast members such as Patricia Barry, Val Dufour and Rosemary Prinz
went on to become long-running daytime stars.
Created by
aviator he may have been having an affair with.[citation needed
]
The show became known chiefly for a major blooper early in its run. A Friday cliffhanger involved Zach (Dufour) seeing his friend Chris (Frankie Thomas) crash his plane. Zach ran to tell Chris' wife Amy (Prinz), "Chris cracked up the plane." In his rush, Dufour blurted out, "Chris crapped", then abruptly added, "...on the plane."[3] Patricia Barry began to giggle. When the camera cut to a "bereaved" Prinz, she was shaking with laughter. Supposedly NBC nearly fired all three actors, but changed their minds after fans wrote in praising them for the scene. In 2003 Prinz denied such a scene ever made it to the air.
Cast
- Zach James - Val Dufour, then Tod Andrews
- Laurie James - Patricia Barry
- Matthew James - Paul McGrath
- Amy - Rosemary Prinz
- Chris - Frankie Thomas
- Paul Kennedy - Melville Ruick
- Doris Kennedy - Peggy Allenby
- Judge Kennedy - Howard Smith
- Mike Kennedy - John Dutra
- Bruce McKee - Jay Barney
- Quentin Andrews - Frederic Downs
- Peggy Gordon - Henrietta Moore
- Phil Gordon - Joe Warren
References
- ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ISBN 0-345-35344-7.
- ISBN 0-88176-933-9.