Having come into my love of GH around the time of Luke and Laura, I never realized that Nurse Jesse was so much more than just "the- nurse-always-at-the-desk..." And Dr. Hardy was actually a heart throb back in the day as well. Very cool to see!
Sometimes I often favored that GH over how it’s done, today. Nothing wrong with today’s, but the atmosphere of the show back then, was always fresh, clean, dark, and much more emotional.
@@ronswansonsdog2833 You have a good point. GH was struggling for a long time in the ratings and from what I heard it was on the chopping block a time or two.
Hard to believe this is the same show that just a few years later exploded in popularity with the Luke and Laura phenomenon. It seems so old fashioned.
OMDays! I loved this era of General Hospital. Began watching with me gran and we always loved Valerie Starrett as Diana Taylor. Stopped watching just before the Luke and Laura days, but I reckon up until then was THE BEST time to watch GH! X
I believe Cher's sister played the part of Heather, the "nefarious nanny/babysitter" to Diana and her husband's child back then. I think she also, in real life, dated one of the Hudson Brothers, a popular music group back then (Bill Hudson went on to marry Goldie Hawn). Loved this era of GH, and the very early brothers Jeff and Rick, and Laura and Scotty era.
Actually the ratings were so bad during this time that "ABC" decided to cancel GH in late 1978, but they had nothing to replace it yet. So they called Gloria Monty (A famous theater director) and asked her if she would come in for just a year. They wanted the ratings to be up at least a lil, so GH would not go out in disgrace. Of course as we all know now, Gloria Monty would completely change the course of history with L&L. I got sucked in by the Laura, Scotty, & Bobbie triangle. Then when Luke showed up we pretty quickly wanted to see Laura with Luke ( Viewers felt this way BEFORE "Night at the Disco"). The chemistry was so damn intense, we knew it would come to a boil, but how and when? Clearly you were a loyal viewer, so I wish you had been able to see through til at least 1984. It blows me away how different the show looked less then 18 months later!! Went from Blk&Wht to color, and they changed out almost all the actors. I have NEVER understood replacing actors to play the same parts? The woman playing "Jane" sounds & looks sooo much like Monica.
Two other great actors that played in General Hospital was Edward Platt in the first season of General Hospital as Doctor Miller (1963) and Johnny Whitaker as Scotty Baldwin (1963)
My mom was a nurse and she and I would watch GH together. She loved Jessie Brewer. As I got older, was a big fan of Luke & Laura and Scottie, Bobbi...even Liz Taylor was on GH for awhile. It's fun to see how people have aged. Does ANYONE REMEMBER the song-"I just can't cope w/o my Soap..General Hospital"?? Wow, that dates me. Thanks for posting the Oldies.
@@carenlissner454 Nice to know Someone else remembers "I just can't cope without my soap.. General Hospital". Your memory is better than mine! That's about all the rap I remember. Haven't been watching for months now, not alot of interesting story lines. Taking time away....
This is just how I remembered watching with my mom back then; the title card with the blue background, along with the square board wall at the nurse’s station. I’m sorry Jessie didn’t appear in this episode!!
You knew it was going to be a serious conversation when anyone went into the medicine room and closed the door! I grew up watching this show and wish they would put all the old ones here on YT. I'd watch from the beginning!
For me, this was GH at its peak! The Phil Brewer murder and its aftermath were riveting, with, as I recall, five different suspects. Valerie Starrett will always be my favorite soap star ever. I thoroughly enjoyed the Peter & Diana love story. Starrett was a great actress and so beautiful too. But, as we can see, GH had an abundance of beautiful soap actresses at this time.
@@carol159 So glad we're on the same page here, Carol! Isn't it amazing that, after all these years, we still remember them well??! I can still remember certain scenes, let alone storylines. Peter and Diana were special.
@@jamesj7518 Absolutely! I made a scrapbook of photos of them in the soap opera magazines and the story summaries. I remember I stayed home from school the day they reaffirmed their wedding vows! I also remember certain scenes vividly too! So glad to know some one else loved them as much as I did!
Part of the “Who Killed Phil Brewer?” storyline. He got bumped off in December 1974 (bludgeoned with a rock paperweight). At first Jessie was accused but then Diana confessed and produced the missing paperweight covered with blood. She thought that her estranged husband Dr. Peter Taylor had killed Phil to protect their marriage. Meanwhile Nurse Augusta McLeod was pregnant by Peter and decided to keep the baby. DA Ross Jeanelle (Tony Dow) was determined to find the killer! Meanwhile Lesley was torn between Dr. Joel Stratton and millionaire businessman Cameron Faulkner. But Joel had a secret- he suspected he had the same heart disease that claimed the life of his older brother Owen a few months earlier (and Owen had fallen in love with Diana). And how did things turn out? SPOILER ALERT: the killer was none other than Augusta, who killed Phil in self defense because he was attacking her and she had to defend her unborn baby. She ultimately went to prison for a short time, gave her child up for adoption and left town. Joel Stratton also left town because of his health, leaving the field open for Cam Faulkner to marry Lesley. But shortly afterwards Lesley was called to the bedside of Doris Roach, a former GH nurse who was dying. She confessed that years ago she helped Lesley’s father Dr. Walter Williams switch her newborn daughter with the dead daughter of Jason and Barbara Vining. Dr. Williams didn’t want his daughter’s predicament ruin her chances as a medical student (yet she became pregnant by one of her instructors Gordon Gray!). Nurse Roach informed Lesley that her daughter was still alive, starting Dr. Faulkner to search for a little girl she did find- and her name was LAURA…..
Loved seeing this. Thank you for posting. Watched GH On & Off for all these years. Now retired - I watch religiously every day. Glad to hear about the "Laura Vining" Story.
Ohhh myyyy black n white tv. I remember those days Gh 😆The nurses wore the old fashion white hats snd white dresses too! Lol!!! Look at Leslie Webber. Awwwwe
And Leslie went on to marry her colleague, Rick, in the later 70's episodes. Richard Dean Anderson played Rick's brother, Jeff, also a doctor. God! Did the girls have a crush on HIM back then!
Jane brings back memories of her and Howie. Though seeing this now and hearing her voice, I almost thought the actress playing Jane was the same as the actress who played Mary Williams on Y&R.
I started watching it due to Dark Shadows the half hour before. Now then, mom and I swore that Audrey killed Mrs. Nelson but it was never dealt with. Anyone remember this?
This was before soaps and other daytime shows were preserved. Before the mid to late 70s, soaps were done live, and if they were taped, they would be erased, a practice called "wiping" because videotape was expensive at the time. One of the reasons why kinescopes existed because it was cheaper, and could be easily shown on smaller network affiliates that did not have videotape capabilities. ABC always had kinescopes of soaps GH, All My Children, One Life to Live, and programs such as American Bandstand until the mid-70s.
That theme music is so old-fashioned! Anyway, I started watching with my mom as a kid in the '80s. My mom swore that Jesse Brewer used to have a life besides answering the phone at the hospital, but I'm not sure I quite believed her. ;)
Ikr I was 12 when Luke & Laura started up. My grandma would make comments like “Oh that Jessie!” all the time and I was like, she only answers the phone grandma. 😂
Some of the TV shows we have in 16mm retain the commercials. It all depends if the previous owner decided to remove them. This may be the only General Hospital episode we have in our collection, although we still have films we are cataloging. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great treasure! Thank you for posting. How soon after this did Lesley learn theher baby had been taken? It would be fun to see the Vinings and how all that played out.
Every time the camera pans to show someone else enter the scene around that hospital counter or somebody walks off or again, they enter, that blonde nurse crosses in the shot. She's obviously supposed to make it look "bustling" or busy, but she really does stand out doing it a bit too much. I can't believe this is '75. I wondered why Dark Shadows didn't affect other soap operas when DS was getting all the high ratings. DS had gone color about a decade before this. I guess the feeling was this was being more realistic.
This is a black and white kinescope (made by literally aiming a film camera at a tv screen). GH has been in color since 1967. Most early videotapes of the show were "wiped" (reused) so anything that wasn't kinescoped is lost forever.
Great to see Diana prior to Brooke Bundy. Always loved Denise Alexander and Judith McConnell and her animal print sofa 😀. There seems to be an obvious void before Chris Robinson, Stuart Damon, & the dynamite Leslie Charleson.
Chris Robinson was the second "Rick". Leslie married the original "Rick" (whose name escapes me but I know he was the real-life brother of Rick Jason, who starred in the TV series, "Combat" in the 1960's) in the late 70's. He was very handsome. Was sorry when his character was recast. Stopped watching the show on a regular basis after that because my college days were over and I had to start my "grown up" life...lol.
@@trewestbrook7404 I really don't understand why it is still in black and white by '75. A mere four or five years from this would be Luke and Laura. I know you can watch scenes and characters from just six months apart and there'll be an entirely different focus and storyline going on. Again, Dark Shadows, which aired right with General Hospital, was in color, and GH was still black and white? I've watched early seventies clips from other soap operas and they'd be in color. Wonder why this one held out for so long? Must have thought the color was going to be a fad.
So many people commenting on this and other episodes at how different GH is today. Hello? This is a complete different time and audience. I began to watch GH in 1980, The Monty years and found the show fascinating. This of course is different writing and a whole different narrative to what the show was after Monty came on. I guess if I had watched the show prior to the Luke and Laura and the whole different direction the show went, I may would have thought otherwise. Also, had Monty now showed up, and put the series in #1 place, it was on the verge of cancellation. So, had she not done her magic, we would not even be having this conversation or even comparing the then and now
I forgot in its early days GH had the hip non traditional organ background music . Not the serious solemn church like organ music like the other soaps ,
Thank you for sharing this classic GH episode! Just a quick question, Is there a way I can purchase your SOAPERS home video releases…. for my personal collection? If not, I understand. Thank you!
@@MoviecraftInc well if you ever find any missing Doctor Who from the sixtees, let us know as well. I think it's like 97 missing episodes. Keep up the great work!
I'd almost swear that is the Legendary William Daniels in the Scene with Miss Denise Alexander. Which if that is the case that is quite ironic. William Daniels played a Schoolteacher on "Boy Meets World. And Miss Rebecca Herbst Guest Starred on that ABC Sitcom as a coed named "Jill Hollinger."🤔😉🎤👨⚕️👨🎓👩⚕️💃📺B.W.
Mymother & I used to watch these older episodes - all about the hospital. I disliked it when the writers had to include the political & controversial themes!
We pulled the 16mm Kinnie, but an earlier owner of the film removed the original head/tail leaders and replaced them with white leader. Its unfortunate when someone owns these films and doesn't realize there is valuable information on the original leaders. The exact date of this episode will unfortunately remain a mystery.
But Patricia Berry you DO have a baby on Days! You named her Hope. Interesting how Denise and Patricia left Days to come to GH. At least they were both filmed in LA.
@@Avatar610 GENERAL HOSPITAL Head Writers During That Time Was Bridget And Jerome Dobson Before Going On To Write For GUIDING LIGHT The Same Year In 1975.
We have some other soaps to upload from our film collection, but none are from the ABC network. However, we are always looking for more ABC soaps on 16mm film to upload if we can find them.
Wow only five years later Tje Luke and Laura sensation . I heard princess Diana sent champagne to the actors of Luke and Laura congratulating the story line
Because that's how it was. Soaps had very small budgets so there wasn't room for retakes. That's why so many soap actors and actresses seem like they are bad actors. It's not that they don't have talent, it's the fact they can't do 20 takes of the same scene to get it right.
This cannot possibly be a 1975 episode....so sorry but this one is only a 30 minute show and we all know later that GH was an hour or about 45 minutes without commercials....lol!! Plus in 1975 Scotty, Luke and Laura and more that I can't remember were in it.... Scorpio and Anna were all in the spy game....this must have been 1965.....so love it anyways...❤❤❤
From a google search: In the last few weeks of 1974, a press release announced some excellent news for fans of sitcom siblings. Tony Dow, the guy who played Wally on Leave It to Beaver would return to the small screen. This time, though, the drama would be even thicker, as Dow joined the cast of the daytime soap opera General Hospital.
The scene between Augusta and Jane is just fantastic! They don't write conversations like that anymore.
Jesse Brewer was a very warm and compassionate character and Emily played the character so wonderfully!!
Having come into my love of GH around the time of Luke and Laura, I never realized that Nurse Jesse was so much more than just "the- nurse-always-at-the-desk..." And Dr. Hardy was actually a heart throb back in the day as well.
Very cool to see!
Great memories -- Leslie looks like "That Girl"
You are so right!!! Similar looks and almost exact hairstyle of Marlo Thomas who is now 85 years old! "That Girl" is now that old woman!
@@pianoman551000 THAT HAG!
Denise Alexander was always a hottie and she aged well. Great seeing this 70's footage. Wish there was more from AMC and OLTL, too.
The lineup of the ABC Soaps in 1975- Ryan’s Hope, All My Children, One Life To Live, & General Hospital.
#GREATMEMORIES
It's sad that General Hospital is the only soap opera left on ABC.
It was awesome!
I watched all of them with my grandmother, including the edge of night
Depending on when this aired you also have to include The Edge of Night it came to ABC in 1975 after leaving CBS.
@@brendafizer6444 RIP. An era gone by
The stories prior to Luke & Laura were truly General Hospital. The arcs centered around the hospital cast and patients.
Sometimes I often favored that GH over how it’s done, today. Nothing wrong with today’s, but the atmosphere of the show back then, was always fresh, clean, dark, and much more emotional.
Which may be why it was so low in the ratings. If this clip is any indication, not super exciting.
@@ronswansonsdog2833 You have a good point. GH was struggling for a long time in the ratings and from what I heard it was on the chopping block a time or two.
Actually, Luke and Laura ruined the show.
Still is today. Just remember that there is life outside the hospital.
What a surprise coming across this a week after Tony Dow leaving us. I didn’t know he acted in any role besides Wally.
He acted as Wally Cleaver in “The Kentucky Fried Movie”’s “COURTROOM” segment with Jerry Zucker as The Beaver (Jerry Mathers declined, unfortunately).
He also did a short lived teen orientated soap opera called Never Too Young on ABC. Some episodes are available on UA-cam
@@ccc8110 that was considered a failed attempt of a GH Spinoff. The town is/was the part of GH/PC where Elizabeth and Patrick and Robin lived
Tony guest starred as a Marine corporal on "Adam-12".
Just got that myself! Leave it to Beaver!!
Wow, looking back this is incredible , the music 🎶 is so old school
Loved the beautiful piano introduction to the show. Can't believe this show was filmed in B/W being 1975. Dark Shadows went to color in 1968.
@pianoman551000 ...this is a b/w film print of the original color broadcast.
I loved Denise Alexander (Leslie) during her time on Days of Our Lives, she was wonderful. That's when Soaps were at their best.
@@scottwilliams5705 Was she a rebellious teenager?
Hard to believe this is the same show that just a few years later exploded in popularity with the Luke and Laura phenomenon. It seems so old fashioned.
Wow!! Is that really Tony Dow from Leave it to Beaver? That's so cool
OMDays! I loved this era of General Hospital. Began watching with me gran and we always loved Valerie Starrett as Diana Taylor. Stopped watching just before the Luke and Laura days, but I reckon up until then was THE BEST time to watch GH! X
I started watching about 5 years prior to this and watched up until 1996. I was just marveling at Leslie’s Marlo Thomas hair.
I believe Cher's sister played the part of Heather, the "nefarious nanny/babysitter" to Diana and her husband's child back then. I think she also, in real life, dated one of the Hudson Brothers, a popular music group back then (Bill Hudson went on to marry Goldie Hawn). Loved this era of GH, and the very early brothers Jeff and Rick, and Laura and Scotty era.
So many good memories!
That's "Leave it to Beaver's" Wally playing a doctor on this episode.
Actually the ratings were so bad during this time that "ABC" decided to cancel GH in late 1978, but they had nothing to replace it yet. So they called Gloria Monty (A famous theater director) and asked her if she would come in for just a year. They wanted the ratings to be up at least a lil, so GH would not go out in disgrace. Of course as we all know now, Gloria Monty would completely change the course of history with L&L. I got sucked in by the Laura, Scotty, & Bobbie triangle. Then when Luke showed up we pretty quickly wanted to see Laura with Luke ( Viewers felt this way BEFORE "Night at the Disco"). The chemistry was so damn intense, we knew it would come to a boil, but how and when? Clearly you were a loyal viewer, so I wish you had been able to see through til at least 1984. It blows me away how different the show looked less then 18 months later!! Went from Blk&Wht to color, and they changed out almost all the actors. I have NEVER understood replacing actors to play the same parts? The woman playing "Jane" sounds & looks sooo much like Monica.
Awesome to see my dear Judith McConnell on GH
You are very welcome
I was just going to say that looks like Sofia Capwell!
Two other great actors that played in General Hospital was Edward Platt in the first season of General Hospital as Doctor Miller (1963) and Johnny Whitaker as Scotty Baldwin (1963)
I had no idea that Scotty was in it, so early on. Pretty cool to think the boy from A Family Affair once played Scotty Baldwin.
My mom was a nurse and she and I would watch GH together. She loved Jessie Brewer. As I got older, was a big fan of Luke & Laura and Scottie, Bobbi...even Liz Taylor was on GH for awhile. It's fun to see how people have aged. Does ANYONE REMEMBER the song-"I just can't cope w/o my Soap..General Hospital"?? Wow, that dates me. Thanks for posting the Oldies.
That song was played on the show during its 50th anniversary episode.
Why is it B&W
@@kathleenking47 GH not recorded in color until 1976.
I can still sing almost that whole rap, 40+ years later. I have such nice memories of that time.
@@carenlissner454 Nice to know Someone else remembers "I just can't cope without my soap.. General Hospital". Your memory is better than mine! That's about all the rap I remember. Haven't been watching for months now, not alot of interesting story lines. Taking time away....
The Ron Burgundy doctor with the short tie and the pants pulled midway up his chest!! 🤣🤣🤣
GROSSSSS🤢🤮
I was only 7 in 1975, glad someone uploaded these.
This is just how I remembered watching with my mom back then; the title card with the blue background, along with the square board wall at the nurse’s station. I’m sorry Jessie didn’t appear in this episode!!
Wasn’t the character of Jessie recast around this time temporarily?
These are what soaps should always be like!
Yes!
5:37- Rest In Peace, Tony Dow.
Leave it to Beaver, forever. ☮️🕊💟
The music cues are amazing
My sister Betty Jean Rabun watched this every day after school, she got me hooked when I was 10 years old in 1963, have been watching since then
This is great stuff! Love old school GH! Keep it coming if you have it!
Didn't know Wally Cleaver was on General Hospital!
Tony Dow was a bit of a stretch as a detective 🕵️♂️ 😳
His acting is honestly terrrible, lol.
"Hey, Junior, this is your chance to see my old buddy, here." Says Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond forever).
@@PapagenoMF Of course it was .He was on a fifties TV show..
@@chrisfinch8637 He became a real life LAPD Police officer in 1983..!!
You knew it was going to be a serious conversation when anyone went into the medicine room and closed the door! I grew up watching this show and wish they would put all the old ones here on YT. I'd watch from the beginning!
Yes! The medicine room🤣🤣🤣
WOW - this is AMAZING to see !! Love seeing Leslie ( the hair 😊 ) Thankyou for uploading this !!!
So nice seeing this soap from earlier days. I came to see Wally from leave it To Beaver.
For me, this was GH at its peak! The Phil Brewer murder and its aftermath were riveting, with, as I recall, five different suspects. Valerie Starrett will always be my favorite soap star ever. I thoroughly enjoyed the Peter & Diana love story. Starrett was a great actress and so beautiful too. But, as we can see, GH had an abundance of beautiful soap actresses at this time.
MINE TOO! I LOVED PETER AND DIANA! MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME. I have probably said that about 100 times. No less true, though.!
This is far better than GH today!
@@77tx75 Absolutely, 77TX! The show is unrecognizable from what it once was.
@@carol159 So glad we're on the same page here, Carol! Isn't it amazing that, after all these years, we still remember them well??! I can still remember certain scenes, let alone storylines. Peter and Diana were special.
@@jamesj7518 Absolutely! I made a scrapbook of photos of them in the soap opera magazines and the story summaries. I remember I stayed home from school the day they reaffirmed their wedding vows! I also remember certain scenes vividly too! So glad to know some one else loved them as much as I did!
Part of the “Who Killed Phil Brewer?” storyline. He got bumped off in December 1974 (bludgeoned with a rock paperweight). At first Jessie was accused but then Diana confessed and produced the missing paperweight covered with blood. She thought that her estranged husband Dr. Peter Taylor had killed Phil to protect their marriage. Meanwhile Nurse Augusta McLeod was pregnant by Peter and decided to keep the baby. DA Ross Jeanelle (Tony Dow) was determined to find the killer! Meanwhile Lesley was torn between Dr. Joel Stratton and millionaire businessman Cameron Faulkner. But Joel had a secret- he suspected he had the same heart disease that claimed the life of his older brother Owen a few months earlier (and Owen had fallen in love with Diana). And how did things turn out? SPOILER ALERT: the killer was none other than Augusta, who killed Phil in self defense because he was attacking her and she had to defend her unborn baby. She ultimately went to prison for a short time, gave her child up for adoption and left town. Joel Stratton also left town because of his health, leaving the field open for Cam Faulkner to marry Lesley. But shortly afterwards Lesley was called to the bedside of Doris Roach, a former GH nurse who was dying. She confessed that years ago she helped Lesley’s father Dr. Walter Williams switch her newborn daughter with the dead daughter of Jason and Barbara Vining. Dr. Williams didn’t want his daughter’s predicament ruin her chances as a medical student (yet she became pregnant by one of her instructors Gordon Gray!). Nurse Roach informed Lesley that her daughter was still alive, starting Dr. Faulkner to search for a little girl she did find- and her name was LAURA…..
Not Laura Webber.?? Correct ??Of Course it was Agusta.. Judith O'Connoll had to go to Oakdale Illinois And Santa Barbara Ca. After this.. XD
@@MrCraigblaze Laura was Laura Vining. She became a Webber after Leslie married Rick Webber and he adopted her.
Is this the same nurse Diana that ends up murdered in the early 80s?
@@MrCraigblaze is Diana in the episode actually the actress who became Monica Quartermaine?
Is the actress playing Diana also the one who played Monica Quartermaine??
Look how young Lesley is. GH came along way in 3yrs LOL.
Lesley looking through the 'scope at all the spirochetes, flagellum, and parameciums.
After the credits ended:
Stay tuned for One Life to Live next over most of these ABC stations
Loved seeing this. Thank you for posting. Watched GH On & Off for all these years. Now retired - I watch religiously every day. Glad to hear about the "Laura Vining" Story.
thanks so much and so great to watch in such great quality.hope u getmore retro soaps..........thebest
There’s a reason GH is the longest running soap opera and still going the writing and casting are stellar ❤❤
Getting a 1960s vibe from these clips.
Me too....1970 and on it was also in color and Luke and Laura had begun.....
Ohhh myyyy black n white tv.
I remember those days Gh 😆The nurses wore the old fashion white hats snd white dresses too! Lol!!! Look at Leslie Webber. Awwwwe
The show actually was in color. This is a kinescope made of an episode.
And Leslie went on to marry her colleague, Rick, in the later 70's episodes. Richard Dean Anderson played Rick's brother, Jeff, also a doctor. God! Did the girls have a crush on HIM back then!
I love that you uploaded this in black and white.
I dont
I wonder how many of the Old Vintage Episodes still exist.
Before they changed into the 1975-1993 Speeding Ambulance opening sequence that same year.
I started watching this when Diana and Phil were main characters. I don't remember the opening music or the other music like this.
Jane brings back memories of her and Howie. Though seeing this now and hearing her voice, I almost thought the actress playing Jane was the same as the actress who played Mary Williams on Y&R.
The music here is wild, wild man The 70's man!!
Thanks for posting!
You're welcome
Really loved GH back in the days of Jessie, Lucille, Meg, Jane and Howie and the rest of the 7th floor gang. Nowadays, not so much.
I started watching it due to Dark Shadows the half hour before. Now then, mom and I swore that Audrey killed Mrs. Nelson but it was never dealt with. Anyone remember this?
I agree! Was not happy with the Mob themes of Luke & Laura, HIV with Robyn, & all the other stupid story lines that were ridiculous!
❤ Denise Alexander (Lesley) and Judith McConnell (Augusta).
And written by Jerome and Bridget Dobson, who later hired McConnell for Santa Barbara.
@@jaredjlinden And on SB had an Augusta as a nemesis! 😆
This is giving more “1960s”, to me
This was before soaps and other daytime shows were preserved. Before the mid to late 70s, soaps were done live, and if they were taped, they would be erased, a practice called "wiping" because videotape was expensive at the time. One of the reasons why kinescopes existed because it was cheaper, and could be easily shown on smaller network affiliates that did not have videotape capabilities. ABC always had kinescopes of soaps GH, All My Children, One Life to Live, and programs such as American Bandstand until the mid-70s.
This was a hint of where GH was going in coming years. More mystery and excitement and it started with Leslie
“Hey Wally” “yeah Beaver” 😮
Golly gee thanks Dr. Williams, from Wally - RIP Tony Dow.
That theme music is so old-fashioned! Anyway, I started watching with my mom as a kid in the '80s. My mom swore that Jesse Brewer used to have a life besides answering the phone at the hospital, but I'm not sure I quite believed her. ;)
Ikr I was 12 when Luke & Laura started up. My grandma would make comments like “Oh that Jessie!” all the time and I was like, she only answers the phone grandma. 😂
@@ronswansonsdog2833 Hahaha! I guess both of us missed all the excitement in Jessie's life. "Main desk, Miss Brewer. Main desk, Miss Brewer."
Lesley looks very pretty here
Thanks for the upload !! The show should have NEVER killed off Leslie !! Did this air in Black and White back in the 70's ?? Xd
Originally in color, but this is a kinescope. VCR's didn't come til next year
Dam it Wally, I thought you were Pete from the Mod Squad!
I watched it in it's early days. Think it came over from radio, but eventually, I got busy, and lost touch.
Leslie and Diana...been awhile!
Do you ever get these with the commercials left in? Thanks for your content!
Some of the TV shows we have in 16mm retain the commercials. It all depends if the previous owner decided to remove them. This may be the only General Hospital episode we have in our collection, although we still have films we are cataloging. Glad you enjoyed it.
Tony Dow? OMG!! From Leave it to Beaver
The guy who came in talking to Lesley was on Leave it to Beaver!! His brother!
Tony Dow (Wally)
Denise Alexander can read the phone book and you'd be riveted to your seat.
Like many fans, the Luke and Laura days in the beginning were the best for all time
Many “popular modern “ actors/actresses got their start on GH. It’s so funny to see them. I used to run home from school to watch GH with my Mom.
Great treasure! Thank you for posting. How soon after this did Lesley learn theher baby had been taken? It would be fun to see the Vinings and how all that played out.
Judith McConnell is here in this episode as a nurse.
Miss Pennsylvania in 1965.
She played Augusta McCloud, right?
Every time the camera pans to show someone else enter the scene around that hospital counter or somebody walks off or again, they enter, that blonde nurse crosses in the shot. She's obviously supposed to make it look "bustling" or busy, but she really does stand out doing it a bit too much.
I can't believe this is '75. I wondered why Dark Shadows didn't affect other soap operas when DS was getting all the high ratings. DS had gone color about a decade before this.
I guess the feeling was this was being more realistic.
DS ended in 1971 I believe
@@brookehanley3659 Yes! YES! It did! IT REALLY DID!
This episode was originally in color too but ABC recorded over the old videotapes so only black and white kinescopes survive.
I used to make fun of this show everyday while I watched it😹
Don Matheson from Land of the Giants . I had forgotten he was on GH.
I am surprised it was still black and white in 1975 with the old timey opening. When did it go color?
This is a black and white kinescope (made by literally aiming a film camera at a tv screen). GH has been in color since 1967. Most early videotapes of the show were "wiped" (reused) so anything that wasn't kinescoped is lost forever.
Great to see Diana prior to Brooke Bundy. Always loved Denise Alexander and Judith McConnell and her animal print sofa 😀. There seems to be an obvious void before Chris Robinson, Stuart Damon, & the dynamite Leslie Charleson.
Chris Robinson was the second "Rick". Leslie married the original "Rick" (whose name escapes me but I know he was the real-life brother of Rick Jason, who starred in the TV series, "Combat" in the 1960's) in the late 70's. He was very handsome. Was sorry when his character was recast. Stopped watching the show on a regular basis after that because my college days were over and I had to start my "grown up" life...lol.
that answered that. I was wondering if this was supposed to be the same Diana Taylor that Brooke Bundy portrayed. Two entirely different women.
@@birdsfan57 yea. I remember the first Rick. He had a more youthful presence IMO, but Chris Robinson seemed a bit more serious.
@@2up3rm4n1 The show feels completely different to me. Almost unrecognizable.
@@trewestbrook7404 I really don't understand why it is still in black and white by '75.
A mere four or five years from this would be Luke and Laura. I know you can watch scenes and characters from just six months apart and there'll be an entirely different focus and storyline going on.
Again, Dark Shadows, which aired right with General Hospital, was in color, and GH was still black and white? I've watched early seventies clips from other soap operas and they'd be in color.
Wonder why this one held out for so long? Must have thought the color was going to be a fad.
Omg that's Tony Dow!!!
Tony Dow, omg!!! 😮😮😮
Detective Wally Cleaver.
I knew him after the Beaver days as a contractor in the Venice, Ca area. Did good work.
tony dow!!
I didn’t know Tony Dowd was in this .. way cool ..
So many people commenting on this and other episodes at how different GH is today. Hello? This is a complete different time and audience. I began to watch GH in 1980, The Monty years and found the show fascinating. This of course is different writing and a whole different narrative to what the show was after Monty came on. I guess if I had watched the show prior to the Luke and Laura and the whole different direction the show went, I may would have thought otherwise. Also, had Monty now showed up, and put the series in #1 place, it was on the verge of cancellation. So, had she not done her magic, we would not even be having this conversation or even comparing the then and now
Good point.
I forgot in its early days GH had the hip non traditional organ background music . Not the serious solemn church like organ music like the other soaps ,
Doesn't sound hip to me, sounds like a vampire movie, still it's great
Thank you for sharing this classic GH episode! Just a quick question, Is there a way I can purchase your SOAPERS home video releases…. for my personal collection? If not, I understand. Thank you!
They are currently out of stock, but all of our Soapers releases will eventually be uploaded to the Moviecraft Inc. channel.
@@MoviecraftInc - Oh, ok! Thank you very much for the information.
@@MoviecraftInc That will be great! Can't wait to watch all of the classics from Gh 1970's.
Can you please put up Mark Hamill's episodes from General Hospital. Have been wanting to see his pre-Star Wars days! He played Kent Murray. Early 70s.
Unfortunately I do not have any more films of General Hospital to post. Always looking for more though.
@@MoviecraftInc well if you ever find any missing Doctor Who from the sixtees, let us know as well. I think it's like 97 missing episodes. Keep up the great work!
I'd almost swear that is the Legendary William Daniels in the Scene with Miss Denise Alexander. Which if that is the case that is quite ironic. William Daniels played a Schoolteacher on "Boy Meets World. And Miss Rebecca Herbst Guest Starred on that ABC Sitcom as a coed named "Jill Hollinger."🤔😉🎤👨⚕️👨🎓👩⚕️💃📺B.W.
Mymother & I used to watch these older episodes - all about the hospital. I disliked it when the writers had to include the political & controversial themes!
This seems a lot earlier than 1975.
Wish I could jump through time and land right there. The world is so sick and perverse now.
I hear you, looking for the rapture to happen:). Even though it may sound crazy to some, but definitely looking 🎉😊
When did this episode aired?
Could you check in the Kinescope the exact date of this episode? Thank you very much in advance! Great episode!!!
It may take me a little while but I will check to see if it has a date. Will let you know.
We pulled the 16mm Kinnie, but an earlier owner of the film removed the original head/tail leaders and replaced them with white leader. Its unfortunate when someone owns these films and doesn't realize there is valuable information on the original leaders. The exact date of this episode will unfortunately remain a mystery.
Some fans say February 1975....but it is not sure.....thanks any way
My grandma Stella said it February 19/1975
@@tonyhassan2327That helps, if that is correct then it means I was in the 2nd half of 8th grade rather than the first part of 9th grade!
But Patricia Berry you DO have a baby on Days! You named her Hope. Interesting how Denise and Patricia left Days to come to GH. At least they were both filmed in LA.
I always thought Morgan Fairchild played Augusta McCloud, who's the lady playing her here?
Judith McConnell, best known as Sophia Capwell on “Santa Barbara”!
It was the great Judith McConnell. My favorite actress ever
No Morgan Fairchild Was Still Playing Jennifer Pace Phillips On SEARCH FOR TOMORROW During That Time.
@@Avatar610 GENERAL HOSPITAL Head Writers During That Time Was Bridget And Jerome Dobson Before Going On To Write For GUIDING LIGHT The Same Year In 1975.
@@christopherslappey1681 it was a family thing since Bridget was the daughter of GH creators Frank and Doris Hursley!
Do you have anymore classic ABC soaps?
We have some other soaps to upload from our film collection, but none are from the ABC network. However, we are always looking for more ABC soaps on 16mm film to upload if we can find them.
What soaps do you have?
Keep coming back to Moviecraft Inc...we will offer what we have over time, can't put a list here.
Do you have episodes when Patsy Rahn played Monica and Lee Warwick played Mary Ellen Dante at the same time . Those were juicy episodes.
That is Wally Cleaver. (Tony Dow).
Omg - is that Leslie?
Isn’t that cop The Beaver’s brother Wally , I never seen him on anything else, but Leave it to Beaver
Wow only five years later Tje Luke and Laura sensation . I heard princess Diana sent champagne to the actors of Luke and Laura congratulating the story line
Pre Quatermaines and luke /laura storylines
Who is Jane's mother?
They talk about "Jesse" but never show her, or did I miss something?
She wasn't in this episode.
Jessie was being held in jail pre-trial for Phil’s killing. ❤
when did gh offcially air in color?
It feels like they haven't even rehearsed these scenes... like their first take is the final one, haha...
Because that's how it was. Soaps had very small budgets so there wasn't room for retakes. That's why so many soap actors and actresses seem like they are bad actors. It's not that they don't have talent, it's the fact they can't do 20 takes of the same scene to get it right.
Nice hairdo, Lesley.
Looks like Marlo Thomas
The look was fashionable at the time. I cut my hair like hers and applied my makeup similarly. ❤
Unfortunately the beginning of the end. It was great up til this point. IMO.
I just delivered UberEats to Denise Alexander in Beverly Hills! May, 2024.
This cannot possibly be a 1975 episode....so sorry but this one is only a 30 minute show and we all know later that GH was an hour or about 45 minutes without commercials....lol!! Plus in 1975 Scotty, Luke and Laura and more that I can't remember were in it.... Scorpio and Anna were all in the spy game....this must have been 1965.....so love it anyways...❤❤❤
From a google search: In the last few weeks of 1974, a press release announced some excellent news for fans of sitcom siblings. Tony Dow, the guy who played Wally on Leave It to Beaver would return to the small screen. This time, though, the drama would be even thicker, as Dow joined the cast of the daytime soap opera General Hospital.