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Country of origin
  
United States

Producer(s)
  
Dave BrownBen Park

Final episode date
  
1 July 1955

Narrated by
  
Hugh Downs

4.4/10
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Created by
  
Doug Johnson

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
17 June 1950

Network
  
NBC

Genres
  
Soap opera, Drama

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Also known as
  
''Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel''

Starring
  
Bernardine FlynnMaurice CopelandJim BannonArthur Peterson

Cast
  
Jim Bannon, Hope Summers, Maurice Copeland, Tom Poston

Similar
  
These Are My Children, Our Five Daughters, Lovers and Friends, First Love, Faraway Hill

Hawkins Falls, Population 6200 is a U.S. television soap opera that was broadcast in the 1950s. Though it was not the first original (non-radio-derived) soap opera on American TV, it was the first to be successful, running for more than five years.

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Sponsored by Unilever's blue detergent, Surf, the program began as a one-hour comedy-drama on June 17, 1950, and ran in prime time on the NBC network until October 12, 1950.

On April 2, 1951, the series was moved to a fifteen-minute daytime slot, where it was retitled Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel, and developed into a soap opera format. Hawkins Falls ran until July 1, 1955, making it NBC's longest-running soap opera until The Doctors exceeded it in 1967.

The town of Hawkins Falls was patterned after the real-life town of Woodstock, Illinois.

Overview

The Drewer family lived in the town of Hawkins Falls. Lona Drewer was played by Bernardine Flynn, while her husband was played by Frank Dane. After the first year, according to Hugh Downs, Dane came to feel that as the lead actor he was indispensable to the show. He demanded more money and fewer hours. In a move that set the model for countless future encounters between imprudent stars and their management, Dane walked off the set and refused to return until his demands were met. The producer and writer saw their chance to accommodate Dane's desire for less work and crafted a script that sent Mr. Drewer on a plane flight that was lost over the sea. Actor Jim Bannon was happy to join the cast as Lorna's new romantic interest.

Cast

  • Jim Bannon as Mitch Fredericks (1954–1955)
  • Doug Chandler as Sheriff Boylan (1954)
  • Maurice Copeland as Dr. Floyd Corey (1953–1955)
  • Arthur Peterson as Andy Anderson
  • Brigid Daly Bazlen as Nellie Corey
  • Bruce Dane as Roy Bettert Corey
  • Frank Dane as Knap Drewer (1951–1953)
  • Bernardine Flynn as Lona Drewer Corey (1951–55)
  • Michael Golda as Dr. Floyd Corey (1950–1953)
  • Lee Henry as Dr. Glen Bowden (1954)
  • Philip Lord as Judge Sharp
  • Tom Poston as Toby Winfield (1953)
  • Russ Reed as Spec Bassett (1953)
  • Elmira Roessler as Elmira Cleebe (1953)
  • Win Stracke as Laif Flagle (1951–1952)
  • Hope Summers as Belinda Catherwood (1951–1952)
  • Ros Twohey as Millie Flagle (1953–1954)
  • Art Van Harvey as Calvin Sperry (1954–1955)

    • Reception

    Billboard magazine compared it quite favorably with radio soaps, and called it "pleasurable viewing".

    Episode status

    Out of the hundreds of episodes produced, only about 15 survive.

    References

    Hawkins Falls, Population 6200 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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