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Classic Night Time Drama
The Prime Time Soaps That Never Happened
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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 295446" data-attributes="member: 673"><p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=youtube]gE7TWOa01CQ[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>I came across a clip of this on Instagram this week. Released in 1964 as a TV movie called <em>Della</em>, it was actually the pilot for a proposed soap called <em>Royal Bay</em>. The show, set in an affluent coastal town, would follow the four Stafford brothers and their lives in the titular seaside community. The pilot mainly revolved around Barney Stafford (Paul Burke) who becomes entangled in the life of reclusive town matriarch Della Chapell (Joan Crawford) during a land deal. While Crawford (who also served as a producer) featured prominently in the pilot, the plan was to have her drop in every so often as a guest star if the series had been picked up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 295446, member: 673"] [CENTER][MEDIA=youtube]gE7TWOa01CQ[/MEDIA][/CENTER] I came across a clip of this on Instagram this week. Released in 1964 as a TV movie called [I]Della[/I], it was actually the pilot for a proposed soap called [I]Royal Bay[/I]. The show, set in an affluent coastal town, would follow the four Stafford brothers and their lives in the titular seaside community. The pilot mainly revolved around Barney Stafford (Paul Burke) who becomes entangled in the life of reclusive town matriarch Della Chapell (Joan Crawford) during a land deal. While Crawford (who also served as a producer) featured prominently in the pilot, the plan was to have her drop in every so often as a guest star if the series had been picked up. [/QUOTE]
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