"The Brighter Day" (1954) TV series 1954-1962

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Creator:

Irna Phillips

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

"Our years are as the falling leaves. We live, we love, we dream, and then we go. But somehow, we keep...

Plot Keywords:

Soap Opera | Partially Lost TV Series

Cast

Mike Barton	...	Chris Hamiliton (1960-1961)
Mary Linn Beller	...	Babby Dennis (1954-1959) (original television cast)
Walter Brooke	...	Donald Harrick (1956-1958)
Mona Bruns	...	Aunt Emily Potter (1954-1962) (original television cast)
Brook Byron	...	Althea Dennis (1954-1955) (original television cast)
Forrest Compton	...	Grayling Dennis #3 (1961-1962)
Blair Davies	...	Rev. Richard Dennis #2 (1954-1962)
June Dayton	...	Patsy Dennis #2 (1961-1962)
Peter Donat	...	Steven Markley (1958)
Patty Duke	...	Ellen Williams Dennis #1 (1958-1959)
Bennye Gatteys	...	Judith Potter (1962)
Diane Gentner	...	Sandra Talbot Dennis #1 (1956)
Ernest Graves	...	Eliot Clark #2 (1960)
Dean Harens	...	Dr. Charles Fuller (1960-1961)
Jayne Heller	...	Althea Dennis (1956)
Hal Holbrook	...	Grayling Dennis #1 (1954-1959)
Gloria Hoye	...	Sandra Talbot Dennis #2 (1957-1959)
Rex Ingram	...	Unknown (1962)
Paul Langton	...	Walter Dennis (1962)
Geoffrey Lumb	...	Mitchell Dru (1962)
Nancy Malone	...	Babby Dennis (1959-1960)
Lori March	...	Lenore Bradley (1956-1958)
Anne Meacham	...	Althea Dennis (1960-1961)
Lois Nettleton	...	Patsy Dennis (1954-1957)(original television cast)
James Noble	...	Grayling Dennis #2 (1959-1960)
Maggie O'Neill	...	Althea Dennis (1960)
Don Penny	...	Toby Ballard (1962)
Nicholas Pryor	...	(1958)
Nancy Rennick	...	Sandra Talbot Dennis #4 (1961-1962)
Benny Rubin	...	Mort Barrows (1962)
Lanna Saunders	...	Ellen Dennis Williams #2 (1960-1961)
Joseph Sirola	...	Peter Nino (1959-1960)
Lilia Skala	...	Mrs. Dunbar (1955)
Charles Taylor	...	Bud Clark (1959)
Larry Ward	...	Dr. Randy Hamiliton (1954-1957)(original television cast)
Larry Weber	...	Eliot Clark #1 (1959)
Mary K. Wells	...	Sandra Talbot Dennis #3 (1960-1961)
Murial Williams	...	Lydia Canfield (1956-58)

Runtime:

USA:25 min (June 18, 1962-September 28, 1962) | USA:15 min (January 4, 1954-June 18, 1962)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Trivia:

Most episodes of this series are presumed to be lost. Please check your attic.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Last House on the Left (1972)