Another World 

The continuing story of life in the Midwestern town of Bay City, and the love, loss, trials, and triumph of its residents, who come from different backgrounds and social circles. Those who ... See full summary »

Creators:

Irna Phillips, William J. Bell

Stars:

Victoria Wyndham, Constance Ford, Hugh Marlowe

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 43 wins & 175 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Victoria Wyndham	...	Rachel Davis Cory / ... 2,636 episodes, 1972-1999
Constance Ford	...	Ada Lucas / ... 2,536 episodes, 1967-1999
Hugh Marlowe	...	Jim Matthews 1,943 episodes, 1964-1999
Beverlee McKinsey	...	Iris Carrington 1,305 episodes, 1972-1999

Storyline

The continuing story of life in the Midwestern town of Bay City, and the love, loss, trials, and triumph of its residents, who come from different backgrounds and social circles. Those who call Bay City home include the Matthews, Cory, Frame, Winthrop, Love, Hudson, Harrison, and Burrell families.

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Plot Keywords:

20th century | fictional city | fictional town | fictional location | midwestern united states | 

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Taglines:

We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds...

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 May 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Another World: Bay City

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (8891 episodes) 30 min (1964-1975) 60 min (1975-1979 and 1980-1999) 90 min (1979-1980) 60 min (2003)

Sound Mix:

Mono (1964-1987) Stereo (1987-1999)

Color:

Black and White (1964-1966) Color (1966-1999)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, Mac and Rachel were not planned to have a romantic coupling. Writer Head writer Harding Lemay noticed the chemistry between actors Douglass Watson and Victoria Wyndham, and wrote a slow-developing love story for them. Fearing backlash from viewers who may have found an older man-younger woman relationship tasteless, Lemay penned chance encounters for the two characters, which led to innocent yet intimate conversations. By the time the characters had their first kiss, the story had gone on for six months.

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Connections

Referenced in The Golden Girls: Flu Attack (1986)

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Soundtracks

Another World
Performed by Gary Morris and Crystal Gayle

User Reviews

Best Days over

This show was the best back when Rachel was scheming to get Mac Cory. Boy o boy, when Mac's daughter Iris found out the show was absolutely great. Rachel was so good at scheming though and she could manage to take any girl's man -- even getting Steve Frame away from poor, goody two Alice, I think her name was (nurse). There wasn't anything that good on TV until All My Children and the whole Palmer Courtlandt/Phoebe Wallingford thing. Of course who can forget General Hospital with the whole Greg/Jenny/Tad/Jesse/Angie/Liza thing? Ah for the good ole days. I must be getting old because I remember when some soaps were 15 minutes long!