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Jun 1, 1995 · The 1930s marked an important stage in the evolution of a mass consumer society in the United States. The current article examines the roles that Irna Phillips and the early radio soap opera played in that process. Through the daytime serial, Phillips developed a program format that appealed to American housewives, who were the likely purchasers of most household products. She adjusted story ...
Mar 23, 2021 · Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products.
Jun 30, 2012 · The Guiding Light debuted on CBS television on June 30, 1952. Its creator was Irna Phillips, who also created the soap operas As the World Turns and Days of Our Lives. Born in Chicago in 1901, Phillips was educated at Northwestern University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Wisconsin. Although she aspired to become an actress ...
Original release. 1930 –. 1943. Audio format. Mono. Irna Phillips, creator of Painted Dreams. Painted Dreams is an American radio soap opera that premiered on WGN radio, Chicago, on October 20, 1930 [1] and last aired in July 1943. It is widely considered by scholars of the genre to be the first daytime soap opera or drama-by-installment serial.
The present article examines the ways in which Irna Phillips, one of the originators of the soap opera, used her programs to promote mass consumption during the 1930s. The analysis is rooted in Phillips's seminal efforts to develop programming that would both appeal to a housewife audience and sell her sponsors' goods.
Kim Sullivan Hughes (formerly Reynolds, Dixon, Stewart, Andropoulus, and Hughes) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. The character was portrayed by Kathryn Hays continuously from 1972. Kim was created by soap opera legend Irna Phillips and was based on Irna's own personality. [1]
Nov 6, 2013 · "Writing On: Irna Phillips Mends with Tradition" Broadcasting November 6, 1972 It's safe to say that among soap-opera script writers, 71-year-old Ima Phillips is the grandmother of them all.
