“DAYS OF OUR LIVES” FIVE TIMES A WEEK

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33878, 25 June 1975, Page 4

“DAYS OF OUR LIVES” FIVE TIMES A WEEK

“Days of Our Lives,” one of the top-rated day- I time dramas in Australia 1 and America, comes to TV 1 || on Monday, It will screen i. at 1.30 p.m. from Mondays li to Fridays. “Days of Our Lives” is;, • essentially the story of the| r Horton family, the head of j, • r | which is Tom Horton. Hep j I is a doctor and the head of /the hospital at Salem. i( He firmly believes that 1 happiness is found within a 5 family group and with his r wife Alice, instils in his' - children that the home is a e sanctuary where the family I gathers to share experiences! ( and strengthen each_ other |

with faith, understanding and love. Mrs Horton is a deeply re-. ligious woman whose husband and children are her security. She tries not to : interfere with the lives of her; children but harbours some, resentment ' towards her‘ daughter-in-law, Laura. ; The Hortons have five: children. Dr Tom Horton i (Junior) and daughter Addie (now Williams) are twins and the oldest; Bill, also a doctor but now struck off for the accidental death of his older brother’s wife, is next; Mickey, the youngest son, is a lawyer, and the remaining

I'child is a daughter, Marie, a , nun. ( The serial tells of the day-: l.to-day lives of al! these; ■ family members, their wives; >land their children. There is: ■; also a host of othef - i; characters encountered on the fringe of the family—, -work colleagues, friends, I ~ enemies, and lovers. i( MacDonald Carey stars as' ,iTom Horton with Frances; I; Reid as his wife, Alice, 1 Tom Horton (Junior) is, played by John Lupton, (Addie by Patricia Barry, Bilk ;(by Edward Mallory, Mickey] sI by John Clarke, and Marie' >'by Marie. Cheatham.