If Robert Mandan's "Sam Reynolds" first came onto SFT in 1965... (and Terry O'Sullivan's "Arthur Tate" eventually died circa 1966) then... this clip would've been from 1965-66!

I was named after this character Melissa. Funny thing was my ex sister in law was also named from this same character ❤

Beautiful voice

Awesome!!

May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ help all of us to find the tomorrows we search for. Amen.

Here's another Christmas carol that didn't become a standard.

Regrettably, this song never became a holiday standard.

SFT being the kind of show it was, there were few opportunities for Mary Stuart to sing, but when she got a chance to do so, it was a rare treat.

It's so great to see a clip of Billie Lou Watt! They're hard to come by with the exception of her slew of voice-over work. Thank you again.

My mother watched the soaps with a religious fervor and when something like this happened she was absolutely scandalized.

Mary Stuart the Grand Dame of Daytime soaps

I miss Mary, my mentor and friend! Thanks for posting this.

Sorry about that; merry christmas🎉

MARY STUART WAS THE QUEEN OF SOAP OPERAS

Sad that Marge’s death wasn’t even acknowledged after the actress died in real-life.

If I’m not mistaken, both Stephanie and Wendy were murdered by the same serial killer.

I’ve watched this numerous times; I am always so impressed with the way Mary Stuart moves. the clip has a mid to late 1970s look to it. That is nearly 3 decades on the air with MS clearly front and center as the show’s main character.

Another showcase for Mary Stuart's considerable musical talents.

This touched my heart to hear this song so clearly ❤ I heard it on the 12/25/86 episode as background music, so I guess this was an annual thing to close out the show on Christmas?

Killing off characters on soaps is quite common.

What exactly did Adamson do?

Beautiful song by Mary Stuart. May she rest in peace.

when did thia air?

Lovely! Thank you for posting.

Very talented artist.

Mary Christmas!

Stephanie lied and told Tony he was Wendy’s father

Mary christmas😊

Great clip; I didn’t know SFT was so hip in the 1970s. Kudos to the great cast

Any idea how to find the 11/22/63 episode? In the Mountain time zone this was interrupted for the first bulletins about JFK being shot.

Beautiful

I remember Steve death being particularly sad

I did not know that she sang. I stopped watching in the 70ies

Beautifuł song that also has some edge to it. I donʼt think SFT gets enough credit for being rather subversive. This song is deep.

jo and Stu the best duo

I’d vote for Jo!

❤🎭📺

❤🎭📺

Mary Stuart and Maree Cheatham were two of the most amazing actresses in daytime TV. Search for Tomorrow in the 1970’s was some of the best days of soap opera. Why did we have to drift away from the way we were?

Mary Stuart had such a lovely voice.

I liked jo and stu. After search ended thanks to the dummies at proctor and gamble. Mary Stuart would go over to guiding light. And actor Larry Haines would go over to another world where he would play an old friend of Ada played by Connie Ford to bad there characters didn't become love interest. After Charlie died Ada would never remarry. Which is like in reallife for some people. Mary did a pretty good job as the new meta Bauer. Proctor and gamble was always anti soap opera that's why they foolishly threw away there best written soaps like another world Texas search for tomorrow guiding light as the world turns the edge of night etc what a shame

Oh, wow! Mom and I (I was just turning 8 at the time) were at my grandparents’ on a Friday and SFT was one of her “stories.” It was the day Tony fell down the steps and I said we had to watch on Monday to see what happened. Long story short, we both got hooked…I loved the Jennifer/Scott/Kathy triangle (partly because I was in love with a boy in my class named Scott😘 ) and Mom ended up watching it till the day it went off the air!

Imagine a scene lasting 6 minutes on television these days. Impossible. God bless my mentor, Mary Stuart!

Lovely song and sweet vocals. Looks like Mary Stuart is lip syncing to her recording. Too bad they didn't let her sing live on tape in this episode. Never mind Y&R is celebrating its 50th. SFT, GL, ATWT, EON, LOL, AW and OLTL should all still be on.

I believe this is from 1979

Liked Tony n jo together.

This whole scene was simply brilliant! I’m so glad I go to see it, it really captures the spirit of the show.

Is the full episode of this available?

Great actors with unfortunate dialogue.

Mary gave me private acting coaching and helped me with some songs, too. One of my first cabaret shows in NYC circa 1985 included her song, "Tiny Band of Gold." I'll never forget her blowing me a kiss from the audience. It was a rather audacious song choice for a guy in his early 20s, but Mary helped me sell it!