"The Secret Storm" Soap-Opening And Closing (DIGITAL COLOR RECREATION)

[@Savvynlady]

My grandma loved this soap opera. Brings back memories

[@bracknellboy81]

It's such a shame more of this classic soap doesn't exist

[@kkennedy1773]

Remember my Mom watching this when I got home from school, such a long time ago. They had better soaps then , than the last 4 we have now. I read Marla Adams just died, all I can remember she was a pretty blonde woman.🙏💕🌹🕊

[@nealbarnhill3598]

@@kkennedy1773 Same here, it brings me back , I can almost see my mom, she always had a homemade baked good when we got home.

[@THKLOTTWIZ]

I met David Gale (Father Reddin) in NY City once.....I went into a very small quiet restaurant to eat lunch and in he walked with his dog...I remember his bony legs...omg..he was soooo thin! It was during a school break that I was there...to top it off he sat right next to me at the bar. He told me that the soap is ending next month which would have been February. I got back to my college and told the girls in the lounge that always gathered to watch the program that the program was ending in February....they didn't believe me, til the last episode when they all came charging to my dorm and screamed...omg...so you really did meet him! I will never forget that day!

[@DemimondeMesilaThraam]

When I was a toddler I recall this as being my very first view of waves. I was captivated by them.

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Same

[@annb1]

Yes! I remember that sound and looking at the big scary waves on TV.

[@kennethcleveland110]

My favorite theme track from this program was from 1967-1968 when a bell chimed 4 times followed by The Secret Storm logo flashing 3 times while the rest of the theme track playey 1:

[@kennethcleveland110]

Totally awesome memories.

[@MKIVWWI]

The Secret Storm and Dark Shadows -- both opening with crashing waves!

[@baconbap]

Many actors don't even remember their early roles in soaps. Thats why I always appreciated Allison Janney, who became a mega star, but always appreciated Guiding Light because "they gave her work when she needed it."

[@mrjohnny6539]

I have vague memories of this. Not because I liked soap operas--I was too young to know what a soap opera was--but because my mother loved this show and watched it every chance she got. I happened to be in front of the TV when she turned on the program. So you might say this is part of my childhood, at least to a certain extent. I find it fascinating to see that two familiar names--Gary Sandy and Linda Purl--starred in the show. Thanks for posting this.

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Shared memory

[@stevethames2801]

i was in love with marla adams; seems like secret storm and edge of night ran back to back; GOD i need a time machine

[@bobthetvfan]

They did. From 1956 to 1962 "Secret Storm" aired at 4:15; "Edge Of Night" at 4:30. In 1962-63, "Storm" was on at 4 and "Edge" at 4:30. From 1963-68 "Edge" aired at 3:30; "Storm" at 4; and from 1968-72 "Storm" was on at 3, "Edge" at 3:30.

[@miketype1each]

We all need a time machine, buddy. I used to watch the soaps with my grandma. She referred to them her "stories".

[@michaelschaefer7962]

Marla Adams-you too, eh?

[@steveb802011]

"Channel 2 New York." Love it!

[@deknight1965]

Or it could have been Channel 8 Cleveland.

[@AllenJones-w3p]

WCBS-TV Channel 2 is the flagship station for the entire CBS network.

[@special7217]

The closing Credits Marla Adams (later Dina on Y and R) among the actors.

[@davidhackett3079]

The fabulous Eddie Layton at the Organ Beautiful theme

[@CuzKatieSaysSo]

I vaguely remember this. My mother watched all the soaps in the 60's and 70's, but I haven't heard this name (Secret Storm) in almost 50 years. The memory does hold on to things doesn't it.

[@keithtaylor7171]

Yeah,my Mom was heavily into those soap operas,I would come home from school,and she'd be watching Secret Storm, Edge of Night, etc!

[@kennethestes4741]

Reminds me of home and momma so many long years ago.

[@cg5616]

Love seeing these old shows! Love how all the old soaps were always sponsered by soap laundry/dish/bar LOL

[@actionsub]

That WAS how the genre got its name...

[@BaronVonShrapnel]

I heard it was supposed to be called The Storm Within, but their sponsor was an antacid company

[@rcwilcots]

This was a good soap opera

[@allenjones3130]

Eddie Layton's theme is fantastic!

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Madeline Sherwood , Frances Sternhagen, Linda Purl, Gary Sandy …. all familiar names if not exactly household names !

[@soap1919jt]

@RabbitEarsRedux Actually, the Secret Stom logo is an artist's creation. The "font," if it could be called that, has been described as an upswept, brush stroke script -- one that probably could not readily re-created without doing a screen grab or a scan on computer.

[@soap1919jt]

From about 1973 to series end in 1974, the organ version of this theme was replaced with a more contemporary one. This occured right as the Young & the Restless aired, featuring it's very modern theme. This new version was likely played using an electric piano and harpsichord. It was quite pretty, just as the older Brahms theme is. Now the original theme is an eerie piece in C minor, and by the early 60s, was played over the ocean waves and the equally eerie logo.

[@gymnastix]

I knew someone, when I was a kid, who was afraid of "Mr. Clean," the cartoon character of the commercials. I didn't see it. But to each their own scare, I guess. That's why these fears are irrational, because they don't really make sense to most others, and are not really intended to frighten, in & of themselves.

[@ACHMemories]

Woowwwww! Memories!

[@MSTS1]

Another top-shelf repro, right down to the product-super. Still, it reminds me of "my-yoot" (Joe Pesci) in the 60's and early 70s. Buddy-L metal trucks, Matchbox cars, 'caps' and cap guns, HotWheels.. and the B+W TV buzzing during the day in the other room with game shows, soaps, cartoons, Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin. Good job on the voice-over too.. Now I wonder who is playing the theme..

[@gregfrank4115]

Eddie Layton, who was also the organist at Yankee Stadium.

[@soap1919jt]

I know this may seem strange to some, but that Secret Storm logo has always scared the hell out of me, from the first time I saw it at about three years old, to even now, sometimes. It just looks eerie, to me. RabbitEars, you did an excellent job re-creating it.

[@brianoneil6659]

Yes! And The Edge of Night did that to me too!

[@orbit14915]

does anyone remember when the opening,mid break and closing involved a shot of utility poles in what appeared to be farmland or some sort of field with a post and split rail type of fence and, of course,a dark foreboding sky? it was used for only a brief time. also, wasn't the ebb tide theme used as an intro when one of the main couples would be featured in the scene? it was played by organ/can't remember who Belle & Paul or Belle & Dan?

[@pettypatty329]

OMG...this opening sequence used to give me daymares! It just looked and sounded so damned creepy and scary! I hated when this came on...I think because it made me think of Barnabus Collins on *Dark Shadows!* lol! I remember also, *The Edge Of Night, Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, Search For Tomorrow, Love Of Life*

[@soap1919jt]

Patty, girl, it scared the hell out of me, too! I was terrified of both the music and the logo. The crashing waves scared me, too. I used to have nightmares! In fact, I got into watching the soaps behind being scared of The Secret Storm.

[@shermano2153]

Where did you get that Still/Slide from Channel 2 New York? The best.

[@soap1919jt]

A member of our KZbin community who calls himself Soapluvva.

[@simonfrederiksen104]

Mentioned in Stephen King's Salem's lot. "You stay right there, Puss. Or you ain't never gonna know how Secret Storm comes out."

[@buick7261]

The Mustang II in the network announcement shown is more like a 77 or 78, as the blue Olds going by is a 77 or 78.

[@smittykins]

Well done! (I was going to say that I thought the Mustang II on the Channel 2 slide looked too new to be there, but then I remembered that as a 1974 model, it came out in the fall of '73. Duh. :) )

[@geoshero1]

You're the "artiste"!! Dayummm... You're talented!

[@soap1919jt]

@gymnastix I remember "Dark Shadows" very well. The title sequences and visuals did spook me, but not as much as "The Secret Storm," for some reason. Now the DS logo (and I happen to be looking at it right now), has no real similarity to the SS logo. The DS logo is in a gothic font, whereas the SS logo is an artist's rendering, and has been described as an upswept, brush stroke script. They do share similar backdrops, though. I have seen the original SS. It is a bit eerie, too. Luv it!

[@Chifan71]

Saw Gary Sandy's name as a cast member. He went on to a prime time gig as the station manager of WKRP in Cincinnati a few years later. Did I spell that right? Ha!

[@Chifan71]

Not WKRP. Cincinnati. Ha!

[@sallykohorst8803]

Great soap opera!

[@buick7261]

Does anyone know if anything exists as far as footage from 67 -70? My partner played Doctor Herbie Vail on the show those years.His name was Noel Craig .Appreciated.

[@gymnastix]

I find myself reaching frantically for the remote control to mute or change the channel whenever that EAS comes on. Often, it seems, I may not find my remote to get rid of that damn EAS invasion fast enough. It is not only the fear factor, as was more the case when I was a child, but also the sheer loudness of the EAS message today that bugs me.

[@gymnastix]

If you look around, you will actually see original video of "The Secret Storm" opening titles sequence from a bit earlier, albeit in black and white. But the pace of the theme music (from 1968-74) was a bit quicker than played here. You could also just dub Ken Roberts' original voice-overs over the music, as some exist, at least as separate audio files, on another website. But your visuals and the credits roll are amazingly close to how they actually appeared in the relevant era.

[@soap1919jt]

All except for the graphics of the products. Those were not part of the original, opening sequences. In the original, opening sequences, actual pictures of the products were shown.

[@gymnastix]

Yes, I already described this in my previous comments, what you say about how the 'EAS' of today, unlike the 'EBS' of yesteryear, is much more random--and just plain LOUD!

[@soap1919jt]

This is excellent! This is very close - 95%, at least - to the original color opening/closing sequences from the early 70s. And for me, that Secret Storm logo is just as, if not more creepy looking than the original, which spooked the hell outta me when I was a kid. I got spooked again after seeing it a moment ago! Yeeikes!

[@italiangal56]

This scared the shit out of my handicapped brother when it came on!

[@soap1919jt]

Oh gosh! You and me both! I was terrified of the both the logo and the music! I used to have nightmares! It still spooks me, sometimes when I see, especially if it appears of the screen unexpectedly. Glad I'm not the only one!

[@johnrunion5357]

this and the edge of night BOTH were scary to me as a kid!

[@johnlewinski6359]

what about Perry Mason?@@johnrunion5357

[@johnrunion5357]

@@johnlewinski6359 only the opening sequence where the crime was being committed and it was shot like a 1950's b/w horror movie. after that i was always disappointed.

[@jadaparks8047]

Yes, I remember this. Wow, it seem like ages. 9/30/17.

[@gymnastix]

Too bad we may not be together when one of those EAS messages "take over" our TV sets, just to reassure each other it will pass, and all will be normal again in 60 seconds.

[@apologeticfictionfire6873]

The secret is out, baby.

[@miketype1each]

Wow, they sure sell a lot of soap on these soap ope... oh, nowwww I get it!

[@italiangal56]

The Edge Of Night also scared my brother, John Runion. They never scared me. I never understood it.

[@a.b.s_productions]

"Match Game '73/74" just went off after this episode aired. Lol

[@jondstewart]

Adam B. Smith I only know that because I’ve watched the reruns on Amazon.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Jon Stewart Yup up until February 1974, Secret Storm followed Match Game, and then after the soap was canceled “Tattletales” took its time slot.

[@jondstewart]

A.B.S Productions, LLC thanks for the heads up! I was just 4 years old then. The only soap operas I remembered around 1974 were my mom religiously watching Days of Our Lives and Another World, the latter I couldn’t wait to be over at 3:00 on our NBC station because one hour of Warner Brothers cartoons came on afterwards. 1974-1980-ish. The one hour we had everyday after school and in the summer time the kids owned the TV outside of 7-11 on Saturday morning. And I remember Tattletales. I was bored by it and too young to understand, but seeing it now love the good-natured host they had. Bert Convy was underrated. And when I was sick or during the summer, watching The Price is Right 10-11, with The Young and the Restless afterwards and going to the neighborhood pool. Okay, I’ll stop! This 52 year old Generation X’er staying home most of the time has too much time on his hands reminiscing about his nice suburban life in Austin, Texas back then when it was a small city.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Jon Stewart I wasn’t even born when any of those shows were on, I’m only 30! Lol My grandmother was a huge CBS soap fan, she also watched Another World and AMC back in the 70’s but she told me that once the networks started to really mess with the time slots she limited herself to just CBS. My mother was into CBS mostly but also switched to AMC if Y&R wasn’t interesting. She was more of a fan of AMC In the 80’s when Angie and Jesse were on. She also told me when she was in college she was into “The Doctors.” I can definitely see why. I’ve been hooked on that soap! When I was in high school, I was into Port Charles, AMC and especially Passions. I used to race home to see the second half of Passions at 2 pm. I loved that offbeat soap. But I still love watching the classic soaps more. I’m not too crazy for NBC soaps in the mid 80’s. I can see why their shows were in the ratings basement for most of the 80’s.

[@soap1919jt]

(cont.) This more contemporary theme came along when shows such as 'One Life to Live,' 'All My Children' and 'Days of Our Lives' featured modern themes. To my knowlege, these shows never had organ themes.

[@soap1919jt]

@orbit14915: I remember those sequences! This sequence featured the same colored, Secret Storm logo. But instead of the logo zooming outward, as it does here, there were several SS logos floating across the sky, with one of the logos eventually stopping in the middle of the screen. This sequence was used in the late 1960s, from about 1967 to 1968, shortly after The Secret Storm went to color.

[@geoshero1]

This is so incredible! Was this video shot at the site of the original Secret Storm opening? Beautiful!

[@paddyotable]

Ha! I remember my mom watching this and then The Edge of Night. I still remember the character name Phillip Capice. :)

[@gymnastix]

@soap1919jt And the Goth-horror soap "Dark Shadows" obviously borrowed its opening sequence from "The Secret Storm," too. Now that's one soap that should have really "scared the hell out of'" you, as that was its intent. Try looking at one of the original "Secret Storm" opening sequences, with the still of the wind-swept tree. I'd be curious to know if that one scares you too. I was (and still am) scared by those Emerency Alert System (formerly Emergency Broadcasting System) tests.

[@soap1919jt]

The windswept tree visual does spook me, too. Even my mom found that one eerie.

[@fromthesidelines]

0:23- "Part one is brought to you by FRANCO-AMERICAN SPAGHETTI-O'S."

[@TimEasterling-ug6go]

Shame that this show went off the air February 8th,1974 after 20 yrs on the air.

[@melanierougemont1846]

I accidentally reported this video by mistake... So, you could pretty much disregard the report flag I gave to it due to trying to click Statistics instead of Report. The video is still very nice as well by the way.

[@jadaparks2564]

Boy, memoriesssssss. Thanx for posting, UTUBE 12/4/14.

[@orbit14915]

thanks; I didn't think that I was imagining it! I became friendly with Bernard Barrow as an employee of the LIRR. he would be travelling once a week to visit his children in Great Neck. He was hoping that they would syndicate the show but I think the whiz kids at CBS,after acquiring the show from Roy Winsor productions,had wreaked way too much damage. the continuity was non-existent then they moved on to work their wonders with The Edge of Night and Love of Life. the junk that is now daytime TV

[@johnetheridge5833]

I remember this show

[@williamstraughan6385]

when this and general hospitalcame on my grandma would say go out and play are be quiet

[@bobmartin5464]

Weekdays @ 3/2PM CT/MT/PT in the U.S. and in Canada @ 3/2PM CT/PT!

[@soap1919jt]

Of course, back in the day, the products would have been actual shots against a blank backgroud, if they were shown at all during the opening/closing credits; somtimes they were and other times they were not.

[@debrabanks7816]

I could not understand the story lines or either family I loved The Secret Storm theme

[@huskydogg7536]

+Debra Banks from Brahms double concerto opus 102

[@spiritofecstasy8525]

But now, instead of a SECRET storm we have Madonna and Lady Gaga!

[@KCOliver1960]

Where did you get the font for the title?

[@soap1919jt]

Not an actual font, but an artist's creation. The 'font', if we could call it that, has been described as an 'up swept, brushstroke script.'

[@AllRequired]

It's definitely digitally recreated. The All advert is shown in Arial.

[@gymnastix]

@soap1919jt Of course, nowadays, that is as much due to the sheer volume of the audio, as well its increased length, as the context of the message itself. The EAS tests of today are also, seemingly, much more random than the more predictable ones of the past, which usually occured at the same times on the same days each week.

[@mangoldm]

It's not a storm. It's waves crashing on a rocky shore.

[@soap1919jt]

Note the word 'Secret' in the title.

[@soap1919jt]

Oh gosh, I'm terrified of the EBS - Emergency Broadcast System, aka Emergency Alert System tests.

[@Tony-yg9mc]

Same here !

[@lalaJ109]

I keep seeing people say this. I must not be thinking of the same thing 'cause for the life of me I can't think what's scary.

[@AarHan3]

This is Channel 4, WWL-TV, New Orleans.

[@tianabrown3074]

Charming ❤️

[@hssfan]

Lots of familiar names: Gary Sandy, Frances Sternhagen, Bethel Leslie.

[@gymnastix]

But all I know is, for as long as I live, I will always be made uneasy by those EAS messages. Even were they to be produced with scenes of a field of daisies, with butterflies floating through the air, so long as the verbal message is the same and with that loud tone, it shall bother me.

[@laminage]

Was The Secret Storm owned by Proctor & Gamble?

[@bobthetvfan]

No, American Home Products until it sold the show to CBS in 1968. When cancellation was in sight, AHP bought it back and tried to syndicate it but there were not enough takers. Love of Life was also owned by AHP and I think they also sold it to CBS.

[@alexisdiva9]

@@bobthetvfan correct. The prior year CBS canceled its in house sosps Where the Heart Is and Love is a Many Splendored Thing due to low ratings. There was also a recession at that time, creating a loss of ad dollars. Love of Life just brought Meg back to the story after a 16 year absence, creating an increase in ratings, so it escaped the ax then. I wonder if AHP offerred to buy back LOL in late 1979 when CBS was getting ready to cancel it? AHP sold both LOL and EON to CBS in 1968; prior to then, AHP licensed the shows to CBS.

[@alexisdiva9]

Proctor & Gamble owned Search for Tomorrow, The Guiding Light, As the World Turns and The Edge of Night on CBS. On NBC P&G owned Another World and Somerset. The Doctors on NBC was owned by Colgate-Palmolive.

[@soap1919jt]

@RabbitEarsRedux Thanks for the info.

[@loomingdarks6534]

Beautiful time in my life, even though i was 5

[@soap1919jt]

@gymnastix: I'm with you on that EAS. There's always that thought in the back of my mind: "What if it were the real thing? I get even more spooked by it now sometimes, because they run the tests more at random. You could be right in the middle of watching a TV program and hear that sound -- with no announcement! I sometimes find the EAS very comparable to 'The Secret Storm,' in terms of scare factor! :-)

[@sheilahooper7290]

i always loved this music i had a organ i was about ten yrs old when i sat down and learned to play it i hated that mudic to dark shadows it scared the hell out of me that creepy music and ugly barnabus collins i still have nightmarrs about him

[@dennismclaurin1487]

I'm experiencing a secret storm

[@madbrowniac7871]

Alltime Fave Slop Opera as they're known in My Family! Crush heavily and insanely on the late great Supersultry Beauty Miss Caroline McWilliams God Gift's To Providence Rhode Island.🎤🎹🎸🎼🌊🌹😔B.W.

[@dlsofsetx]

That would be a good name for a rock band.

[@ScrypKat56]

Ah, the organ

[@bijeto]

Match Game brought me here.

[@deknight1965]

The Secret Storm... brought to you by SimplySafe Home Security Systems.

[@jehobden]

At least CBS (or Goodson-Todman) was better about keeping tapes of the program that replaced this one, TATTLETALES.

[@goodjuju320]

Spooky

[@willwalker7103]

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@sheilahooper2266]

You know what this has a demonic feel to it those days was terrible for me if the truth was told I don't even know why I am here at 1:30 am stupid I won't be back

[@georgeroundy8408]

Sheila Hooper You need counseling. Consult your local telephone directory.

[@lalaJ109]

🤣

[@willwalker7103]

"BOOOORRRRRIIIIIIINNNNNGGGG!!👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@soap1919jt]

Why?