The other day, we talked about how 20th Century Fox had dipped into the daytime waters. Their first effort was for CBS, and, as was the case with The Best of Everything (ABC) & Return to Peyton Place (NBC, previously reviewed), it was based on a Fox movie.
Love is a Many Splendored Thing was spun off from a 1955 movie of the same name, with the hyphen removed from the series' title, and both were based on a book by Han Suyin. There was also a hit song around the time of the movie that's been covered by a number of artists.
The TV Love spent six years on CBS (1967-73), but Fox ended its association with the series a year in after the departure of head writer Ima Phillips over a controversial storyline. At the end, CBS bowed to a request by Procter & Gamble to have the company's four CBS soaps air together, bumping Love to a later, less desirable time slot.
Most episodes have fallen victim to the then common practice of wiping, that is to say, networks would erase videos to reuse them over and over again. This 1967 installment is in the public domain.
Musical director Eddie Layton might be better known for his many years as the house organist at Yankee Stadium.
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