The Bold and the Beautiful (often called B&B or less commonly, Bold) is an American television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. The show debuted on March 23, 1987, and still screens in the United States on the CBS network, and has a very strong worldwide audience. The show's 5,000th episode aired on February 16, 2007.
The Forrester family
Stephanie Douglas (played by Susan Flannery), a strong-willed woman, daughter to a rich family, met her husband to be Eric Forrester (John McCook), a young talented guy that inspired to become a successful and famous fashion designer, while they both studied at the Northwestern University in Chicago. The young lovers hurried to get married after Stephanie became pregnant. In a certain stage they moved to live in Los Angeles and established a company focused on designing and producing dresses for rich women, which was mainly based on the designing talent of Eric, and on Stephanie's money. "Forrester Creations" has won a great success throughout the years. The couple won international recognition, fame and a lot of money. They managed to raise up their children in a happy and wealthy environment. Eric and Stephanie have three grown children: Thorne (Winsor Harmon), Kristen (Tracy Melchior) and Felicia (Lesli Kay). Their daughter Angela Forrester was born microcephalic and later died because of her condition. Eric also has two grown children: Rick (Kyle Lowder) and Bridget (Ashley Jones), from his marriage to Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang). Stephanie's eldest son, Ridge (Ronn Moss), was biologically fathered by Massimo Marone (Joseph Mascolo), but raised by Eric. Ridge is widely considered to be Eric and Stephanie's favorite son.
The plot of the series begins in 1987 when children of Stephanie and Eric have already grown up. The first episodes of the series focused on the background of the preparations to the wedding of their eldest boy, Ridge which was going to get married to Caroline Spencer (Joanna Johnson). At that time Ridge was already a fashion designer and vice president of "Forrester Creations". Caroline is the daughter of the media mogul, Bill Spencer. Many media outlets throughout the world, from the big television networks to the most honorable newspapers, till the last gossip newspapers publicized their wedding. They declared it as "the wedding of the year in the fashion world". Thousands of women saw the pictures Ridge in in the newspapers and wondered who is the woman who won the heart of the man whom has been up until recently a playboy, and dated many women, and yet refused to settle for one woman. One of those women was a chemistry student whom came from a working class family which was living with her mother, brother, and sisters at a typical American home at the San Fernando Valley next to Los Angeles. That young woman was Brooke.
he theme song of B&B, "High Upon This Love," was written by Jack Allocco and David Kurtz. A saxophone is played by well known saxophonist Eric Marienthal. From November 1998 to July 1999 in the United States, a vocal version of the theme song performed by Dionne Warwick was played during the end credits.The title sequence for the first seventeen years featured still photos of the show's current cast members interspersed with photos from fashion shoots. The sequence ends with a spool of pink fabric unrolling while the title "THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL" in black 1920's style Huxley Vertical font zooms out the white area revealed by the roll (with the letters being from in a disarranged to a rearranged order). The theme tune was tweaked slightly through the years, and the cast photos were replaced occasionally.On July 2, 2004, the theme was revamped to go along with a completely revamped title sequence, featuring a "B&B" monogram logo above the show's title and video headshots of the current contract players (accompanied by the character name and since 2005, the actor's name). Recurring actors are rarely added to the opening, with the exceptions of William deVry (Storm Logan) and Daniel McVicar (Clarke Garrison), who are often added back in as fillers. All of the cast members are dressed in either black or gray in these opening shots. Four versions are used, the full open with the cast video headshots, a shortened open with the cast video headshots, and two without the cast video headshots. Three out of the four title sequences open with a mock magazine cover which morphs into a photo shoot. The fourth open was added in December 2005 and is the shortest opener currently on B&B.
Actors
Eileen Davidson as ashley abbott
Lesley-Anne Down as Jacqueline Payne Marone
Susan Flannery as stephanie forrester
Jennifer Gareis as donna logan
Winsor Harmon as thorne forrester
Ashley Jones as bridget forrester
Lesli Kay as felicia forrester
Katherine Kelly Lang as brooke logan
Kyle Lowder as rick forrester
MacKenzie Mauzy as phoebe forrester
John McCook as eric forrester
Ronn Moss as ridge forrester
Heather Tom as katie logan
Hunter Tylo as Dr. Taylor Hayes Marone
Jack Wagner as Dominick Marone
