Breaking Point

SPECIAL: The Bull Roarer Roars Again

When I began writing this journal journey, my intent was to take the future readers into the production offices, out to the locations (local and distant), onto the soundstages where the films were created — to in essence provide a … Continue reading

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Never Trouble Trouble Till Trouble Troubles You

FILMED February 1964 My last booking for the 1963-64 season was my third and final BREAKING POINT: NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE TILL TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU. The author of the teleplay was Lorenzo Semple Jr. Three and a half years earlier I … Continue reading

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Shadow Of A Starless Night

Filmed January 1964 After completing filming FUNNY MAN with Mickey Rooney I was pleased to learn I would be returning to Desilu Studio for another episode of BREAKING POINT, my favorite series of that season. Desilu was a pleasant place … Continue reading

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The Bull Roarer

Filmed July 1963 I think that was a historic moment in television. I am 99 and 44/100 percent sure that was the first time the word “homosexual” was uttered in a drama in an American television show. And it happened … Continue reading

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