Author Archives: Ralph

Bully For You

Filmed July 1969 A little more than twenty-four hours after I said, “Cut, print,” on the last scene in AN F FOR MRS. L., I said, “Action,” on the first scene in BULLY FOR YOU. This was the first time … Continue reading

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An F For Mrs. L.

Filmed July 1969 Six months after completing THE LIBRARY CARD, I returned to MGM to direct three more episodes of COURTSHIP. Six months can produce major changes in a production company as I had already learned, but this time the … Continue reading

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The Library Card

Filmed December 1968 Two weeks after I completed photography on my first COURTSHIP, I started filming my second one, THE LIBRARY CARD. Unlike the opening teaser vignette for GUESS WHO’S COMING TO LUNCH, the one for this show was not … Continue reading

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Guess Who’s Coming For Lunch

Filmed December 1968 And so the first leg of this journey is completed. In the seven years between October, 1961, when I filmed JOHNNY TEMPLE and August, 1968, when I filmed THE THOLIAN WEB I directed 66 films. But then … Continue reading

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Girl In The Night

FILMED November 1967 As I wrote earlier, Googling my name on the internet could leave readers thinking that I directed my seven outings on STAR TREK in a compact ninety days rather than spread out over the twenty months it … Continue reading

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The Train

FILMED February 1967 You hear that driving pulsating beat of the theme song for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE? That’s the way I remember feeling when I was directing THE TRAIN, the assignment that could almost have been labeled an impossible mission. I … Continue reading

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The Night Of The Big Blast

FILMED May 1966 Three months after I finished THE NIGHT OF THE DRUID’S BLOOD, during which time I filmed THE PLUNDERERS for THE FBI, I reported back to Studio Center in Studio City to direct THE NIGHT OF THE BIG … Continue reading

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The Night Of The Druid’s Blood

FILMED February 1966 And so we have completed the first leg of our journey and have arrived back at STAR TREK where this journal began. But before we continue on to my endeavors after STAR TREK, there are some skipped-over … Continue reading

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A Question of Guilt

Filmed November 1966 Seven working days after I completed photography on THE RAID (during which time I prepared my next episode while another episode was filming) I returned to the streets of Los Angeles to begin filming A QUESTION OF … Continue reading

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The Raid

Filmed October 1966 My next outing on THE FBI, THE RAID, was one of my lesser productions for the series, but I want to include it for a special reason, which will be revealed later. The scripts for the series … Continue reading

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