Author Archives: Ralph

Who Am I Killing?

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Ralph

Filmed October 1982 Come join me at What do you do as a director if you are offered a chance to direct a new version of CITIZEN KANE? Fortunately I was never faced with the need to respond to such … Continue reading →

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An Air Full Of Death

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Ralph

Filmed August 1975 I missed the anthology series that had disappeared from television by the mid-sixties; exciting shows that I had directed like TWILIGHT ZONE, SUSPENSE THEATRE, CHRYSLER THEATRE; shows I didn’t get to direct like ALFRED HITCHCOCK, THRILLER, THE … Continue reading →

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bwin Sport und Slots: Anleitung zur Registrierung und Bonusstrategie

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Ralph

Dies ist eine praktische Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung: Registrierung, Verifizierung, Boni und Zahlungen – ohne Schnickschnack. Voraussetzungen Gültige E-Mail-Adresse Ausweisdokument (Personalausweis oder Reisepass) für die Verifizierung Zahlungsmethode (z. B. Kreditkarte, PayPal oder Sofortüberweisung) Gerät mit Internetzugang (PC, Smartphone oder Tablet) Registrierung Schritt für Schritt … Continue reading →

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Screening: THE RIGHT REGRETS

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Ralph

Filmed April 2013 There’s no business like show business Like no business I know Everything about it is appealing Everything the traffic will allow No where could you have that happy feeling When you are stealing that extra bow In … Continue reading →

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SPECIAL: These Are The Voyages – Season Three

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Ralph

When I posted on my website for THESE ARE THE VOYAGES – Season Two, I wrote: STAR TREK’s second season was turbulent. There was easily as much drama going on behind the scenes as what was being performed before the … Continue reading →

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Never Trouble Trouble Till Trouble Troubles You

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Ralph

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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The Sound Of Sunlight

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Ralph

FILMED November 1976 That was the opening sequence of THE SOUND OF SUNLIGHT, an episode of a new medical series that debuted on ABC the night of March 15, 1977. I directed that debuting show. The normal preproduction preparation for … Continue reading →

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Dynasty: Part IV

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Ralph

FILMED April-November 1980 Esther Shapiro in her commentary on the DVD of the DYNASTY pilot related an interesting fact that I didn’t know. I had directed John James when he tested for the role of Steven Carrington. When that role … Continue reading →

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Dynasty: Part III

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Ralph

FILMED April-November 1980 The original schedule for OIL allotted 24 days to film a two-hour pilot. As I’ve written, production closed down after 21 days, and John Forsythe was cast to replace George Peppard in the role of Blake Carrington. … Continue reading →

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Dynasty: Part II

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Ralph

FILMED April-November 1980 I learned very early that when doing drama, it is important to look for places to introduce humor into the mix. Fortunately the Shapiro’s also believed this. We left Krystle in a quandary. There had been a … Continue reading →

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