Author Archives: Ralph

Alive And Still A Second Lieutenant

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Ralph

Filmed February 1963 My return to the west coast after the ROUTE 66 production in Texas was of very short duration, just long enough to replenish my suitcase with clean clothes, pick up a script at the studio (a complete … Continue reading →

Posted in Route 66-Naked City | 15 Comments

In The Closing Of A Trunk

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Ralph

Filmed January 1963 Halfway through the month of January, 1963, I had been a member of the Directors Guild for fifteen months. During that time I directed six television shows. That might seem like an exciting accomplishment, but six shows … Continue reading →

Posted in Route 66-Naked City | 24 Comments

Printer’s Devil

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ralph

Filmed November 1962 The first time I saw that opening was sometime in 1959 when I was still on staff of PLAYHOUSE  90. One of my colleagues invited me to a screening of a yet-to-be-aired CBS pilot. The film was … Continue reading →

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The Mask Makers

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ralph

Filmed June 1962 My timing in real life was not as good as my timing in reel life. I left my paying job on DR. KILDARE just as television film production for the 1961-62 season was drawing to a close. … Continue reading →

Posted in Dr. Kildare | 9 Comments

Maybe Love Will Save My Apartment House

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ralph

Filmed June 1964 In THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE the James Stewart newspaperman character states if there is a difference between the truth and the legend, print the legend. So having noted this and in case there is such … Continue reading →

Posted in Dr. Kildare | 6 Comments

Johnny Temple

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ralph

Filmed October 1961 That was the opening scene of the first television show I directed, JOHNNY TEMPLE, an episode of DR. KILDARE. As I think back to the last leg of my journey to that moment in 1961, it seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Dr. Kildare | 12 Comments

Hastings’ Farewell

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ralph

Filmed September 1962 After a summer of unemployment I returned to MGM in September for my next DR. KILDARE.  The script, HASTINGS’ FAREWELL, written by Peggy and Lou Shaw, was a powerful story of a man, brain injured in an … Continue reading →

Posted in Dr. Kildare | 21 Comments

A Journey To Sunrise

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ralph

Filmed September 1964 Stephen Bowie in his insightful (and at times even inciteful) CLASSIC TV HISTORY blog wrote: Also this year I’ve watched most of the fourth and penultimate season of NBC’s Dr. Kildare, a once near-great doctor drama that … Continue reading →

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Is There In Truth No Beauty?

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ralph

Filmed July 1968 My return to STAR TREK early in their third season found more changes. Producer John Meredyth Lucas was gone, replaced by Fred Freiberger. Director of photography Jerry Finnerman was still there but on his final assignments; the … Continue reading →

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The Tholian Web

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ralph

Filmed August 1968 With a nod to Margo Channing of ALL ABOUT EVE: Fasten your seat belts – it’s going to be a bumpy flight. The day after I finished filming IS THERE IN TRUTH NO BEAUTY?, I reported to … Continue reading →

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