tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454460193591630872.post482567054056246794..comments2024-03-19T00:15:56.705-07:00Comments on Ralph's Trek: WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS - July 1964 (The Fugitive)Ralph Senenskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323879772519277908noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454460193591630872.post-64198029753536579672023-05-22T09:29:24.373-07:002023-05-22T09:29:24.373-07:00Just watched this episode today! Was surprised to ...Just watched this episode today! Was surprised to see Jud Taylor as an actor in it. Another Star Trek director.<br /><br />I know this is highly obscure, but I'm wondering if anyone knows who the twins who played the kidnapped baby were, and where they are today? Can't find anything online at all. Even the cat got credited on IMDb (and turned out to be quite a famous cat!), but nothing about the baby. I'm wondering because they would be about my age now (I'm guessing just under two years older than me). I'm also wondering if they ever went into the industry after that, or if that was their only time working in film.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15714678296055418611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454460193591630872.post-84741225025065706042020-10-14T11:58:53.186-07:002020-10-14T11:58:53.186-07:00"Don't think they were ever repeated on t..."Don't think they were ever repeated on telly, well definitely not on terrestrial TV."<br /><br />1980s - The whole series was repeated on ITV in the mid-80s in a post midnight slot. <br />1994 - On BBC2 from 1994 again in a late week post mid-night slot but stopped after about 50 episodes<br />1996 - it restarted again from Episode 1 in an weekend afternoon slot on BBC2 <br />July 2020 - currently showing on CBS Justice channel in the U.K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454460193591630872.post-19584928413317436462012-09-07T08:33:37.025-07:002012-09-07T08:33:37.025-07:00Royal Dano was terrific in this role. Yet another...Royal Dano was terrific in this role. Yet another of his roles as a preacher was in "The Preacher" segment on Gunsmoke. He was splendid in everything he did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454460193591630872.post-49811851381081755722011-03-18T10:29:54.525-07:002011-03-18T10:29:54.525-07:00Interesting what you say about David Janssen. He c...Interesting what you say about David Janssen. He came in for a lot of personal criticism about his lifestyle, however like you, Barry Morse and Anthony Zerbe have both commented on how professional he was to work with. He certainly seemed to be a workaholic with other work commitments after his days of filming The Fugitive. No wonder he wanted it to stop.<br /><br />The night time filming in black and white were spot on for the mood of this very moving episode. I loved the William Conrad voice overs too just as I loved the David Janssen voice overs in the wonderful Harry O series.<br /><br />That was very sad about Dyana Hyland. She was an actress we saw a lot of here in the UK in the sixties and seventies, in US TV productions such as Cannon and Kojak. I remember her in a Harry O episode too. As you say she was a very good actress, I hadn't realised she died so young.<br /><br />Thanks so much for the opportunity to see these great sequences and your wonderful information about the filming process. <br /><br />Here in the UK we have very little opportunity to view the really great classic telly programmes like The Fugitive and Harry O. Don't think they were ever repeated on telly, well definitely not on terrestrial TV. I keep hoping we'll get them all on DVD one day. They did release Season 1 of The Fugitive here but I was hoping to get a boxed set. I wonder whether we'll ever see Harry O which I feel was David Janssen's great character part.Winifredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415302188575538163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454460193591630872.post-64695079430479505562010-04-09T21:18:29.067-07:002010-04-09T21:18:29.067-07:001st question: My director's script shows that...1st question: My director's script shows that I shot a sequence of Kimble getting off a bus. Since that is not what is in the film, I guess they resorted to something in stock.<br /><br />I think there was not enough day location work to warrant another day off the lot. The fourth day of filming started at the railroad yard, then moved to Belmont and 2nd Street for the exterior of the old house, which we filmed both day and night.<br /><br />You are correct. My records do not show filming of the bus runby. Again that would have necessitated a long move or a second unit.<br /><br />I do not remember doing the Allstate Insurance promo. I'm sure I didn't do it. AndI think you are correct about the railroad yards. My call sheets for the fourth day say location is Taylor Yards.<br /><br />Thank you Chris, for your interestRalph Senenskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05323879772519277908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454460193591630872.post-91441000495527821212010-04-09T12:13:27.312-07:002010-04-09T12:13:27.312-07:00Dear Ralph,
Thank you for this 1st of your posts...Dear Ralph, <br /><br />Thank you for this 1st of your posts on your THE FUGITIVE work. <br /><br />A couple of comments/production questions:<br /><br />I believe you shot a Kimble epilog tag on the backlot, possibly a bus exit, but it was replaced with location footage that you did not shoot, yes? <br /><br />A piece of trivia for others who read. In this used tag footage, Kimble walks past a storefront with a sign which reads "SINDLER TELEVISION". It's a nod to the show's propmaster Irving Sindler.<br /><br /><br />Goldwyn appears to have had a limited but usable smalltown-USA backlot T-intersection. I'm surprised by the amount of day material that was filmed on this episode on the backlot. I'd have thought with QM's penchant for realism there would have been another exterior day on this show earmarked for off the lot. I'm guessing your tag might have been scraped to end on a more realistic note... <br /><br />I'm sure you also did not shoot the bus runby prior to the Janssen-Hyland process scene.<br /><br />My call sheet copy for DAY 2 says Janssen did an Allstate Insurance promo at the end of that day's stage shooting. Were you involved in that?<br /><br />The train depot I believe was the now demolished Southern Pacific "Taylor Yards" near San Fernando Road in Cypress Park. The train environment was such a iconic backdrop for the Kimble character with many series stills showing him with suitcase in a trainyard. Some might even have been taken between setups on your episode.<br /><br />I don't know where the abandoned house was.<br /><br />So enjoying these recollections...chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609581442706496345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454460193591630872.post-54867205648149703952010-04-07T00:33:48.318-07:002010-04-07T00:33:48.318-07:00True enough. It was Kimble's kindness and una...True enough. It was Kimble's kindness and unassuming manner that won him supporters--lovely or otherwise.<br /><br />Great to hear of talented Dano. His appearance as yet another minister in Philip Kaufman's film of Wolfe's THE RIGHT STUFF springs to mind. There he was a dark, menacing figure continually poised to deliver the news of the test pilots' deaths to their young widows. Memorable, but hardly as much fun as the delightful hobo in your story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454460193591630872.post-31868179712906844272010-04-06T06:24:59.671-07:002010-04-06T06:24:59.671-07:00First off, didn't the lovely girl usually help...First off, didn't the lovely girl usually help Kimble because Kimble had helped her? As I noted in the posting, somebody had to help him or the entire production staff would have been out of a job. Royal Dano was a total professional. We only worked together three days out of the seven (railroad yard, interior of the boxcar, and the police station). I liked the Preacher's finking out. It was so true to life. We all have two sides to ourselves.Ralph Senenskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05323879772519277908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454460193591630872.post-61735105301025610692010-04-06T06:10:54.575-07:002010-04-06T06:10:54.575-07:00It was especially intriguing to watch Kimble trade...It was especially intriguing to watch Kimble trade his white collar for a blue one. He'd head off down Kerouac's road where anything could happen and might find himself digging a ditch or washing dishes--but always some lovely Suzanne Pleshette-type was nearby ready to risk everything she had to help him! I love Royal Dano's boxcar preacher, although he later finks out on our hero. What was it like working with him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com