[From the Lassie episode “The Archers,” November 23, 1958. Right to left: June Lockhart as Ruth Martin, Todd Ferrell as Ralph “Boomer” Bates, and Jon Provost as Timmy. They are hoping for the best, which, according to Mrs. Martin, makes the best come true.]
[From the Lassie episode “The Bundle from Britain,” November 30, 1958. Right to left: Hugh Reilly as Paul Martin, June Lockhart, George Chandler as Uncle Petrie, and Jon Provost.]
The beautiful Gregg Toland-like shot I saw last night was no fluke. There’s more to Lassie than I thought.
Kenneth Peach (1903–1988), the cinematographer for these and many other Lassie episodes, began working in film in 1923.
Friday, October 18, 2013
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Peach had an amazing career- from Sons of the Desert and Laurel and Hardy, to the Outer Limits, and then on to Taxi and Rhoda! As well as H.R. Pufnstuff.
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