“The Emperor of Rice”

“The Emperor of Rice”

 

Season:               3 episode 21
Series Episode:   81
Air Date:            February 12, 1968

 

 

Teaser

Keeping up with the Jones may mean the undoing of Victoria.

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Victoria Barkley	Barkley matriarch	Miss Barbara Stanwyck	58	Credited
Jarrod Thomas Barkley, Esquire	Eldest Barkley son / Lawyer	Richard Long	37	Credited
Nicholas "Nick" Jonathan Barkley	Second Barkley son, / Property manager	Peter Breck	36	Credited
Heath Barkley	Tom Barkley's third son / Assistant property manager	Lee Majors	26	Credited
Bob Adams	Barkley ranch hand	Jack (Jerry) Catron	35	Credited
Mike Chang	Lawyer	Keye Luke	63	Credited
Key	The Masters' houseman	Kam Tong	61	Credited
Janet Masters	Warren Masters' wife	Julie Adams	41	Credited
Warren Masters	Stockton businessman	Harry Townes	53	Credited
Chen Yu	Leader of the Tong	Philip Ahn	62	Credited
	4 Tong guards			Uncredited
Edith Masters	Warren Masters' first wife			Mentioned
	Key's uncle			Mentioned
	Janet Masters' father / A missionary in China			Mentioned
	Doctor			Mentioned
	The Chinese League			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Creators	A. I. Bezzendes & Louis F. Edelman
Executive Producers	Arthur Gardner, Arnold Laven & Jules (V.) Levy
Producer	Lou Morheim
Producer's Assistant	Marian Carter (Carpenter) & Marilyn Fiebelkorn
Production Supervision	Norman S. Powell
Production Manager	Don Torpin
Production Coordinatorr	Tom (Ernst) R. Rolf
Director	Virgil W. Vogel
Assistant Director	Edward Teets
Writer	Mel Goldberg
Theme Music Composer	George Duning
Music Supervision	Alfred Perry
Music	Elmer Bernstein
Music Editor	Harry King
Director of Photography	Wilfrid M. Cline, A.S.C.
Sound	Don Rush
Sound Effects	Kay Rose
Editing	Desmond Marquette, A.C.E.
Art Direction	Jack DeShields (Jack F. De Shields)
Set Decorator	Pierre Ludlum
Make-up	Sidney Perrell
Hair Stylist	Gale McGarry
Wardrobe	Robert B. Harris
Barbara Stanwyck's Wardrobe	Jack Muhs
Casting	Harvey Clermont
Stunt Double (uncredited)	Jeannie Epper
Production Companies	Four Star Productions & Margate
Professional Associations	International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)
Acknowledgements	Conference of the California Historical Societies

 

 

Filming Location

Sets

CBS Studio Center – 4024 Radford Avenue Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

 

Historic Parallel

Emperor Norton

 

Historic Reference

Tong

 

Geographic References

Gold Town, California, United States of America
Hong Kong, China 
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Stockton, California, United States of America

 

Valley Victuals

Bread
Lemonade
Rice
Steak
Chinese sweetmeats

 

 

Sources

The Big Valley episodes (written, spoken and credits);

Internet Movie Database (IMDb);

Wikipedia;

Individual observations; and

Others as indicated by the links.

 

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