This movie was video taped in color at the Burbank NBC TV Studios, on Stages 2 and 4. The sets, designed by James Trittipo, were built by the NBC Construction and Paint shops. Noel Taylor's costumes were built by the NBC Costume and wardrobe shop located in the technical department facilities.
One of Jack Stewart's first credits as a television assistant art director was working with Emmy winning Production Designer James Trittipo (born July 30, 1929, died September 15, 1971, age forty-three) on this movie. This movie was video taped in color on Stage 2 and 4 at the Burbank NBC Television studio during the late 1969 summer. CBS Television City Art Department Manager Robert Tyler Lee had convinced his friend Jim Trittipo to use Jack as his assistant scenic designer and set decorator. NBC's Burbank facility did not have an IATSE contract requiring a set decorator on a production's television show staff.
Commercials for Hallmark Cards, which were featured during this movie's commercial breaks, were taped on the NBC Burbank TV color-tape studio stages. The show's commercials were always taped after the Hallmark Movie of the Week had been taped and struck off the Burbank stages. The NBC Art Department provided the art director and assistant art director to the NBC Television Sales Contract Division. Working from Hallmark's advertising agency storyboards, sets and background vignettes featured table top arrangements where the specific seasonal Hallmark Card was displayed. Actors and actresses were incorporated in each commercial. Usually, two days of taping occurred with a preliminary day set-up and rehearsal. NBC Supervising Art Department Manager Milt Altman assigned NBC staff Art Directors Spencer Davies, Jay Krause, John Shrum, and Hub Braden with the NBC Tele-Sales Division commercial contract assignments. Sets were designed utilizing scenery from the NBC "Johnny Rose" scene dock facilities. Door, window, fireplace, and book case units skillfully assembled with NBC's carpenter shop stock wall units matching the commercial storyboard illustration. Each commercial segment "told a story" culminating with a featured seasonal card. The commercials were designed to coincide with the featured Hallmark Movie of the Week tele-play scenario.