 Graeff's first publicly screened film was a 20-minute short about Delta Chi fraternity life entitled "Toast to Our Brother", which starred Graeff, a Paramount ingenue named Judith Ames (later Rachel Ames), and guest-starred comedian Joe E. Brown ("Some Like It Hot"), a UCLA alumnus.The film premiered at the Fox Village Theater in Westwood Village during Graeff's senior year at college.Graeff's next film was a 16-minute recruiting film for Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California.