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PERRY MASON MOVIES, ALL SIX CLASSICS! DVD
It certainly didn't take long for Perry Mason to hit the silver screen. The first novel appeared in 1933, and the first
film, The Case of the Howling Dog (based on the fourth novel of the series) appeared in 1934, starring Warren
"The Lone Wolf" William as a rather tough attorney with a definite eye for the ladies. Mason, in these early films,
was quite similar to the Mason of the books. He was tough, thoroughly professional, and honest (though not
always exactly ethical). There were six films done by Warners in the period between 1934 and 1937, and while it
started out as decent, grade A entertainment, the series quickly evolved into sterling B entertainment. Williams
appeared in the first four before bowing out. Ricardo Cortez got to play Mason once, as did Donald Woods, in the
last of the six Warner flicks, The Case of the Stuttering Bishop.
PERRY MASON
The Case Of The Howling Dog - 1934
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling
dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written
giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is
changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must
find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
Stars: Warren Williams, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins, and Grant Mitchell Errol Flynn plays the corpse! 80 mins.
PERRY MASON
The Case of the Curious Bride - 1935
After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was,
until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. Even though she says that she is asking for a friend, Perry
can see right through her. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive
and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of
Moxley and charge her with the murder. Stars: Warren Williams, Margaret Lindsay, Claire Dodd and Barton
MacLane 80 mins.
PERRY MASON
The Case of the Lucky Legs - 1935
Frank Patton is the promoter of the Lucky Legs Contest. The problem is that he always skips town before paying
the $1000 to the winner. Mr. Bradbury, suitor of Cloverdale winner Margie, hires intoxicated Perry Mason to find
Frank. Perry knows the scheme that Patton is using and has Spudsy find him, but Frank is dead when Perry
arrives. The how is a surgeons scalpel, but the who is not yet known. Stars: Warren Williams, Genevieve Tobin,
Lyle Talbot and Barton MacLane 77 mins.
PERRY MASON
The Case of the Velvet Claws - 1936
Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it
can start, Perry is retained by a woman with a gun and $5000. She wants him to stop a story that is coming out in
'Spicy Bits' about Peter Milner. When Perry cannot talk the editor out of publishing the story, he finds the owner
and also finds that the woman who hired him was Mrs. Belter. Soon afterwards, George Belter is dead, Eva shot
him and blames Perry Mason for the murder. Stars: Warren Williams, Claire DoddBill Elliott, Wini Shaw and Eddie
Acuff 63 mins.
PERRY MASON
The Case of the Black Cat - 1936
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of
invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious
fire and Laxter's two grandsons, Sam Laxter and Frank Oafley, inherit his estate on the condition old caretaker
Schuster and his cat Clinker are kept on. When cat-hating Sam threatens Clinker, Perry steps in and learns
Laxter's death was suspicious and the family fortune and diamonds are missing. Schuster's found dead in his
basement apartment, Laxter's nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster's crutch, and circumstantial evidence
brings Doug to trial for Louise's death. Mason's investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial
around. Stars: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Garry Owen and Guy Usher 66 mins.
PERRY MASON
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop - 1937
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22
years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may
be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and
Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley
is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and
Perry gets involved. Stars: Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Anne Nagel and Joseph Crehan 70 mins.
It certainly didn't take long for Perry Mason to hit the silver screen. The first novel appeared in 1933, and the first
film, The Case of the Howling Dog (based on the fourth novel of the series) appeared in 1934, starring Warren
"The Lone Wolf" William as a rather tough attorney with a definite eye for the ladies. Mason, in these early films,
was quite similar to the Mason of the books. He was tough, thoroughly professional, and honest (though not
always exactly ethical). There were six films done by Warners in the period between 1934 and 1937, and while it
started out as decent, grade A entertainment, the series quickly evolved into sterling B entertainment. Williams
appeared in the first four before bowing out. Ricardo Cortez got to play Mason once, as did Donald Woods, in the
last of the six Warner flicks, The Case of the Stuttering Bishop.
PERRY MASON
The Case Of The Howling Dog - 1934
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling
dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written
giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is
changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must
find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
Stars: Warren Williams, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins, and Grant Mitchell Errol Flynn plays the corpse! 80 mins.
PERRY MASON
The Case of the Curious Bride - 1935
After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was,
until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. Even though she says that she is asking for a friend, Perry
can see right through her. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive
and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of
Moxley and charge her with the murder. Stars: Warren Williams, Margaret Lindsay, Claire Dodd and Barton
MacLane 80 mins.
PERRY MASON
The Case of the Lucky Legs - 1935
Frank Patton is the promoter of the Lucky Legs Contest. The problem is that he always skips town before paying
the $1000 to the winner. Mr. Bradbury, suitor of Cloverdale winner Margie, hires intoxicated Perry Mason to find
Frank. Perry knows the scheme that Patton is using and has Spudsy find him, but Frank is dead when Perry
arrives. The how is a surgeons scalpel, but the who is not yet known. Stars: Warren Williams, Genevieve Tobin,
Lyle Talbot and Barton MacLane 77 mins.
PERRY MASON
The Case of the Velvet Claws - 1936
Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it
can start, Perry is retained by a woman with a gun and $5000. She wants him to stop a story that is coming out in
'Spicy Bits' about Peter Milner. When Perry cannot talk the editor out of publishing the story, he finds the owner
and also finds that the woman who hired him was Mrs. Belter. Soon afterwards, George Belter is dead, Eva shot
him and blames Perry Mason for the murder. Stars: Warren Williams, Claire DoddBill Elliott, Wini Shaw and Eddie
Acuff 63 mins.
PERRY MASON
The Case of the Black Cat - 1936
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of
invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious
fire and Laxter's two grandsons, Sam Laxter and Frank Oafley, inherit his estate on the condition old caretaker
Schuster and his cat Clinker are kept on. When cat-hating Sam threatens Clinker, Perry steps in and learns
Laxter's death was suspicious and the family fortune and diamonds are missing. Schuster's found dead in his
basement apartment, Laxter's nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster's crutch, and circumstantial evidence
brings Doug to trial for Louise's death. Mason's investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial
around. Stars: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Garry Owen and Guy Usher 66 mins.
PERRY MASON
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop - 1937
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22
years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may
be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and
Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley
is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and
Perry gets involved. Stars: Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Anne Nagel and Joseph Crehan 70 mins.