Perry Mason Classics ON DvD 1934-1937
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Perry Mason Classics ON DVD
1934 -1937
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.











