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 The Original Courtroom Drama Nov 09, 2009
Perry Mason Season 4 Volume 1
These sixteen TV films from 1960 are based on the novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. The original books are more complete and informative and tell stories about life that is unknown to most people. The books can tell you why certain things are done, the films only show you what happened. The books tell you about "ropers", rough or smooth shadows, and how to evade surveillance and avoid leaving a back trail. Some may question the legality and ethics of some of Perry Mason's tactics but most stories were written before the modern legal rules of the 1960s. The backgrounds tell about life in Los Angeles. It is difficult to film a scene at night but easy to describe it in a book. A story adapted from a Gardner novel has the year.
Often the original stories were modified for TV. The theme music is typical for the late 1950s. Note the style of clothing and culture; ladies wore white gloves. People seldom lock their doors. The prices date these films. One advantage is seeing the many automobiles from that era. How many can you identify? Note the slimness of people then, and the familiarity with firearms. Smoking was very common [a tobacco sponsor]. The seeming reality of these stories is due in part to characters who don't look like Hollywood actors. Watch how the actors express their emotions by their facial expressions. The camera sharpness and quality is excellent on these films.. There is nothing like these dramatic stories on today's broadcast TV. When was the last time you saw a trial lawyer as a hero? These stories often use the misinterpretation of circumstantial evidence to provide dramatic effects. The courtroom scenes are usually the Preliminary Hearings (no need for a jury).
Treacherous Toupée; Credulous Quarry
Ill-fated Faker; Singular Double
Lavender Lipstick; Wandering Widow
Clumsy Clown; Provocative Protégé
Nine Dolls; Loquacious Liar
Red Riding Boots; Larcenous Lady
Envious Editor; Resolute Reformer
Fickle Fortune; Waylaid Wolf (1960)
Perry Mason 4-1 Oct 19, 2009
I've collected every PM set that has been published including 99% of the paperbacks. PM, Seas 4,Vol 2, is due out this December, 2009. There's been discussion on pricing but I don't see any way around this other than not buying the product. The downside is that there is no substitution for this great product, so you need to decide if this is important to you.
Most of these episodes do not contain Hamilton Burger, since he was pushed off the show for a brief while. However, this doesn't distract from the overall quality of the show.
Perry Mason Season 4 Vol 1 Sep 05, 2009
The Perry Mason episodes are always well done and interesting; and I enjoy seeing the period costumes and cars, realizing that when the espisode was made, these were the height of fashion. I also enjoy the camaraderie of the cast of characters and the rivalry between the defense and the state. Besides all that, the stories are good.
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Hamilton Burger gone missing Sep 03, 2009
They should release these DVD's faster! Part 1 of Season 4 was as good as always, with guest appearances of all sorts of up actors on their way up (or down). Sort of like the Love Boat of the 50/60's.
For those of you who want to know where Hamilton Burger is during Season 4, Part 1 (he only appears in one episode) - here is an excerpt from Wikipedia.....
"William Talman was fired from Perry Mason for a short period. Sheriff's deputies suspicious of marijuana use raided a party in a private home in Beverly Hills, at which Talman was a guest, on March 13, 1960. The deputies reported finding Talman and other defendants in the nude. Even though a morals charge was made against Talman (and vagrancy charges and lewd conduct against others at the party), municipal judge Adolph Alexander dismissed the charge against Talman on June 18. "I don't approve of their conduct," the judge ruled, "but there has been no violation of the law established." Despite this, Talman was fired when a "morals" clause was invoked in his contract--producers were afraid this incident would damage the show's image. However, Raymond Burr and the rest of the cast demanded the CBS network rehire Talman, and there was a deluge of fan mail demanding his reinstatement. CBS ultimately did bring him back on the set in December, 1960. But the incident (and possibly his typecasting as the never-ending loser Hamilton Burger) somewhat damaged Talman's career--other than Perry Mason he worked very infrequently as an actor from then on."
And CBS DVD/Paramount/or whoever owns the rights to this series - step up your release schedule.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Best you can get! Aug 17, 2009
I purchased all available Perry Mason DVD-Boxes at amazon.com, right after their release date. For me this is the ultimate series! The only bad thing is, that the copyright owners only release a box in every six months, thats too long apart!
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