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 | "The Perry Mason Book: A Comprehensive Guide To America’s Favorite Defender of Justice" for Kindle [2014] by Jim Davidson quite thorough guide to all books & TV and movie versions of Perry Mason stories Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [11/2014] for $4.99 |
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Perry Mason entry at Wikipedia
About Author Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner was born 17 July 1889 in Malden, Massachusetts; while working as a lawyer in Ventura, California, he began writing mystery stories.
The first Perry Mason book was published in 1933 and the series was such a success that he quit his job at the law firm that year.
In all, he wrote 146 books, including 85 Perry Mason mysteries. He died 11 March 1970, at his ranch near Temecula, California.
Erle Stanley Gardner entry at Wikipedia
Erle Stanley Gardner movie/tv credits [1934-95] at Internet Movie Database
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Perry Mason Mystery Series
While the 'series books' link below pulls up 530+ titles/editions available from Amazon, most of the
Perry Mason books remain out of print; as-of mid-2020, 70+ are on Kindle.
list of Perry Mason novels at Wikipedia
Perry Mason mystery series books {over 750 items}
official Erle Stanley Gardner books list
 | "The Case of The Missing Book: A Perry Mason Reading Guide" [2017] by Carl Scott Harker basically a well-organized checklist of all the Perry Mason novels & stories Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2017] for 99¢ |
"The Case of The Velvet Claws" [#1 = 1933]
"Perry Mason and The Case of The Velvet Claws: A Radio Dramatization" []
http://www.amazon.com/Perry-Mason-Case-Velvet-Claws/dp/1441892176/
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Velvet-Claws-ebook/dp/B005QE7XPK/
movie available only on Warner Archive Collection DVD {see below} •
full credits at IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Case of The Sulky Girl" [#2 = 1934]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Case of The Lucky Legs" [#3 = 1934]
A series of small-town beauty pageants were a barely-legal fraud, and Perry commits a crime
after he discovers the body of the racketeer.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Lucky-Legs-ebook/dp/B00AQP7DLS/
movie available only on Warner Archive Collection DVD {see below} •
full credits at IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Case of The Howling Dog" [#4 = 1934]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Howling-Dog-ebook/dp/B008H768YA/
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Howling-Erle-Stanley-Gardner/dp/0345347838/
movie available only on Warner Archive Collection DVD {see below} •
full credits at IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Case of The Curious Bride" [#5 = 1934]
  | A woman claiming not to be a bride consults Mason about her 'friend' whose husband, long thought to have died in a plane crash, turns up alive.
Kindle Edition from Della Street Press [9/2011] for $5.99 Fawcett mass pb [1/2000] out of print/many used Triangle/Blakiston 7x5¼ hardcover [1946] out of print/used International Reader's League 9x6½ hardcover [1934] out of print/used |
 | "The Case of The Curious Bride" feature film [Warner Bros./Vitaphone April 1935] Just before Perry and Della embark for a vacation in China, a former lady friend asks Perry for help: her ex-husband, who she thought dead, has turned up and is trying to blackmail her. The next day, the man is found murdered and the client is arrested for the crime • Produced by Harry Joe Brown; directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Claire Dodd, Donald Woods, Allen Jenkins, Phillip Reed, Barton MacLane, Wini Shaw, Warren Hymer, Olin Howland, Charles Richman, Thomas E. Jackson & Errol Flynn movie available only on Warner Archive Collection DVD {see below} credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Perry Mason and the Case of the Curious Bride: A Radio Dramatization" [2011] Old-time radio-style performance by The Colonial Radio Theatre Players, starring Jerry Robbins as Perry Mason Audiobooks/Brilliance UNABR audio CD [12/2011] for $8.99 |
"The Case of The Counterfeit Eye" [#6 1935]
A man asks Perry to help when one of his glass eyes is stolen, afraid that someone
might plant it as evidence of a crime; first appearance of D.A. Hamilton Burger.
"The Case of The Caretaker's Cat" [#7 1935]
The caretaker of a deceased wealthy man’s city house retains Perry when the executor threatens to poison his cat.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Caretakers-Cat-ebook/dp/B00AQP7GJW/
movie available only on Warner Archive Collection DVD {see below} •
full credits at IMDb
"The Case of The Sleepwalker's Niece" [#8 1936]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Case of The Stuttering Bishop" [#9 1936]
  | An Anglican bishop from Australia asks Perry to be ready to deal with a nasty rich guy who had the man's daughter-in-law charged with manslaughter twenty years back.
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2012] for $5.99 Fawcett mass pb [11/88] out of print/80+ used Pocket Books mass pb [1954] out of print/used Amereon Ltd. 8½x5½ hardcover [6/76] for $26.96 Grosset & Dunlap hardcover [1936] out of print/used |
  | "The Case of The Stuttering Bishop" feature film [Warner Bros./First National June 1937] Directed by William Clemens; adapted by Kenneth Gamet & Don Ryan; starring Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Crehan, Charles C. Wilson, Anne Nagel, Linda Perry, Craig Reynolds, Gordon Oliver, Helen MacKellar, Edward McWade, Tom Kennedy, Mira McKinney, Frank Faylen, Douglas Wood, Veda Ann Borg & George Lloyd available only on Warner Archive Collection DVD {see below} • full credits at IMDb |
 | "The Case of The Stuttering Bishop" Perry Mason TV series Season 2, Episode 20 [CBS-TV March 1959] A supposed bishop asks Mason to find an heiress to a million dollars, and then is beaten by the cops. When the benefactor is murdered, the girl is arrested for the crime • Directed by William D. Russell; adapted by Gene Wang; starring Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins, Vaughn Taylor, Ken Lynch, Herbert Ellis, Rebecca Welles, Joan Vohs, Jonathan Kidd, Carl Benton Reid, Peter Garey, Morris Ankrum full credits at IMDb videotape is double feature with "Case of The Purple Woman [Season 2, Episode 9]" Columbia House Collector's Edition b&w VHS [undated] for $17.99 available on the DVD for Season 2, Volume 2 below |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Case of The Dangerous Dowager" [#10 1937]
"The Case of The Lame Canary" [#11 1937]
A married woman and her lover and sister are accused of murdering the husband; case is resolved
at coroner's inquest in time for Perry & Della to hurry to harbor for cruise ship to Orient.
"The Case of The Substitute Face" [#12 1938]
As Perry & Della return from Hawaii to San Francisco on a steamer, a woman hires him to help her husband who she
fears embezzled from his employer; on the last night out, a man is murdered and tossed overboard during a storm.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Substitute-Face-ebook/dp/B005QBMGZK/
"The Case of The Shoplifter's Shoe" [#13 1938]
Perry & Della meet a tough old lady in a department store tea room who is accused by security of shoplifting.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Shoplifters-Shoe-ebook/dp/B008H769VM/
"The Case of The Perjured Parrot" [#14 1939]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Perjured-Parrot-ebook/dp/B00D45HYDY/
"The Case of The Rolling Bones" [#15 1939]
Perry's client is put on trial for the murder of a man using three names, one of which is a backtrail
to a murder in the Klondike in 1907. (The first appearance of receptionist Gertrude Lade.}
"The Case of The Baited Hook" [#16 1940]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Case of The Silent Partner" [#17 1940]
  | The co-owner of several flower shops realizes that her brother-in-law has sold off some of the company stock, so she calls Perry Mason for a post-midnight appointment. She also locates a witness, who calls Perry for help after she is sent poisoned candy.
Kindle Edition from Della Street Press [12/2012] for $5.99 Pocket mass pb [2/48] out of print/used Ballantine mass pb [2/96] out of print/used |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Case of The Haunted Husband" [#18 1941]
A beautiful young hitchhiker headed for Los Angeles is picked up in Bakersfield, the driver causes a
multi-car wreck on the Ridge Route, and leaves her to take the blame for the death of another driver.
"The Case of The Empty Tin" [#19 1941]
"The Case of The Drowning Duck" [#20 1942]
"The Case of The Careless Kitten" [#21 1942]
"The Case of The Buried Clock" [#22 1943]
"The Case of The Drowsy Mosquito" [#23 1943]
"The Case of The Crooked Candle" [#24 1944]
"The Case of The Black-Eyed Blonde" [#25 1944]
"The Case of The Golddigger's Purse" [#26 1944]
"The Case of The Half-Wakened Wife" [#27 1945]
Oil-lease mess halts planned real estate deal for island in river, leading to trial
of woman for murder on a yacht of her crooked husband.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Half-Wakened-Wife-ebook/dp/B005QBMS3A/
"The Case of The Borrowed Brunette" [#28 1946]
 | "The Perry Mason Case Book" [1946 omnibus] large 10½x8¼ paperback; published by Pocket Books; long out of print, not found on Amazon; includes "The Case of The Lucky Legs" [#3 = 1934], "The Case of The Howling Dog" [#4 = 1934], "The Case of The Perjured Parrot" [#14 1939], and "The Case of The Silent Partner" [#17 1940] |
"The Case of The Fandancer's Horse" [#29 1947]
Desert car accident, ostrich feather fans, identical fan dancers, lost horse, dead husband at city hotel.
"The Case of The Lazy Lover" [#30 1947]
"The Case of The Lonely Heiress" [#31 1948]
Magazine ad by young heiress is connected to the murder of a witness to signing of the will.
"The Case of The Vagabond Virgin" [#32 1948]
Department store owner asks for help with girl hitchhiker racket, which leads to trial for murder of the man's partner.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Vagabond-Virgin-ebook/dp/B005QBMG14/
"The Case of The Dubious Bridegroom" [#33 1949]
"The Case of The Cautious Coquette" [#34 1949]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Cautious-Coquette-ebook/dp/B008H76674/
"The Case of The Negligent Nymph" [#35 1950]
Perry is paddling a canoe off an island when a near-naked
girl jumps into the sea pursued by a snarling guard dog.
"The Case of The One-Eyed Witness" [#36 1950]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-One-Eyed-Witness-ebook/dp/B00AQP7MOG/
http://www.cbs.com/shows/perry_mason/video/657954882/perry-mason-the-case-of-the-one-eyed-witness
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0673350/fullcredits
"The Case of The Fiery Fingers" [#37 1951]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Fiery-Fingers-ebook/dp/B005QBMQSC/
"The Case of The Angry Mourner" [#38 1951]
Wealthy playboy is murdered in mountain cabin while Perry is on vacation.
"The Case of The Moth-Eaten Mink" [#39 1952]
The restaurant owner asks Perry for help when a waitress panics & runs
out of his restaurant, gets shot at, runs out into traffic and is hit by a car.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Moth-Eaten-Mink-ebook/dp/B00AQP7IDQ/
"The Case of The Grinning Gorilla" [#40 1952]
Begins with the diaries of a
missing girl who was secretary to a wealthy man who experiments on primates.
"The Case of The Hesitant Hostess" [#41 1953]
Perry is assigned to a pro bono case of an innocent old guy set up for armed robbery
at a traffic signal, then for murder; solution involves gambling clubs & a heroine ring.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Hesitant-Hostess-ebook/dp/B005QBMG8W/
"The Case of The Green-Eyed Sister" [#42 1953]
A beautiful widow hires Perry
about attempt to blackmail her ailing father over taped 'evidence'.
"The Case of The Fugitive Nurse" [#43 1954]
A scheming widow hires Mason and D.A. Burger puts her on trial twice for murder of her husband.
"The Case of The Runaway Corpse" [#44 1954]
A husband leaves a note about his wife poisoning him, to be given to the cops in the
event of his death – but she didn't do any such thing, so she hires Perry Mason.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Runaway-Corpse-ebook/dp/B005QBMGQO/
"The Case of The Restless Redhead" [#45 1954]
"The Case of The Glamorous Ghost" [#46 1955]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Glamorous-Ghost-ebook/dp/B008H767GY/
"The Case of The Sun Bather's Diary" [#47 1955]
Somebody steals the car & trailer where the daughter of a convicted bank robber has been living.
"The Case of The Nervous Accomplice" [#48 1955]
A lovely wife asks Perry to halt a real estate deal so that her husband
will realize that his sexy client is not really sweet on him.
"The Case of The Terrified Typist" [#49 1956]
"The Case of The Demure Defendant" [#50 1956]
"The Case of The Gilded Lily" [#51 1956]
A happily-married businessman is blackmailed over his wife's past, taken by a lovely moll to a beach motel
to pay the money, is drugged and wakes to find the blackmailer in a pool of blood, shot in the back.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
 | "A Perry Mason Omnibus: The Case of The Velvet Claws [1933], The Case of The Sun Bather's Diary [1955], and The Case of The Demure Defendant [1956]" William Morrow & Co. 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1966] out of print/used William Morrow & Co. 8¼x6 hardcover [1956] out of print/used William Morrow & Co. 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1956] out of print/used |
"The Case of The Lucky Loser" [#52 1957]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Lucky-Loser-ebook/dp/B008H76ATS/
"The Case of The Screaming Woman" [#53 1957]
"The Case of The Daring Decoy" [#54 1957]
The young president of an oil development company is manipulated to a hotel room and finds a near-naked woman
who points a gun at him; he takes away the gun and flees, then notices later that one shell has been fired.
"The Case of The Long Legged Models" [#55 1958]
A lovely ex-showgirl asks Perry to represent her in sale of the
40% share in a Las Vegas motel inherited from her murdered father.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Long-Legged-Models-ebook/dp/B008HTW5WW/
"The Case of The Foot-Loose Doll" [#56 1958]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Foot-Loose-Doll-ebook/dp/B00AQP7AWA/
"The Case of The Calendar Girl" [#57 1958]
"The Case of The Deadly Toy" [#58 1959]
Girl in San Francisco calls off engagement to her sadistic fiancé, then gets caught up in the
Los Angeles custody fight of his ex-wife, and is put on trial for his murder.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Deadly-Toy-ebook/dp/B008H766TM/
"The Case of The Mythical Monkeys" [#59 1959]
"The Case of The Singing Skirt" [#60 1959]
A sexy singer at a local gambling town refuses to cheat a customer at cards, and is fired; she asks Perry for help
when a gun is planted in her luggage, and is put on trial for the two-shot murder of the customer’s wife on their yacht.
"The Case of The Waylaid Wolf" [#61 1960]
"The Case of The Duplicate Daughter" [#62 1960]
"The Case of The Shapely Shadow" [#63 1960]
Loyal secretary of married real estate speculator brings Perry a suitcase of money;
boss is later found murdered in Palmdale and the secretary put on trial.
"The Case of The Spurious Spinster" [#64 1961]
A secretary working on Saturday receives a shoebox of cash from the 7-year-old son of the boss, stashes it
into the safe, then has to rush to the airport to pick up the owner flown in from South America on a surprise visit.
"The Case of The Bigamous Spouse" [#65 1961]
A beautiful young woman asks Perry to test for strychnine, given to her by the husband of her best friend.
"The Case of The Reluctant Model" [#66 1962]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Reluctant-Model-ebook/dp/B00AQP7AUW/
"The Case of The Blonde Bonanza" [#67 1962]
A beautiful girl on the beach has signed a dubious contract that is really about the lost heirs
racket; Perry’s investigation uncovers blackmail and leads to the killing of the blackmailer.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Blonde-Bonanza-ebook/dp/B008H767FK/
"The Case of The Ice-Cold Hands" [#68 1962]
"The Case of The Mischievous Doll" [#69 1963]
"The Case of The Stepdaughter's Secret" [#70 1963]
Members of a wealthy family living on an Orange County lake are being blackmailed,
then a man is found shot to death on their yacht in Newport Harbor.
"The Case of The Amorous Aunt" [#71 1963]
A girl hires Perry to prevent murder of her widowed & wealthy aunt by an eye-patched bluebeard.
"The Case of The Daring Divorcee" [#72 1964]
A young woman wearing big sunglasses appears at Perry Mason’s office, then leaves, ‘forgetting’
her handbag, which Perry discovers contains a revolver with two shells recently fired.
"The Case of The Phantom Fortune" [#73 1964]
"The Case of The Horrified Heirs" [#74 1964]
A wealthy woman has been given doses of arsenic, and a former legal secretary is busted at the airport with planted drugs.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Horrified-Heirs-ebook/dp/B008H7690I/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
 | "A Perry Mason Omnibus: The Case of The Singing Skirt [1959], The Case of The Blonde Bonanza [1962], and The Case of The Horrified Heirs [1964]" William Morrow & Co. 8½x6 hardcover [1964] out of print/used William Morrow & Co. 8½x6 hardcover [1964] out of print/used |
 | "A New Perry Mason Omnibus: The Case of The Reluctant Model [1962], The Case of The Amorous Aunt [1963], and The Case of The Beautiful Beggar [1965]" William Morrow & Co. 8½x5¾ hardcover [1965] out of print/used William Morrow & Co. 8½x5¾ hardcover [1965] out of print/used |
"The Case of The Troubled Trustee" [#75 1965]
"The Case of The Beautiful Beggar" [#76 1965]
A wealthy old man sends a letter & check to his vacationing niece,
then distant relatives get the man declared incompetent & put him away.
"The Case of The Worried Waitress" [#77 1966]
"The Case of The Queenly Contestant" [#78 1967]
"The Case of The Careless Cupid" [#79 1968]
The widow of man who died from poisoned crab salad is being shadowed.
"The Case of The Fabulous Fake" [#80 1969]
An anonymous cutie with a suitcase full of cash hires Perry to protect her ‘in case’
of trouble, leading to a San Francisco import company and a blackmailer in L.A.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Fabulous-Fake-ebook/dp/B005QBMQ1E/
"The Case of The Murderous Bride" [#81 1969]
"The Case of The Crimson Kiss" [#82 1971]
"The Case of The Crying Swallow" [#83 1971]
"The Case of The Irate Witness & Other Stories" [#84 1972]
title story [c1953] with Perry Mason; "The Jeweled Butterfly" [c1952], "Something Like A
Pelican" aka 'Lester Leith, Financier' [1942], and "A Man Is Missing" [c1946]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Irate-Witness-ebook/dp/B00AQP7IVS/
"The Case of The Fenced-In Woman" [#85 1972]
A contractor screws up during his divorce, builds house half on property given to the ex-wife; she runs barbed-wire
fence thru the house, and his body is found on the living room side, stabbed in back from the kitchen side.
"The Case of The Postponed Murder" [#86 1973]
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Postponed-Murder-ebook/dp/B00AQP7D2M/
 | "Perry Mason: Seven Complete Mysteries" [1979 omnibus] by Erle Stanley Gardner Random House Value Publng hardcover [7/94] out of print/used Random House Value Publng hardcover [12/88] out of print/used includes seven Perry Mason novels, "The Cases of ...": "The Foot-Loose Doll" [1958], "The Glamorous Ghost" [1955], "The Long-Legged Models" [1958], "The Lucky Loser" [1957], "The Screaming Woman" [1957], "The Terrified Typist" [1956], and "The Waylaid Wolf" [1960] |
 | "A Perry Mason Casebook" [1993 omnibus] includes four cases: "The Fiery Fingers" [1951], "The Gilded Lily" [1956], "The Daring Decoy" [1957], and "The Lucky Loser" [1957] William Morrow & Co. 9½x5¾ hardcover [1993] out of print/used |
 | "The Perry Mason Casebook" [1999 omnibus]
includes three cases: "The Sulky Girl" [1934], "The Careless Kitten" [1942], and "The Fiery Fingers" [1951] Mystery Guild Book Club 8x5½ hardcover [1999] for $43.97 |
"Perry Mason 2-in-1"
paperback books from Pocket [circa 1977]
"The Case of The Black-Eyed Blonde" [1944] and The Case of The Singing Skirt" [1959]
"The Case of The Drowning Duck" [1942] and "The Case of The Crooked Candle" [1944]
http://www.amazon.com/Perry-Mason-Drowning-Crooked-Candle/dp/B001Q6X8GK/ 12/1975
"The Case of The Fan-Dancer's Horse" [1947] and "The Case of The Hesitant Hostess" [1953]
"The Case of The Horrified Heirs" [1964] and "The Case of The Lame Canary" [1937]
"The Case of The Howling Dog" [1934] and "The Case of The Substitute Face" [1938]
"The Case of The Lazy Lover" [1947] and "The Case of The Dubious Bridegroom" [1949]
"The Case of The Mythical Monkeys" [1959] and "The Case of The Fabulous Fake" [1969]
"The Case of The Perjured Parrot" [1939] and "The Case of The Beautiful Beggar" [1965]
Perry Mason by Other Authors
 | "Perry Mason in The Case of Too Many Murders" [Summer 1989] by Thomas Chastain A businessman seems to have been in two places at once – once as a murderer, once as a victim. Avon mass pb [7/90] out of print/many used William Morrow & Co. hardcover [7/90] out of print/many, many used |
 | "Perry Mason in The Case of The Burning Bequest" [1990] by Thomas Chastain Mason's client has apparently killed his mother-in-law-to-be in the same room where his fiancée's real mother was killed by the client's father; the case is complicated further by the client's refusal to exonerate himself. Avon mass pb [9/91] out of print/many used William Morrow & Co. hardcover [7/90] out of print/many, many used |
"Perry Mason" TV series [1957-66]
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starring Raymond Burr {as Perry}, Barbara Hale {as Della}, William Hopper {as Paul Drake} William Talman {as Hamilton Burger} & Ray Collins {as Police Lt. Arthur Tragg}; won Emmy Awards for Best Actor {RB 1959 & 1961}, Best Actress {BH 1959} Perry Mason tv series [1957-66] credits at Internet Movie Database Perry Mason TV Series entry at Wikipedia list of Perry Mason TV Series episodes at Wikipedia |
JS's Perry Mason tv series & Raymond Burr fansite
browse Perry Mason on DVD at Amazon
Several paperbacks circa 1962 had back page & inside back page ads for the sponsor of the TV series:
The Drackett Company sold Drano®, VANiSH®, Windex®, Twinkle® Copper Cleaner, Twinkle® Cream
For Silver, O-Cedar® Squeeze Mop, O-Cedar® Dust Mop, and endust® – which suggests that their
expected TV audience was housewives.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
 | Season 1, Volume 1 (19 episodes of 57-58 season):
Paramount DVD [7/2006] 5 disks for $28.99 Season 1, Volume 2 (20 episodes of 57-58 season): Paramount DVD [5/2007] 5 disks for $28.99 Emmy Award nomination for Best Series |
 | Season 2, Volume 1 (15 episodes of 58-59 season):
Paramount DVD [6/2007] 4 disks for $28.99 Season 2, Volume 2 (15 episodes of 58-59 season): Paramount DVD [11/2007] 4 disks for $28.12 Emmy Awards for Raymond Burr (Best Lead Actor) & Barbara Hale (Best Supporting Actress), nomination for William Hopper |
 | "Perry Mason 50th Anniversary Edition" DVD box set [2008]
Paramount DVD set [4/2008] for $36.99 includes 12 episodes: 1 from Season 3, 3 from Season 4, 1 from Season 5, 2 from Season 6, 2 from Season 7, and 3 from Season 9 (one featuring Erle Stanley Gardner!); extras include "Perry Mason Returns" [1985 TV-movie/revival], 3 screen tests, the featurette "The Case of Erle Stanley Gardner", interviews & promos & much more |
 | Season 3, Volume 1 (13 episodes of 59-60 season):
Paramount color DVD [8/2008] 3 disks for $21.99 Season 3, Volume 2 (13 episodes of 59-60 season): Paramount color DVD [12/2008] 4 disks for $18.99 Emmy Award nomination for Raymond Burr for Best Actor |
 | Season 4, Volume 1 (28 episodes of 60-61 season):
Paramount color DVD [6/2009] 4 disks for $25.09 Season 4, Volume 2 (12 episodes of 60-61 season): Paramount color DVD [12/2009] 3 disks for $27.99 Emmy Award for Raymond Burr (Best Lead Actor), nomination for Barbara Hale (Best Supporting Actress) |
 | "Perry Mason Seasons 1-4" DVD Box Set [2009] contains 129 episodes on 32 disks; savings at release of $72 versus box sets above Paramount color DVD [12/2009] 32 disks - out of prodn/used |
 | Season 5, Volume 1 (15 episodes of 61-62 season):
Paramount color DVD [4/2010] 4 disks for $32.49 Season 5, Volume 2 (15 episodes of 61-62 season): Paramount color DVD [11/2010] 4 disks for $36.99 |
 | "Perry Mason Seasons 1-5" DVD Box Set [2010] contains 159 episodes on 40 disks, for savings of $40 versus box sets above Paramount color DVD [11/2010] for $206.99 |
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Season 6, Volume 1 (14 episodes of 62-63 season):
Paramount color DVD [10/2011] 4 disks for $35.99 Season 6, Volume 2 (14 episodes of 62-63 season): Paramount color DVD [11/2011] 4 disks for $34.99 |
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Season 7, Volume 1 (15 episodes of 63-64 season):
Paramount color DVD [8/2012] 4 disks for $35.83 Season 7, Volume 2 (15 episodes of 63-64 season): Paramount color DVD [10/2012] 4 disks for $36.77 |
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Season 8, Volume 1 (15 episodes of 64-65 season):
Paramount color DVD [11/2012] 4 disks for $30.98 Season 8, Volume 2 (15 episodes of 64-65 season): Paramount color DVD [1/2013] 4 disks for $30.86 |
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Final Season 9, Volume 1 (15 episodes of 65-66 season):
Paramount color DVD [6/2013] 4 disks for $30.08 Final Season 9, Volume 2 (15 episodes of 65-66 season): Paramount color DVD [8/2013] 4 disks for $34.08 |
 | "Perry Mason: The Complete Series" [2016]
Paramount DVD [10/2016] 72 disks for $170.40 |
 | "The Perry Mason TV Show Book: The Complete Story of America's Favorite Television Lawyer By Two of His Greatest Fans" [1987] by Brian Kelleher & Diana Merrill St Martins Press 9x7 pb [12/87] out of print/used |
 | "The Perry Mason Casebook" [1991] by David Martindale, Foreword by Raymond Burr & Barbara Hale Pioneer Books 11x8¼ pb [9/91] out of print / SOLD OUT ! |
 | "Hiding In Plain Sight: The Secret Life of Raymond Burr" [2008] by Michael Seth Starr Biography of movie & TV actor Raymond Burr [1917-93] that bills itself as the 'first in-depth look' at Burr's very secret life, which included his life partner of 35 years, actor Robert Benevides Kindle Edition from Applause Books [9/2009] for $16.99 Applause Books 8½x5¾ pb [9/2009] for $18.99 Applause Books 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2008] out of print/many, many used |
 | "Remembering Perry Mason With Raymond Burr" [2015] by Brian McFadden Kindle Edition from Bailey Bishops Press [8/2015] for $2.99 Kohner, Madison & Danforth 9x6 pb [2/2016] for $9.99 |
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"The Case of The Alliterative Attorney: Guide To The Perry Mason TV Series and TV Movies" [2015] by Bill Sullivan, with Ed Robertson CreateSpace 9x6 pb [12/2015] for $35.00 |
"The New Perry Mason" [Fox/CBS-TV 1973–1974]
 | 15 hour-long color episodes; 'revival of the long-running hit television series about Erle Stanley Gardner's brilliant defense attorney' • series regulars were Monte Markham, Sharon Acker, Albert Stratton, Harry Guardino, Dane Clark; guest actors included Whit Bissell, James Hong, Denver Pyle, Carl Betz, Paul Burke, Andrew Duggan, Beverly Garland, Ruth Hussey, Carolyn Jones, Arthur O'Connell, Dana Elcar, Sharon Farrell, Clu Gulager, Pat Harrington Jr., David Hedison, Peter Mark Richman, Irene Tsu, Keenan Wynn, Sorrell Booke, Mary Ann Mobley, Woodrow Parfrey, Donnelly Rhodes, Bethel Leslie, Fionnula Flanagan, Michael Lerner, Arthur Franz, Candy Clark, Regis Cordic, Logan Ramsey, Chick Hearn, Victor Campos, Joanna Barnes, Tiffany Bolling, Jodie Foster, Ellen Geer, David Huddleston, Will Hutchins, Kathleen Lloyd, Tim McIntire, Simon Oakland, Don Porter, Quinn K. Redeker, Paul Fix, Raven Grey Eagle
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Perry Mason" TV movies [1985-95]
A tentative revival TV movie in 1985 was very popular, so an on-going series of original stories were filmed with
Raymond Burr as Perry Mason, with two to four shows produced each year. (Gardner received 'characters created
by' credit.) When Burr died in September 1993, the series title was changed to "A Perry Mason Mystery" with
Paul Sorvino (once) then Hal Holbrook (3 times) starring as the main character.
"Perry Mason Returns" TV-movie/revival [1985] /tt0089801/
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun" TV movie [1986]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star" TV movie [1986]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love" TV movie [1987]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit" TV movie [1987]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam" TV movie [1987]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel" TV movie [1987]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace" TV movie [1988]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake" TV movie [1988]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen" TV movie [1990]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception" TV movie [1990]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer" TV movie [1990]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter" TV movie [1990]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster" TV movie [1991]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin" TV movie [1991]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion" TV movie [1991]
"erry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing" TV movie [1992]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo" TV movie [1992]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride" TV movie [1992]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal" TV movie [1993]
"Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss" TV movie [1993]
"A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives" TV movie [1993]
"A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle" TV movie [1994]
"A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor" TV movie [1994]
"A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester" TV movie [1995]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Perry Mason" cable TV series [H.B.O. June-Aug 2020] 
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Originally announced 10/2011 with Robert Downey, Jr. set to star in a newly-launched “Perry Mason” movie franchise at Warner Brothers; added 2/2012: Marc Guggenheim was hired to write the script; restarted as 7-episode H.B.O. mini-series in late 2019; Team Downey (Robert and his wife Susan) are exec producers. First season is eight episodes, already renewed for second season; younger, darker Perry Mason, set in 1932; taglines: "You know his name, but not his past" and "Everybody is guilty of something"; season one involves a kidnapped child, brutally murdered, a religious cult based on Sister Aimee, the usual corrupt Los Angeles cops and officials . . . • Co-produced by and starring Emmy winner Matthew Rhys; co-produced & directed (5 episodes) by Timothy Van Patten; co-produced & co-written by Ron Fitzgerald; directed (3 episodes) by Deniz Gamze Ergüven; co-written by Rolin Jones; music by Terence Blanchard; also starring Juliet Rylance, Tatiana Maslany, Chris Chalk, John Lithgow, Eric Lange, Shea Whigham, Gayle Rankin, Andrew Howard, Nate Corddry, Robert Patrick, Matt Frewer, Jefferson Mays, Matt Lasky, Charles Baker, Karl Makinen, Aaron Stanford, Lili Taylor, Justin Kirk, Monnae Michaell, Hugh B. Holub, Howard Korder, John Churchill, Gretchen Mol, Veronica Falcón, Eileen Fogarty
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • series credits at IMDb • official movie site • series entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers online at YouTube: 4/2020 teaser #1 [1:32] • 7/2020 trailer #2 [2:28] |
"Perry Mason" feature films [1934 to present]
Erle Stanley Gardner movie/tv credits [1934-95] at Internet Movie Database
 | "Perry Mason Mysteries: The Original Warner Bros. Movies Collection" DVD Box Set [2012]
Warner Archive DVD-R set [10/2012] 3 disks for $34.35 contains six feature films: "The Case of The Howling Dog" [Sept 1934] starring Warren William & Mary Astor; "The Case of The Curious Bride" [April 1935] directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Warren William & Margaret Lindsay; "The Case of The Lucky Legs" [Oct 1935] starring Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot & Allen Jenkins; "The Case of The Velvet Claws" [Aug 1936] starring Warren William, Claire Dodd & Wini Shaw; "The Case of The Black Cat" [Oct 1936] starring Ricardo Cortez, June Travis & Jane Bryan; and "The Case of The Stuttering Bishop" [June 1937] starring Donald Woods & Ann Dvorak; extras include scratchy original trailers |
"The Case of The Howling Dog" [Warner Bros. Sept 1934]
 | A millionaire asks attorney Perry Mason to write up a will leaving his estate to the wife of his next-door neighbor; the following day, both the client and the woman have disappeared • Directed by Alan Crosland; adapted by Ben Markson; starring Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins, Grant Mitchell, Helen Trenholme, Helen Lowell, Dorothy Tree, Gordon Westcott, Harry Tyler, Arthur Aylesworth, Russell Hicks, 'Wild Bill' Elliott & Lightning the Dog movie available only on Warner Archive Collection DVD {just above} full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Case of The Curious Bride" [Warner Bros./Vitaphone April 1935]
| | Just before Perry and Della embark for a vacation in China, a former lady friend asks Perry for help: her ex-husband, who she thought dead, has turned up and is trying to blackmail her. The next day, he is found murdered and the client is arrested for the crime •
Produced by Harry Joe Brown; directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Claire Dodd, Donald Woods, Allen Jenkins, Phillip Reed, Barton MacLane, Wini Shaw, Warren Hymer, Olin Howland, Charles Richman, Thomas E. Jackson &
Errol Flynn
movie available only on Warner Archive Collection DVD {just above} credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
★
"The Case of The Lucky Legs" [1935] /tt0026185/
"The Case of The Velvet Claws" [1936] /tt0027429/
"The Case of The Black Cat" [1936] based on "The Case of The Caretaker's Cat" /tt0027428/
"The Case of The Stuttering Bishop" [1937] /tt0028695/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Granny Get Your Gun" [1940] based on "The Case of The Dangerous Dowager"
Stageplays, Radio, Other Media
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 | "A Case For Mason: Stageplay" [undated] by William McCleery [1911-2000] Samuel French is now Concord Theatricals; this stageplay 'based on the Perry Mason Mysteries by Erle Stanley Gardner' shows on their website but the displayed ISBN 9780573606816 does not exist on Amazon |
"Perry Mason" CBS radio program [1943-55]
actors portraying Mason were Bartlett Robinson, Santos Ortega, Donald Briggs, then John Larkin 1947 to 1955.
radio series page at Wikipedia
75 episodes online at Internet Archive
267 episodes on CD at OTRcat
241 episodes on AMF Radio audio CD [2011] for $10.99 at Amazon
256 episodes on oneSmedia MP-3 CD [2012] for $8.00 at Amazon
F.Q. Old Time Radio Volume 1, 1952 MP-3 album [2011] 38 episodes for $7.99 at Amazon
F.Q. Old Time Radio Volume 2, 1954 MP-3 album [2011] 37 episodes for $7.99 at Amazon
old-time radio-style performances by The Colonial Radio Theatre Players,
starring Jerry Robbins as Perry Mason
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"Perry Mason and The Case of The Velvet Claws: A Radio Dramatization" [#1 = 2010] Audiobooks/Brilliance UNABR audio CD [12/2010] for $11.42 Audiobooks/Brilliance UNABR MP-3 CD [10/2016] for $9.99 "Perry Mason and The Case of The Sulky Girl: A Radio Dramatization" [#2 = 2011] Audiobooks/Brilliance UNABR audio CD [2/2011] for $9.99 Audiobooks/Brilliance ABR audio CD [10/2016] for $5.59 "Perry Mason and The Case of The Lucky Legs: A Radio Dramatization" [#3 = 2011] Audiobooks/Brilliance UNABR audio CD [4/2011] for $9.99 Audiobooks/Brilliance UNABR MP-3 CD [10/2016] for $9.99 "Perry Mason and The Case of The Howling Dog: A Radio Dramatization" [#4 = 2011] Audiobooks/Brilliance UNABR audio CD [8/2011] for $9.99 Audiobooks/Brilliance UNABR MP-3 CD [10/2016] for $9.99 "Perry Mason and The Case of The Curious Bride: A Radio Dramatization" [#5 = 2011] Audiobooks/Brilliance UNABR audio CD [12/2011] for $9.99 Audiobooks/Brilliance UNABR MP-3 CD [10/2016] for $9.99 |
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