Perry Mason - Season Two, Vol. 2
by Andrew V. McLaglen, Arthur Hiller, Arthur Marks, Buzz Kulik, Gerd Oswald
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Actor: Barbara Hale, Ray Collins, Raymond Burr, William Hopper, William TalmanDirector: Andrew V. McLaglen, Arthur Hiller, Arthur Marks, Buzz Kulik, Gerd Oswald
Brand: Paramount
Writer: Barry Trivers
Writer: Don Brinkley
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Box set, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 774 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: CBS Television
DVD Reviews of Perry Mason - Season Two, Vol. 2
DVD Review: Perry Mason Continues To Entertain
Summary: 5 Stars
Perry Mason is one of the few tv series that entices me to purchase all of the DVD sets. They are good quality and even though each DVD set is only half a season it still has 15-20 episodes at around 50 minutes per episode. Even with them being dated from the 50's, I still find them entertaining. Most of the time they are dramatic and sometimes they're just a hoot, but they are reminiscent of a somewhat simpler era, which can be comforting in this day and age. I would recommend them to a anyone who is a fan.DVD Review: As good as it gets !
Summary: 5 Stars
I only have 3 episodes left on S2V2 and don't want to watch them for a while because I will not buy Season 3 due to the price.
Hopefully season 4 will be coming out soon and I pray CBS/Paramount will not screw with anything on it including the music or price.
This season 2 was just fantastic !!
DVD Review: Perry Mason Season 2
Summary: 4 Stars
This series is extremely well done and always surprises when the villian is identified. Compared to the current TV lineup, this series is by far more enjoyable, and far more watchable.
WDF
Ft. Myers, FL
DVD Review: The Original Courtroom Drama
Summary: 5 Stars
These fifteen TV films from the late 1950s are based on the simplified and condensed versions of the novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. The books are more complete and informative and tell stories about life that is not experienced by 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 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. The seeming reality of these stories is due in part to characters who don't look like Hollywood actors.
Some of 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 (35 cents for hamburger with fries). One advantage is seeing the many automobiles from the 1950s. How many can you identify? Note the slimness of people then, and the casual handling of pistols. Smoking was very common [a tobacco sponsor]. 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. A story taken from a Gardner novel has the year.
Fraudulent Foto; Romantic Rogue
Jaded Joker; Caretaker's Cat (1935, modified).
Stuttering Bishop (1936, modified); Lost Last Act;
Bedeviled Doctor; Howling Dog (1934, modified).
Calendar Girl (1958); Petulant Partner;
Dangerous Dowager (1937); Deadly Toy (1957).
Spanish Cross; Dubious Bridegroom (1949);
Lame Canary (1937).
The "Calendar Girl" inspired the "Fraudulent Foto".
The "Careless Kitten" inspired the "Romantic Rogue".
The "Demure Defendant" inspired the "Bedeviled Doctor".
"The Spanish Cross" echoes "The Maltese Falcon".
DVD Review: Classic Noir for TV
Summary: 5 Stars
Some old television shows are fun to watch because they are like time machines. The clothes and dialogue show how much our culture has changed from decade to decade.
Perry Mason is different. These stories are as fresh, original and engrossing now as they were when they were made. Some reviewers are upset because they are being released a half a season at a time, making them more expensive per episode than other old shows, but I am just grateful to have the opportunity to own them.
If you are interested in reading the original stories in which this character appeared, try this book.
Perry Mason: Seven Complete Mysteries
For more about the show's gifted and hard-working star, read this
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Secret Life of Raymond Burr
Description of Perry Mason - Season Two, Vol. 2
Perry Mason is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases. With the aid of his secretary Della Street and investigator Paul Drake, he often finds that by digging deeply into the facts, startling facts can be revealed. Often relying on his outstanding courtroom skills, he often tricks or traps people into unwittingly admitting their guilt.We strenuously object! Raymond Burr was conspicuously and criminally missing on Entertainment Weekly's list of the top 100 TV icons. This is a TV Land injustice, but this four-disc set of episodes that complete season 2 lays the groundwork for an appeal. Burr was honored with an Emmy for his commendable work this season as Los Angeles defense attorney Perry Mason, as was Barbara Hale, who portrayed his faithful secretary Della Street. Who knows how many impressionable viewers Burr inspired to become lawyers with his masterful portrayal of the unflappable, incorruptible Mason? No matter how much evidence district attorney Hamilton Burger (William Talman) and Lt. Tragg (Ray Collins) collect, and no matter how damning it is, it will usually collapse once Perry gets the real guilty party to break down on the witness stand or, in one case, in a beatnik hangout. In "The Case of the Lame Canary," a woman is discovered over her dead husband's body, gun in hand, and burning a stack of letters. "If she has any sense, she's at the airport waiting for the first plane out of the country," someone cattily remarks. Nope, she has better sense than that; she's at Perry's office.
Filmed in black and white, Perry Mason has a seductive noir sensibility. Here in sunny California are convoluted cases involving corruption, blackmail, scandal, revenge, and greed. Perry, with the help of private detective Paul Drake (William Hopper), sorts it all out, and in the episode codas, further parses the evidence ("I still don't see what put you on the right track" is a typical query) in inscrutable ways that invite replay. Beyond the pleasure of watching an actor thoroughly embody his character, it's also fun to spot familiar character actors. "The Case of the Petulant Partner" stars Will Wright, who played mean old Ben Weaver on the early seasons of The Andy Griffith Show, and that's a rather fetching Marion "Mrs C." Ross from Happy Days in "The Case of the Romantic Rogue." The episodes crackle with some old-school, hard-boiled dialogue. Almost worth the price of the set is hearing Lt. Tragg make with the beat talk in "The Case of the Jaded Joker." "I'm one of the cool ones," he jokes with Della and Perry. "I don't dig slick chicks trying to goof me up, daddy-o." Once again, this set is guilty of providing no extra features, but we'll let them off with a warning. This time. --Donald Liebenson
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