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The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
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5 October 1935 (USA)
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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...
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Not the Mason that Boomers grew up to
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Warren William | ... | Perry Mason |
| Genevieve Tobin | ... | Della Street |
| Patricia Ellis | ... | Margie Clune |
 | Lyle Talbot | ... | Dr. Bob Doray |
| Allen Jenkins | ... | Spudsy |
| Barton MacLane | ... | Detective Bisonette (as Barton Mac Lane) |
| Peggy Shannon | ... | Thelma Bell |
| Porter Hall | ... | Colonel Bradbury |
| Anita Kerry | ... | Eva Lamont |
| Craig Reynolds | ... | Frank Patton |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | District Attorney Manchester |
| Charles C. Wilson | ... | Police Officer Ricker (as Charles Wilson) |
| Joseph Crehan | ... | Detective Johnson |
| Olin Howland | ... | Dr. Croker |
| Mary Treen | ... | Spudsy's Wife |
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77 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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USA:Approved (PCA #1153) |
Australia:G
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Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names, if any): George Chandler (Pilot), Lillian Worth (Blonde), Stanley Mack (Gas Man) and William Bailey.
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Thelma Bell:
And somebody bumped against the bathroom door.
Perry Mason: In any country but this, they would have let him in.
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Perry Mason: In any country but this, they would have let him in.
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Version of "Perry Mason: The Case of the Lucky Legs (#3.10)" (1959)
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Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
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Raymond Burr's Perry Mason of the fifties practically defined the law to a whole generation of boomers. Words like incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial were on the lips of kids of all ages. Burr made defense attorney the highest calling imaginable.
The thirties version is different. it's entertaining, but in a light comic way reminiscent of the Thin Man series. Warrem Williams plays for laughs and like the thin man is often drinking. The pace is snappy and keeps the interest from flagging. You won't be bored, but don't expect anything like the classic TV series.
Missing here - believe it or not there's no courtroom drama, not even a surprise confession from the character you hardly noticed until Mason started his penetrating questions. There are no penetrating questions for that matter. Paul Drake is "Spudsy" Drake and, like his name, inserted for comic effect. The cops are more keystone and there is no Hamilton Berger D.A.
On the whole OK, but more interesting as a comparison that shows what the 50's television series achieved and what changes made it possible.