Perry Mason
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 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. Product details and pricing info |
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57 Customer Reviews Posted
- The Case of the Stupid Studio
- As a devoted "Perry Mason" fan for nearly four decades, I think this product is a step too far in abusing the legions of people who have been waiting to see some decent treatment by Viacom:
*There was the "Collector's Series", which went through various permutations of two or three episodes on a disc, not in chronological order, and with extras that were occasionally amusing, but uniformly weak. They never finished releasing the entire series;
*Then came the promising season-by-half-season-box-set discs; a bit pricey for something with no extras at all, but at least we were starting to get all of the episodes, in order. But the rate of release has been dreadfully slow. (Hey, Viacoma: it's not like you're waiting for extras to be produced, what's taking so bloody long?);
Now this "50th Anniversary" edition. Guess what, guys? The 50th Anniversary was LAST YEAR. You missed it. And what are we supposed to pay for? Episodes that we'll be paying for again, when they get around to releasing more half-asseason boxes (and most, if not all, of which were part of the "Collector's Series" that many fans will already own, making that three copies). A list of extras which would have been great attached to those half-a-season boxes. A "Returns" movie which, while it was nice to see Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale together again (and kind of a hoot for Hale's son William Katt to be playing Paul Drake's son), wasn't really all that great, and is cheapened in memory by the steadily decreasing quality of the later films. Oh, and one of the episodes here is marked by the near-total absence of...Perry Mason.
Seriously. Get back to giving us the series, in order. Stop wasting our time, because we won't be wasting our money. - 2008-01-23, 193 of 211 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- All well and good,but...........
- Lets get on with Season Three,Volume 1!For crying out loud,with the pace
they are moving,it will take 7 years to release all 9 seasons!By the time this special edition comes out in April,it will already have been
five months since Season Two,Volume 2.Season Three should be out in April,not this special.While on this subject,this half season nonsense
is out of hand.Why dont they release the full season or two volumes at
the same time like they did with Combat?You buy both or you buy one and
most likely everybody will buy both anyway so release the volumes
together,this 7-8 months in between is just idiotic! - 2008-01-19, 195 of 218 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Episodes and Features of the Perry Mason 50th Anniversary Edition
- The two co-producers on this DVD set are Jim Davidson and award-winning DVD Producer Paul Brownstein ("The Twilight Zone", "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Get Smart" DVD sets). Jim Davidson was the founder (and past president) of the National Association for the Advancement of Perry Mason, and currently runs the Classic TV info website.
We fans of Raymond Burr's "Perry Mason" will definitely enjoy all of the delightful extras. Most of this DVD set's episodes were obviously chosen for the current popular name recognition of the actors. The "Perry Mason" series had many wonderful actors throughout its 9 year run, and we will, unfortunately, have to wait for their appearances as the season sets are released.
Even with all of its negatives, we can expect this DVD set to be "first class" with such great producers at the helm!
The word is that this is The Complete List of Episodes and Extras for the "Perry Mason 50th Anniversary Edition" DVD:
EPISODES, with introductions by Barbara Hale ("Della Street")
1. THE CASE OF THE WARY WILDCATTER - 1960 - Season 3
* (with Barbara Bain)
2. THE CASE OF THE TREACHEROUS TOUPEE - 1960 - Season 4
* (with Robert Redford)
3. THE CASE OF THE ENVIOUS EDITOR - 1961 - Season 4
* (with James Coburn)
4. THE CASE OF THE BAREFACED WITNESS - 1961 - Season 4
* (with Adam West)
5. THE CASE OF THE COUNTERFEIT CRANK - 1962 - Season 5
* (with Burt Reynolds)
6. THE CASE OF THE SHOPLIFTER'S SHOE - 1963 - Season 6
* (with Leonard Nimoy)
7. THE CASE OF THE CONSTANT DOYLE - 1963 - Season 6
* (with Bette Davis)
8. THE CASE OF THE DEADLY VERDICT - 1963 - Season 7
* (Mason loses a case)
9. THE CASE OF THE BOUNTIFUL BEAUTY - 1964 - Season 7
* (with Ryan O'Neal)
10. THE CASE OF THE TWICE-TOLD TWIST - 1966 - Season 9
* (the only color episode)
11. THE CASE OF THE DEAD RINGER - 1966 - Season 9
* (Raymond Burr plays a dual role)
12. THE CASE OF THE FINAL FADE-OUT - 1966 - Season 9
* (with Dick Clark and Erle Stanley Gardner)
The breakdown by Seasons:
Season 3 - 1 episode
Season 4 - 3 episodes
Season 5 - 1 episode
Season 6 - 2 episodes
Season 7 - 2 episodes
Season 9 - 3 episodes
EXTRAS:
* PERRY MASON RETURNS (1985 TV-movie revival)
SPECIAL FEATURES:
* SCREEN TESTS (5/24/1956):
1. Raymond Burr as Hamilton Burger
2. William Hopper as Perry Mason
3. Raymond Burr as Perry Mason
* Featurette: "The Case of Erle Stanley Gardner"
* Interviews with Barbara Hale, producer-director Arthur Marks and CBS executive Anne Nelson
* Syndication Promos
* Raymond Burr interviewed by Charlie Rose on CBS "Nightwatch"
* Raymond Burr interviewed by Charles Collingwood on "Person to Person" (10/20/1960)
* Clip from "Stump the Stars" with the cast of Perry Mason (7/8/1963)
* Photo Gallery - 2008-01-18, 169 of 186 people found this review helpful, Rated:
