#perry mason*

[citizenscreen]

The popular “Perry Mason” debuted on CBS TV with “The Case of the Restless Redhead” on September 21, 1957.

Based on characters by Erle Stanley Gardner, the program was produced by Gail Patrick Jackson.

[tuttle-did-it]

You know, it's genuinely sad to me that aging favourite character actors no longer have any fun murder-mystery tv shows to guest-star as murders on.

[sestrahulk]

Tatiana Maslany speaks out for Palestine during her Canada's Walk of Fame acceptance speech in her hometown Regina on June 26 2024.

We are witnessing the genocide of the Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli settler-colonial state, and we watch and we do nothing. And I would say with whatever platform I have that we can't do nothing and I would demand that our government demand a ceasefire, stop funding the genocide, stop being complicit in it... Free Palestine!

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Detective/Crime TV tie-in board games (1950s to 1970s)

[petermorwood]

Plot Wheels

I showed a couple of examples, one old, one modern, on this post.

The old wheel was one of several supposedly used by "Perry Mason" writer Erle Stanley Gardner, and while the photo on the other post is an exercise in squinting, this website has the transcribed information from at least four wheels.

Here they are, though some - "servant", "heroine's maid" - are showing their age, so tweak and update as required.

I wouldn't suggest relying heavily on these - but at the same time, Gardner produced 119 or 82, the number varies, Perry Mason novels and according to Wikipedia at the time of his death was the best-selling American author of the 20th century.

So he may have been onto something after all... ;->

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A: Wheel Of Hostile Minor Characters Whose Function Is Making Complications For The Hero

These folks put obstacles in the hero's way and make it difficult for them to reach their goal.

1. Hick detective. 2. Attorney. 3. Newspaper reporter. 4. Detective. 5. Business rival. 6. Rival in love. 7. Father of heroine. 8. Blackmailer. 9. Gossip. 10. Meddlesome friend. 11. Suspicious servant. 12. Hostile dog. 13. Spy. 14. Incidental crook. 15. Hotel detective. 16. Thickheaded police.

B: Wheel Of Complicating Circumstances

1. Hero is betrayed to villain by spies. 2. Every move the hero makes takes him from the frying pan and puts him into the fire. 3. Heroine's maid is a spy. 4. Father of heroine is hostile to the hero. 5. Detective believes the hero is guilty and tries to arrest him/her at a critical time. 6. Hero commits an incidental crime. For example, he/she is caught speeding and is arrested. 7. Witness mistakes hero for villain. 8. Hero violates the law and is sought. 9. Heroine's mind is poisoned against the hero. 10. Some character is not as represented. 11. Rival in love tries to discredit the hero. 12. Zeal of hick cop upsets plans.

C: Wheel of Blind Trails By Which The Hero Is Misled or Confused

1. Witness lies. 2. A document is forged. 3. A witness is planted. 4. A client conceals something. 5. A client misrepresents something. 6. A friend pretends to betray the hero. 7. The villains assistant pretends to betray the hero. 8. A vital witness refuses to talk. 9. False confessions. 10. Genuine mistakes. 11. A witness takes flight. 12. A witness is kidnapped. 13. A witness commits suicide. 14. A witness sells out. 15. Planted clues. 16. Impossible statements.

D. Wheel of Solutions

How the hero surmounts the obstacles thrown in his way.

1. Gets villain to betray himself through greed. 2. Gets the villain to, of his own free will, plant additional evidence. 3. Plants fake evidence to confuse the villain. 4. Fakes circumstances so the villain will think he / she has been discovered. 5. Tricks the hero's accomplice into confessing. 6. Villain is hoist by his / her own petard. 7. Villain killed while he / she is trying to frame someone. 8. Gets villain to overreach himself/herself. 9. Meets trickery with horse-sense. 10. Squashes obstacles by sheer courage. 11. Turns villains against each other. 12. Traps [tricks?] villain into betraying a hiding place. Hero either a) creates a fake fire, or b) gives him / her something else to conceal, or c) makes it necessary for the villain to flee (and so must take something out of the hiding place).

[missshezz]

Godzilla was testifying against…?

Wrong answers only! 🤣

[coffeeandacig]

David Ogden Stiers while filming NBC's Perry Mason: The Case Of The Shooting Star.

[matthewrhys]

Juliet Rylance & Jen Tullock Perry Mason— “Chapter Thirteen″ (2023)

[citizenscreen]

Ray Collins as Lt. Arthur Tragg and Raymond Burr as Perry Mason in 'The Case of the Singing Skirt', 1960 episode of "Perry Mason.”

[countesspetofi]

More from the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars: George Takei in PERRY MASON, season three, episode four, "The Case of the Blushing Pearls" (original air date October 24, 1959).

George plays Toma Sakai, a friend and co-worker of Perry's client, a Japanese immigrant framed for the theft of a valuable piece of jewelry.

[yeahiwasintheshit]

[sestrahulk]

Tatiana Maslany on strike in New York, July 18th

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

[violaobanion]

THE INTERWAR ERA (1920-1940) The Pursuit of Love, dir. Emily Mortimer Babylon Berlin, created by Henk Handloegten, Achim von Borries & Tom Tykwer Peaky Blinders, created by Steven Knight Perry Mason, created by Ron Fitzgerald & Rolin Jones Boardwalk Empire, created by Terence Winter

#perioddramaweek2023 // day 4: favorite period/era