Sunday, February 23, 2014

Before PERRY MASON was on TV...

Raymond Burr's portrayal of the crime-solving attorney Perry Mason began on CBS television in September, 1957. Ever since, it's difficult not to see Burr's face in our minds any time we hear the name Perry Mason.

But Erle Stanley Gardner's ace murder-solving attorney had several different faces some twenty years earlier on the big theatre movie screens around the world.

Warner Bros. / First National Pictures produced a total of six Perry Mason movies from 1934 - 1937 with three different actors playing the attorney.

Warren William portrayed Perry Mason in:

THE CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG (1934)
THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS BRIDE (1935)
THE CASE OF THE LUCKY LEGS (1935)
THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS (1936)

 Warren William


Ricardo Cortez appeared as Mason in:

THE CASE OF THE BLACK CAT (1936)

 Ricardo Cortez


Donald Woods played the lawyer in:

THE CASE OF THE STUTTERING BISHOP (1937)

Donald Woods


All of the six stories, except THE CASE OF THE BLACK CAT, would later be filmed as episodes of the television series as well.

CAPITOL THEATRE
March 8, 1935

CAPITOL THEATRE
November 3, 1935
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CAPITOL THEATRE
November 12, 1936

Future dashing leading man Errol Flynn made one of his earliest screen appearances in THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS BRIDE. He played the corpse.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

MORE OF THOSE GREAT 1930s MOVIES


CAPITOL THEATRE
February 23, 1930

VICTORY THEATRE
March 30, 1930

CAPITOL THEATRE
September 8, 1930

CAPITOL THEATRE
October 12, 1930

CAPITOL THEATRE
October 26, 1930

CAPITOL THEATRE
January 18, 1931

VICTORY THEATRE
January 25, 1931

Re-released with sound

VICTORY THEATRE
May 27, 1934

CAPITOL THEATRE
June 16, 1934

CAPITOL THEATRE
July 16, 1934

VICTORY THEATRE
July 22, 1934

CAPITOL THEATRE
August 12, 1934

VICTORY THEATRE
October 14, 1934

CAPITOL THEATRE
November 4, 1934

CAPITOL THEATRE
December 5, 1934

Saturday, February 8, 2014

THE GOLDEN THIRTIES - GREAT DAYS AT THE MOVIES


CAPITOL THEATRE
January 19, 1930

CAPITOL THEATRE
June 10, 1930

CAPITOL THEATRE
June 29, 1930

CAPITOL THEATRE
August 11, 1930

CAPITOL THEATRE
November 22, 1930

Although he began appearing in
films in 1926, this was the first movie
in which JOHN WAYNE received
screen credit.

CAPITOL THEATRE
February 17, 1931

CAPITOL THEATRE
March 12, 1931

CAPITOL THEATRE
June 20, 1934

VICTORY THEATRE
July 9, 1934

VICTORY THEATRE
September 17, 1934

CAPITOL THEATRE
September 20, 1934

CAPITOL THEATRE
October 21, 1934

VICTORY THEATRE
November 25, 1934

VICTORY THEATRE
December 9, 1934

VICTORY THEATRE
April 1, 1935

STATE THEATRE
May 22, 1938

VICTORY THEATRE
February 5, 1939

Sunday, February 2, 2014

WATCH OUT FOR THEM!


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