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Old 08-02-2010, 11:42 AM   #184
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Originally Posted by GA Russell View Post
Tell me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the Perry Mason novels of the 50s were much like the TV show; and nothing like the novels of the 30s, a couple of which I have read (IIRC, Velvet Claw and Howling Dog).
You're not wrong. That's why I would like to see the movies as period pieces, starting with those early novels, in which Mason was much more prone to adopt -- shall I say -- creative tactics in his practice of law. Burr was great, but I'm sure the powers that were would never have allowed him to do some of the things that Mason did in those early books! Gardner caught hell from his fellow lawyers for it! The early Mason was not averse to bending laws to the breaking point and even beyond to help his clients. Most lawyers don't carry a set of skeleton keys with them!
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