Perry Mason: Season Three, Vol. 1
by Arthur Hiller, Arthur Marks, Gerald Mayer, Herbert Hirschman, Richard Kinon
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Actor: Barbara Hale, Ray Collins, Raymond Burr, William Hopper, William TalmanDirector: Arthur Hiller, Arthur Marks, Gerald Mayer, Herbert Hirschman, Richard Kinon
Brand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 624 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-08-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Perry Mason: Season Three, Vol. 1
Movie Review: Season Three, Volume 1: Perry Mason par excellence!
Summary: 5 Stars
Having just watched all 12 episodes of Season Three, Volume 1, and also having purchased and watched the four previous half season Paramount releases, I will say without hesitation that Season Three, Volume 1 is hands down the best set of episodes released so far. The quality plots, clever twists and courtroom drama are outstanding throughout the vast majority of the shows. I've been a longtime Perry Mason fan and in my opinion this is when the series was at its best. In the later seasons leading actor Raymond Burr starts to put on a lot of weight and looks tired and in the several last seasons appears openly irritated and burned out, which he later admitted had to do with the decline in the quality of scripts and hectic pace of the weekly productions. The later shows also loose Lt Tragg (Ray Collins) and is replaced by a lifeless police investigator named Andy. An interesting event that happened during the '59-60 season was that William Talman who plays Hamilton Burger was arrested in March of 1960 for hosting a completely nude drug party. CBS decided to fire him on the spot but Burr headed a boycott to reinstate him and CBS quickly capitulated.
I'm almost 50 years old and started watching reruns on local TV in the late '70s and early '80s and then tried to build a VHS library from TV broadcasts on the Hallmark Channel about 7-9 years ago and found out to my major disappointment that only about 40% of the episodes were broadcast before they started re-running the same old episodes again. Then about 5 years ago I found that Columbia House was offering three episodes per month on DVD at $25 a pop which was highway robbery, but I did it anyway (long story short, they stopped after 23 DVDs when Paramount announced they were releasing the entire series and I sold off that Columbia House set on eBay and recovered 85% of my money). So I'm looking forward to obtaining the entire 9 season collection.
I'm very aware of the controversy regarding the price and partial releases. Who doesn't want them faster, cheaper and in complete seasons? I agree with a prior reviewer. I can live with this price (which now is $29.99) if they'd only release them in complete seasons on a faster schedule. In the bigger picture, the set averages to $2.50 per 52 minute episode, which is a bargain compared to paying $10 for an older 80 or 90 minute movie from that same era. The video transfer and restoration of these nearly 50 year old episodes is out of this world, which undoubtedly has a lot to do with the higher cost and slower scheduling.
Finally, for those misguided people who out ignorance or stinginess are pondering outsmarting Paramount by buying those complete DVD sets (which are ILLEGAL, low quality, copied from VHS tapes with commercials and many times non-functional, very limited life, bootleg DVDs) offered on various websites, go to Bill Storrer's website (Google: Bill Storrer Mason) and you'll find a long list of complaints pertaining to being ripped off by these pirating miscreants. I only wish Perry Mason could put consumers who buy this rubbish on the stand and make them publicly defend such repugnant purchases.
Summary of Perry Mason: Season Three, Vol. 1
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